Week #2 - Lu - Nostalgia for Inspiration

This week was especially challenging for me because no matter what I did, I just could not get up in the morning and feel like I was doing something right. Almost every day I felt like I was making a mistake of some sorts, and that would affect not only the way I carried myself every day, but the way I felt about the art I was trying to create. As the end of the week approached, I decided I wanted to go back home, even if it was only for a day or two. This picture was taken only a few hours ago in downtown Burbank. I went out with my family (or part of it) and we just walked down the street as the sun was setting and the street, and car lights got more and more vibrant. As I looked up and around the place, I started to remember moments that I’ve lived in this specific spot of the city and my day started to light up a little. Then I remembered why I even liked this spot in the first place; because it somehow reminds me of the city I grew up in and where I made some of the most important discoveries of myself, like the fact that I wanted to be an artist (even if back then, I wasn’t sure of what kind). 

There are so many things in this picture that catch my eye, the tiny moon with the even tinier Venus hanging below her, the blended colors of the sky, the almost neon looking green light and the many, many sources of light glowing everywhere. In general, the way that the lights are placed in this picture remind me a lot of the discussions we’ve had this past week in class. Especially when looking at the sky, I can see a cyc in cooler blended colors that contrast the warmer toned amber lights hitting the buildings, as well as the ones coming from the cars and the street lights. I also really like the way that the palm trees and the mountains seem to only show their silhouettes as I imagine that most of the light is hitting from behind them. 

There is something about city lights at sunset that I find very inspiring. It is that they remind me of special moments in my life that I cherish, they remind me of people that are no longer in my life but that hold a place in my heart, they remind me of very specific memories and stories that I want to share. City lights make me nostalgic, but this feeling also gives me the most inspiring moments in my life. Coming back home was a good decision. 


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  1. Lonnie AlcarazOctober 10, 2021 at 9:13 PM

    Great photo and so glad you not only got some renewed energy but connected it directly to light - there is a reason they call sunset, the magic house. Wonderful clarity and mix of natural light, functional lights like street lights and stop lights and also architectural light on the trees and buildings - so much energy in the photo yet it is soothing. Nice post!

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