Shout Box archive

16 May 20:43

RottenPocket

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So it's reaching the stage when I pay five weeks rent in advance and waltz in point at the roster and go UNAVAILABLEZ!!!

16 May 20:43

John

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@RP How did she do it? How did she take out the money?

16 May 20:43

Amit Dutta

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The world is not conspiring against you.

16 May 20:43

Amit Dutta

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So

16 May 20:42

RottenPocket

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The Plan, (and I always tell myself the best plan is no plan because my plans always turn to shit) Is to take a month off. The week I go to organise it across the businesses, one Boss's mother goes into hospital, another workplace's newest staff was busted for clearing out the cash drawer and the other I actually like working at.

16 May 20:42

Hobitt

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horrible times

16 May 20:42

Hobitt

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i even cut down on sleep to draw more

16 May 20:42

Hobitt

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i worked some pretty bad manual labour jobs and even then i forced myself to draw on the bus even though i was very tired

16 May 20:41

Amit Dutta

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Yeah hospitality is not a great industry to be able to draw during in general :)

16 May 20:41

Lodratio

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in university there actually are a few jobs like that. it's not impossible.

16 May 20:40

John

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@Hob: I dunno. If you work in a restaurant, say a line cook, I swear you'd rather sleep and avoid your fingers getting chopped off from grogginess than drawing.

16 May 20:40

Amit Dutta

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Need to get yourself out of 4 jobs....and you can't make excuses for keeping yourself in them...you just need to find a solution out of that

16 May 20:40

RottenPocket

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Oh if fucking only

16 May 20:39

Hobitt

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thats what i do
almost filled a sketchbook and i commute only 10 minutes one way

16 May 20:38

Lodratio

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find a job that doesn't require you to do much then

16 May 20:38

Hobitt

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well draw on the bus or somethin

16 May 20:38

RottenPocket

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Working in a restaurant or factory doesn't exactly give me time to take a breathe let alone put pencil to paper.

16 May 20:37

Lodratio

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Creative problemsolving's a big deal, but I wouldn't say art can be reduced to just that.

16 May 20:37

RottenPocket

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But the idea of drawing at work is all well and good - if you work in an office.

16 May 20:37

Hobitt

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then you can track exactly how much you spend time

16 May 20:37

Hobitt

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get a timer useful thing

16 May 20:37

RottenPocket

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I do have a fondness with how sternly she said to Make Time. One of my own obstacles at the moment.

16 May 20:36

Amit Dutta

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The thing I liked best about Karla's talk really was the problem solving thing. I love doing art for exactly that reason, and I view it in exactly that way. Artists are pretty much just creative problem solvers. This can be applied to your life as well as your art.

16 May 20:36

Hobitt

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just do what you think you want to do and you will carve a niche in the art world

16 May 20:35

RottenPocket

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You've never seen me merchandise B)

16 May 20:33

Hobitt

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like i sed unless you are 90 years old then you dont have that much time left

16 May 20:32

Hobitt

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well it may take you more time but no ones stopping you from trying to be the best artist you can be

16 May 20:32

RottenPocket

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Well if I struggle to complete an entire scene but merchandise like a boss, it's an option.

16 May 20:31

Hobitt

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reality is a collection of opinions and intepretations probably science is close to objectivity but the same data can be interpreted differently

16 May 20:30

John

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@Hob and assume nothing! Redefine the established order!

16 May 20:30

Hobitt

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well unless youre 90 years old i dont see how can you not make it

16 May 20:29

RottenPocket

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I have decided if I don't make it as an artist I will be an assistant to one because I'm having a peevance at the basic slideshow Karla put together.