I believe that creativity lacks a destination and exists as a continual progression; there’s never a finish-line, and everything can always be better. If someone operates under the assumption that they have all the answers, they are doing themselves a great disservice by stunting their own creative growth. To that point, it’s important to continually broaden our horizons to gain a more thoughtful understand of the world around us– taking in the good with the bad. If we look for inspiration in familiar places, we’re bound to miss opportunities to innovate and progress– it can be hard to see beyond what’s already been done to find new or refined perspectives, techniques, or styles. I’ve also found it valuable to routinely challenge my interests and value systems to either validate or refute what I had held to be true. It’s a humbling, yet enlightening process, that others might find useful as well.
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The realm of creativity is inherently devoid of absolutes. It’s fluid, and malleable to exist as whatever is most meaningful to you. It’s also confound with the unknown, and thats where it’s beauty lies. Nobody has a definitive answer for anything– no matter how loud they yell, or how big a stage they stand upon– it’s almost all entirely subjective at the end of the day.  While I do have a lot of combined experience and exposure to what's out there, I'm still learning, growing and getting inspired all the same... so I don't pretend to be the ones who actually has answers.

Basically, this is what I hope to do:

I'm not pretending to be the first to have these thoughts– some of them are pretty widely-held beliefs. As common as the sentiments might be, they aren't typically vocalized or actualized since critical (or even alternative) perspectives can be demonized and written-off as counter-productive... and that's just dumb. I understand that I skew to the contrarian side of the spectrum at times (partially why I feel the name is so fitting), but I do so with the goal to positively influence the creative community. I'm not anti-anything, I'm (cogently) finding my way like everyone else and trying to do my part to elevate the creative baseline. A rising tide lifts all boats.
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I know that this can’t be all things to everyone. It’s something great to achieve in theory, but attempting to do so invariably convolutes and undercuts any purpose that isn’t explicitly to please others. I have my own values that guide me (and subsequently this channel), and I want to place those at the forefront; even when they don’t resonate with others for any number of reasons. I also understand that this will be prone to personal biases in taste–which tend to be darker, progressive and more provocative– and that might not be appealing to everyone either.
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While it might not made for everyone, I definitely want to welcome everyone. Especially those with alternative perspectives to encourage constructive dialog around those differences– we need more of that now than ever it seems. You also don’t have to be a creator by profession for this to provide some value. Everyone is inherently creative in some capacity, and I hope to inspire and involve those individuals all the same.
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Part of the reason I wanted to do this, was that I was already doing all of this on my own, but purely for my own benefit. When I design I collect inspiration on Pinterest. When I browse Instagram, I like and collect images that I find inspiring. When I listen to music, I make playlists. I felt these action were very helpful for me on my creative journey, and with a little extra work, I could formalize it for others' benefit as well.

The goal is to provide a source of unexpected visual inspiration by curating/collecting work that is uniquely creative. I believe meaningful inspiration comes from increased exposure to alternate perspectives, mediums, styles, etc, and I'm seeking out those disparate sources where the only predictable through-line is in their quality and authenticity. Everyone is inspired by others, who we ultimately use to forge our own creative voice/perspective/style/etc, and the more informed we are, the stronger our foundation to build upon.
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This curation is going to be done on all the visual social channels that I currently use, and that allow for any sort of curation– Pinterest and Instagram. After a lot of internal back-and-forth, I've opted to all curate each channel as I experience them. While I think it would be nice to uniformly increase exposure by cross-pollenating content across the channels, it undercuts the purpose of each's existence. What good is both a Pinterest and Instagram presence if all the content is the same? Each platform also has it's own hierarchy of content, and I'd like for each live within that vs trying to strong-arm it into something else.
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As much as I like to bring in varying types of creative work, there undoubtedly will be an aesthetic through-line. I have my own biases that I try to downplay by including so many different kinds of work, but it will show. At a high-level, some of the common characteristics/themes I would expect to see through the work: