Self love visual idea
Right in the midst of covid. The whole world was in lockdown, and I was struggling.
I’m sure I’m not the only one who spent a lot of their time doing self-reflection and trying to make sense of what the fuck was happening. But while taking it all in, I was focusing a lot on myself; my personal growth and self-love.
The idea of creating a visual about self-love started almost a year ago, and to my surprise, ideas started coming to mind rather quickly.
The whole reason I wanted to create a video about self-love was because I was on that journey, and I was really going through it, and I still am, but right now I’m in a much better place.
I remember sitting in my room, listening to music, and I was having a self-care night. You know, doing a face mask and all that fun, cozy stuff girls like to do on a night in. While I was waiting for my face mask to dry, I got a notebook, opened up a word document on my laptop and started writing down ideas.
I found a videographer on instagram and sent an email asking if he could shoot it for me, and it was a really cool process, because he was helping me and suggesting things that would ultimately make the video better and more engaging. For example, having more than one location to shoot at, different outfits and incorporating some sort of speaking element, which in this case I chose for it to be indirect.
I immediately saw the video set at the beach. At the time, I didn’t know exactly how I wanted it set up, but I knew I wanted it to be outdoors surrounded by nature. I started thinking about what outfits I would wear and what colours I thought would go best with the vibe of the video. There’s honestly so much to think about when in the process of putting a video together, but I had a blast and I am just so happy I was able to do it.
In the last two years, I’ve really worked on finding and loving myself and it wasn’t until the whole world shut down that I was able to do that. We were pretty much forced to spend all of our time inside and just be still and sit with our thoughts.
I think that everything starts with you, and with this it was having and maintaining a positive mindset. I started writing about self love and then thought what if i create a video as well, and I did.
Janine’s song “Loving Me” was a big part of the puzzle and ultimately was my inspiration. Listening to it gave me the idea to create some sort of visual. The lyrics, the melody, the whole vibe of the song just ignited something in me to start writing ideas down. I knew I wanted to create a visual about self love as soon as I heard this song. I truly believe it is a self-love anthem and I don’t think I’ve connected to a song as much as I do with this one, so it will always hold a special place in my heart.
Overall, the process was a bit scary and nerve-wracking, but I’m glad I went for it because I learned a lot along the way, not to mention I had so much fun. Creating this challenged me and I was excited to see what I could come up with, really expanding my creative horizons and I loved it. Creating more videos is definitely something I want to do more of, but for my first visual, I’m pretty proud of it.
More than anything, going through this process of bringing this idea to life showed me that I can do it. I am capable, my ideas are brilliant and I can turn pain into something beautiful. I was able to channel my creative energy.
I truly feel that part of the reason I’m here on this earth is to inspire and create art in all forms. I want to make people feel something… so I’m going to keep doing just that.