While you may feel you’re just pretending that you’re an artist, there’s no way to pretend you’re making art. Go ahead, try writing a story while pretending you’re writing a story. Not possible. Your work may not be what curators want to exhibit or publishers want to publish, but those are different issues entirely. You make good work by (among other things) making lots of work that isn’t very good, and gradually wedding out the parts that aren’t good, the parts that aren’t yours. It’s called feedback, and it’s the most direct route to learning about your own vision. It’s also called doing your work. After all, someone has to do your work, and you’re the closest person around.
— from Art & Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland
Posted May 1, 2012 at 9:29am in Quotes Art Fear Books Reading Making Work Publishing Writing Photography Work
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Brooke Shields painting at City Cinemas Cinema 1, 2, and 3.
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Amanda Visell created a series of posters to “show girls they can do anything.” This is by far my favorite, you can see the entire collection here.
