I selected all of them, including the "other" category. I'm a film school kid; I worked on a number of projects with the help of my awesome peers, but I prefer the independent approach now (a small crew of trusted talent versus the schmoozing studio system). I wrote, directed, and edited a number of short films, and these three facets of filmmaking are probably my strongest foci. I haven't been as active in this area as of late, but only because I've been trying to accumulate my own gear...and it's expensive.
If building your own computer/editing rig counts as an art form, add that. Oh, yeah - I've done acting too, for both stage and video. That was a lot of fun, but I never actively pursued it.
Currently though, I'm functioning as a camera operator and sports photographer. I shoot ice hockey more than anything else, and it's becoming something of a specialty. I love photography, I love hockey...naturally, I love my job. We're getting ready for the playoffs right now.
I take photographs purely for my own enjoyment, too. It's fun (and cathartic) to collect frozen moments in time, so that I can live them over again, deconstruct and reconstruct them, or simply call attention to the emotion or beauty of that specific, distilled second. I am drawn to conceptual and abstract photography, so I like to play around in that arena too whenever possible. Anything goes, really.
When it comes to painting, I'm
especially driven toward the abstract end of the spectrum. I seem to communicate best in various modes of abstract expressionism, surrealism, and pop art. Realism is a bit difficult, since it's more natural for me to express something I'm feeling or imagining on the inside than it is to accurately reproduce something from my external environment. If I attempt a realistic subject, it's more likely to be in the form of a drawing.
I love words and consider language itself to be one of the grandest art forms of all. Studying new languages is very rewarding, and I want to master one of them someday. I write short stories and journal my thoughts a lot. I'm not a prolific poet, but sometimes I try arranging my thoughts in verses.
I have the least experience with music, but I did have training in voice and piano when I was younger. Now, I'm mostly interested in electronic music composition, but if I seriously attacked this on top of everything else I enjoy doing, I would never see the light of day again. I would finally fall into the abyss of creation and die there.
I checked "other" because I engage my creative processes in just about everything I do. I'm really into fashion, for example, so I'm always arranging and wearing unique looks.
That was kind of long...I apologize. I just get really excited about my hobbies.
