We recently connected with Tony Wilson and have shared our conversation below.
Tony , so good to have you with us today. We’ve always been impressed with folks who have a very clear sense of purpose and so maybe we can jump right in and talk about how you found your purpose?
I don’t think I 100% know what my purpose is. I believe what I do is what I wasn’t meant to do, but I’m still so young, I still have a lot to learn and figure out. If being an artist was my purpose then I guess I’ll know for sure when it’s all said and done, but I’m interested in doing other things and I believe I can be just as good as those things as I am with art, for all I know being a videographer was my purpose. But, who knows, I’m just doing what I do best right now.
Thanks, so before we move on maybe you can share a bit more about yourself?
I’m an artist by heart, and a creative by profession. I live, eat, sleep and dream about art. It’s all I want to do for the rest of my life, if I could do it for free I definitely would, but bills need to be paid. I don’t necessarily make art for money, although it is a HUGE bonus, it’s not the soul reason why I do what I do, I just love making it more than doing anything else on earth. One of the most exciting things about what I do is seeing the recognition from others that I wouldn’t think had me on their radar. And that goes beyond just some likes on Instagram and Twitter. There was someone that expressed to me how much my art inspires them and their creative pursuits, and it definitely gives me a warm feeling inside because I was that person at a point in the beginning. That full circle moment is definitely what I like the most.
There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?
I’ve met some wonderful people over the years that have given me great advice and life lessons. A good person to talk to is a friend of mine named Dunnie who has given me advice that I’ve taken to heart, but most importantly he has given great advice on how to ignore and avoid bullshit. It truly becomes a key to success once you learn to not take it all so seriously. A lot of it is just that, just some bs. My folks have given me the freedom to be me and priceless knowledge of the world. I think it would’ve been a lot harder to navigate it without their wisdom. Lastly, I have a friend that I haven’t talked to in a while, but what she told me has always stuck with me, and that’s that there are no rules to art. There’s a lot of purest who try to make you assimilate to their way of thinking when it comes to how to make something beautiful. There’s rules they want you to follow like they’re some sort of art police and they know better, when in reality there’s more than one way to make a piece of art. It’s all subjective at the end of the day, and I don’t think there’s a tried and true way, or a blueprint to any of this. It’s what you make it, and through her advice I chose to make it all my way.
Is there a particular challenge you are currently facing?
I think, like most artists, a big challenge is creating that Magnum opus for themselves. Creating something that stamps their presence in this world. Another challenge that can come form that is trying to make something without that in the back of their mind. I often think about what’s the “big thing” I can make that will allow me to leave a lasting legacy. It’s apart of why I choose to make digital art, once it’s up it’ll last forever, BLYSS could never die unless they kill the Internet. But, I also struggle at times trying not to think about that, to try to make something without that constraint that I’ve placed on myself. It can be tasking, not going to lie. But, I don’t think I could make what I make without that thought too. It’s definitely a motivator, something to help me think more outside the box and to take more risks. You know, maybe I’ll never have that “big thing”, but if I thought that way there’s a chance I could quit right before that happens, so that thought of creating that one piece that transcends all others keeps me going. It’s a challenge to not let to rule my decision making when it comes to creating for sure.
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