12-20-2017, 12:46 AM
Quote:How do we find a balance between savouring the journey and reaching our destination? Maybe it is by focussing on our craft for it's own sake? By learning solid skills and processes that help us to reliably produce art that we love?
I believe we share the same goals of trying to make money out of art. I can relate a bit to your predicament.
Quote:My artistic progress is slow but I need to come to terms with that and accept it because I have multiple priorities in life.
In my opinion, I disagree about you being slow in your artistic progress. You're currently gaining a lot of input and content from your priorities for you to process in order for you to turn them something that you can express. And those experiences are basically the stuff what art is made of. I hope you forgive me by going with the pretentious sounding definition of art, being: a recreation of one's metaphysical value judgments of reality.
To a lot of people focused on craft, like me, I think we stunted our 'artistic growth'. When the focus is on getting better; where there's zero vacations, zero social life; where our life's struggle is figuring out the craft; It's silly. Like acing grammar school, yet nothing we could say is of any substance. I think we're basically setting up ourselves to fail as an artist. I got to that point where I don't really have anything of value to say.
With that said, going back to goals, there's a bit of dishonesty every time I throw that statement of art as a means to make money, like how prostitutes claim they're in the business of selling love. That's the part where I think "artists" are having troubles with. Not saying that as if I'm out of that loop, since I am trying to figure that one out myself.
And if it makes you feel any better about being slow, I think ateliers make it a point to go slow with doing pieces. It gives you more time to make informed decisions with regards to the craft.
That's my long winded response to say 'you're pretty balanced from my point of view'.
And oh. Nice turtle. Definitely better than the first.
If you are reading this, I most likely just gave you a crappy crit! What I'm basically trying to say is, don't give up!
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