Name: Mike
Borja
Website: facebook.com/theartsocket
Website: facebook.com/theartsocket
What do you do?
Right now, this very moment, I am watching a lot of Dexter
and Work of Art: The Next Great Artist. The T.V. shows are connecting for some
odd reason because there’s a girl named Kathryn, on The Next Great Artist who
creates art that looks like blood splattered organs laying on top of white
sheets of plastic. Dexter is a serial killer who kills serial killers and has a
creative process doing it. Work of Art is interesting to watch because each
artist has a very different art background and style. For example: graffiti,
video, pop, installation, performance, and serial killers. Just kidding.
I actually get this nostalgic feeling watching the Work of
Art, because it reminds me of school and being creative and experimental in a
classroom with a bunch of crazy brilliant artist.
I just love being creative no matter what and where the
situation is. But my goal right now is to try and push my creativity into new
levels.
Where can we find
your work?
You can find my work at the Kaleid Gallery in San Jose , CA
I’m also currently painting on an electric box on 7th
& Santa Clara by City Restaurant in San Jose
What inspires you to
create and how do you keep motivated when things get tough?
What inspires me the most is other artist. I love seeing
other people’s creativity whether it be art, music, performance, and poetry;
and it inspires me to be creative. The best reference for creativity is in life
and nature.
What do you think is more important content/finished product
or technique/process?
I think they all go hand in hand, but I do enjoy technique
and process.
Who are some people
who influence and/or inspire you?
Right now I’m extremely inspired by Little Dragon, Case In Theory(SJ),
BadBadNotGood, my girlfriend Cha,
commondense.tumblr.com, David Icke, Michael Tsarion, Klaus
Dona, J-Squared(SJ),
Mars-1, cleanwhiteshirt.com, music, the flea market, mom, dad, astronomicalkid,
and those are some of the things off the top of my noggin .
Oh, also Jiddu Krishnamurti who is a super far out thinker.
I believe the character, Yoda from Star Wars is somewhat based on Krishnamurti.
If you listen to his audio lectures they sound very alike. Also, I found out
recently that George Lucas created a little documentary on Krishnamurti and put
his actual character in, “The Young Indian Jones” series. Look him up.
This is my art inspiration website. Check it out. https://gimmebar.com/user/mikeborja/collection/art-inspiration
If you could be any fictional character who would you be?
Spiderman
When do you get your
best ideas?
I wait for an AHA! EUREKA
What materials/tools
do you use most to create your work?
Right now I’ve been collecting a bunch of tools, but I’ve
been spending more time on the computer!?
Are you self taught
or formally educated? How do you think that has influenced or affected your
work?
I was self taught as a kid. I used to go to libraries and
grab all the how to draw books and have drawing sessions with my cousins. Mario
paint was the best! And then I went to school at AAU San Francisco and did New
Media for a couple years and then decided to get into Fine Arts.
What would your creative
work taste like?
More like what it would smell like…Mr. sketch markers,
sharpies, scratch and sniff stickers,
When you are not
creating what do you like to do?
Eat! There is eating in creating haha.
How did you learn to
access your creative talents and gain the confidence to put it out there for
everyone to experience?
I always loved visually expressing myself be it through the
body, on paper, through music, and video. my mom always loved my stuff, which
gave me confidence to put it out there.
What advice would you
give others just beginning their creative adventures?
If you have a creative thought or an idea, start creating it
right away or else that excitement will make you feel like you already did it
and you’ll end up not doing it. If you have had thoughts (like I once did) that
say, it’s too hard, you can’t do it, I’m not good enough, there are others way
better than me… don’t listen to them and just watch them pass on by.
Those are creative inhibitor thoughts that like to keep you
busy and distracted in your mind. Just start creating something with any tools
in front of you and keep doing what you’re doing! You can use your imagination
to be creative in the craziest ways. Also, do you research on other artist to
inspire you. Create and represent your vision!
Forget thinking about what you’re going and have to be in
the future. I mean there’s nothing wrong with having a little thought of the
future, but now is the time of all possibilities which creates your past and
your future at the same time.
WOOT!!!
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