CREATIVES OF MEMPHIS: W1ND0W

Meet W1N0W (@jilluminati._), musician, producer, scientist—the first creative in the new CREATIVES OF MEMPHIS photo series.

Why do you think you’re creative?

“I'm creative because I have to be. There is no other option. I am compelled and forced to create. Because honestly, I feel like God—or whatever you want to say—just moves through me and uses me as a vessel sometimes to just like make things. To make things is an honor.

It's just beautiful the way that things move you sometimes. And in those moments you just feel so connected to the world and it's just like...I feel like it's disrespectful not to honor that.

So I am creative because I have to you—my brain will not function otherwise, especially with being in technology. The other side of the brain is just going off all the time, and I have to be able to balance it out. And I have to listen to what my body and the outside forces tell me to do.”

How do you stay creative?

“I have to prioritize rest through giving up on the FOMO mindset and just taking time to learn something new and create based on that. Also adventuring into new environments helps put a new perspective to your art which I think is really helpful to staying creative.”