THE JOURNEY BACK TO MY ART
In February 2017, I left high school,
In July 2017 I created the Instagram and Facebook "Jayde's Photography".
In July 2017 I was "gifted" my first professional camera, it was a Canon 1000D, I carried that camera with me until 2020,
In 2020 I was "gifted" a Canon 3000D, and carried that with me until February 2022.
I stopped creating art in 2022.
My art didn't feel like it was my art. I lost my spark. But I never lost my love for it.
I applied at "normal" non-creative, dull, inside jobs. "Acceptable" jobs. A "real" job.
But they weren't me. They didn't excite me. I wasn't passionate about them.
You hear, feel and experience that a lot as an artist. That being an artist is not acceptable or real.
And at my last "acceptable" job, one of my co-workers tried to install fear and doubt in me, into my plans, by saying that I'll always be broke, that it was going to be hard, that I was going to struggle, and that I'll be back.
I knew in that moment that I made the right decision. I knew in that moment that I was never going back.
In July 2022 I created the instagram "an ever unfolding rose".
I knew that I was coming back to my art, I didn't know when, I didn't know how, but I knew that I was coming back to it.
In August 2022 my Grandad passed away.
In September 2022 I started at a job.
In February 2023 I quit.
In March 2023 I started a new job.
In May 2024 I applied at Southern Institute of Technology.
In May 2024 I quit. I wanted to create. I needed to create. I was ready to create.
In June 2024 I bought a Canon R7.
In June 2024 I started creating.
In June 2024 I started studying.
In September 2024 I created the Facebook "an ever unfolding rose"
In June 2025 I created the TikTok "an ever unfolding rose"
In November 2025 I passed Level 5 in Photography.
In December 2025 I published my website.
In February 2026 I applied for Level 6 in Photography. I start at the end of June.
It wasn't easy separating from my art. And it wasn't easy jumping back into it either. But I am, and I always will be thankful that I came back to it. That I started again. That I am here. That I am creating.
