16 May 20:42
--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
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16 May 20:41
--Yeah hospitality is not a great industry to be able to draw during in general :)
16 May 20:40
--@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
--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 20:39
--thats what i do
almost filled a sketchbook and i commute only 10 minutes one way
16 May 20:38
--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
--Creative problemsolving's a big deal, but I wouldn't say art can be reduced to just that.
16 May 20:37
--But the idea of drawing at work is all well and good - if you work in an office.
16 May 20:37
--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
--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
--just do what you think you want to do and you will carve a niche in the art world
16 May 20:32
--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
--Well if I struggle to complete an entire scene but merchandise like a boss, it's an option.
16 May 20:31
--reality is a collection of opinions and intepretations probably science is close to objectivity but the same data can be interpreted differently
16 May 20:29
--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.
16 May 20:27
--so from certain points of view my opinions can be completely discarded as worthless
16 May 20:26
--no problems....she swears like a construction worker...haha but the same good ol messages :)
16 May 20:26
--take what i say with a bucket of salt im not good nor i had any experience in proffesional area
16 May 20:25
--I don't think I ever have. :( Pretty sure each slump has been involuntary.