Here’s a little interview we did with Sarah Watts about the image she submitted to Blankets Re_action section on the theme of ‘communication’!

Can you tell us a little about the image you submitted to Re_action?
The piece I submitted for the Re_action project is a childhood fantasy that I use to have. When I was a kid we had pet snakes, and I would wrap the snake around my neck like a feather boa and pretend that I was a dark “Snake Queen.” I had an uncanny ability to communicate with snakes and other reptiles. My fantasies as a kid were always strange. They weren’t always about being a princess, but also about having abilities to undermine people and cast spells, ha ha.

What inspires you to make art?
Watching stand up comedy and improv is a big inspiration for me, it gets my witty juices going. I also take in a lot of from the people that surround me. I love to make art based on a memory or little things that people do and say. Visually, I like old cartoons, the vintage Vogue covers and a lot of current illustrators. I look at a ton of illustrators online, sometimes to the point where I get burnt out. Epic movies also get me super pumped to make art.

What would you like your art to express about you?
I want my work to express stories and characters in my life the way that I see them. I also like to make people laugh, and I want them to feel like they can relate to my work. I hope to make characters that people can enjoy and connect to on a non-judgmental level.

What have you learned from another artist lately?
The best thing that I learned lately is from watching a TED video about creativity. Elizabeth Gilbert, who is a writer, made an awesome talk at TED that made me feel so much better as an artist. She basically says to think of creativity as a “being” that comes and visits you, rather than something that comes from within. This takes an incredible amount of pressure off, because it is not always up to the artist to creates something amazing, but instead a collaboration between the artist and their “visitor.” So when a piece comes out looking bad, it’s not all your fault, ha ha.  I love that.

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