The Flow of Pinterest Board Manifestation
To me, Pinterest is not simply a social media platform, it is a tool to organize every aspect of my life. It’s a sensory experience that inspires me to visually construct and define my dreams.
Each board is sacred, each pin is methodically saved and organized to serve me or to help me visually communicate my ideas to others. For that reason, I use it frequently in the same way I used to cut up images from magazines and create collages as a young girl.
As a designer, I love the process of creating Pinterest boards. There are already countless images on the site with an algorithm that seems to understand me better than I understand myself. The act of scrolling through hundreds of visual gems and filing away the ones that speak to me is an act of self-care. Clicking on the board and seeing how each pinned image works in relationship to one another is magical. The process of editing down and adding more ideas is therapeutic. There is no end, only constant evolvement.
To dive deeper into my process, I will recount a recent personal experience — moving into a new apartment. For the living room, I basically had a blank canvas the only piece of furniture I had being a tan leather couch and an old shaggy rug.
My greatest source of inspiration Kelly Wearstler’s interior design for Santa Monica Proper hotel. I would find pieces of furniture on Offer Up or Ikea and edit my Pinterest board accordingly to make sure every pin was still cohesive. Then I organize the pins visually to put relevant items together.
Here is a stretched out version of what my living room looks like so far.. manifestation is powerful! I am still in search of a checkered rug, funky lamp, abstract mirror, and small objects like candles and plants, but hey it’s a process!
