Are you an artist?  Do you paint, compose melodies or throw pots on a wheel?  Or do you self-proclaim that you don’t have an artistic bone in your body?  I get that some people are not inclined to do those things, but  did you know you actually are an artist? 

Yes, you are an Artist!  Above all, you are an Image Maker.  It’s true.  You create images all of the time.  Perhaps, it’s not a lithograph or some kind of fancy printmaking type of art, but you are an Image Maker.  You create visions of the way your future is or the way your past looked.  You dream of what could be.  It might be a better relationships or improved results in your revenue.  You picture what happens all of the time.  Good or bad, it’s documented with images in your mind.

However, the truth is most of us are stuck in the elementary Image Making 1.0 class.  No one told you there’s a new and improved download waiting for you to explore and create with.

So what is Image Making 2.0 all about?

Rough Drafts An artist, a composer or writer will often sketch out a general outline of what they want.  Likewise, we need to get an idea of what we want.  In today’s world, we get intentional.

What are your intentions?  What is it you want and what would that look like?  Perhaps in more ways than ever, we have to move past the unconscious programming of what comes up naturally in our thoughts or our dreams and get intentional.  We have to consciously determine where we’re going and what we want.  We evaluate our “reality” and determine that journey to the destination of where we’re headed.  You can’t get there if you don’t intend to go there.  Once you’ve decided you’re going to Bali, you’re halfway there.  You begin to dream about it, don’t you?

Seeing It First, Feeling it Second First, you see it and you keep seeing it.  You envision yourself in some idyllic bungalow positioned on pristine water.  We dwell on it.  Secondly, we feel the warmth of the tropical sun baking our SPF-lotioned skin.  All of this seeing is the image making of our tropical vacation.  It actually happens first in our mind and then in our heart.  When we attach emotion to the vision, we begin to get excited.

Above all, you won’t ever get close to the destination if you don’t pair the visioning with the emotion. Visualizing is where it starts, but not where it ends. This is taught by the thinkers of today and it is the essence of Image Making 2.0.

Taking Action Once we get intentional and emotional about something, creating the image comes next in reality.  We take daily actions moving towards our destination.  We check out the internet for possible destinations.  Then we call a travel agent.  Afterwards, we discuss it with our partner.  The next step is to put up our credit card to reserve our flights.

Nothing happens without action.  Nothing.

Conclusion Image Making 2.0 is about getting intentional in our ‘seeing’ the outcome we want, getting our feeling self behind that vision and then taking action.

What do you want to SEE in your life? What could you get intentional about?  Many start here, but they never emote the rest of the vision.  You have to FEEL it in 2.0.  Then you have to DO something about it.  

May you start image making your way to what you want!