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quote of the day
Try on this mantra today if doubt creeps in: "Oh, what the heck - go for it anyway!" jack canfield
mid-life art crisis
so, the last year i have been making art (?)...lets just call it 'shtuff'...and posting it on Etsy http://www.etsy.com/shop/bradshawmeadows?ref=si_shop like so many people...sold a few pieces....but not much....and it is very disheartening...
but the real thing that kicks me in the gut...is that i know i'm not making what i really want to make....
it's true...
the last year has pretty much been me just trying to make stuff for the sake of making stuff...and trying to make stuff that seemed more commercial than what i really enjoy making.....
i spread all of my artwork from the years...(that i still have...i lost alot along the way in several moves) and tried to pic out what is consistent....tried to find something that made it look like MY work....
i hate to say, i'm not sure i can find anything...some people's work you can look at it and KNOW whose it is....
they have their "thing" that they do....
i can't figure out what mine is....seriously...i can't....
so that is my goal....to figure out WTH my "thing" is as an artist....
i mean the fact is....i can copy other artists work just like the rest of them...but, i don't want to....iand i can talk smack just like alot of the young pups that seem to be talking smack to get recognized....but why would i want to do that too?...
when it comes down to it...i just want to be genuine in my artwork again...there was a period of time when i felt the freedom to do that...and now i need to get back to that again....
but the real thing that kicks me in the gut...is that i know i'm not making what i really want to make....
it's true...
the last year has pretty much been me just trying to make stuff for the sake of making stuff...and trying to make stuff that seemed more commercial than what i really enjoy making.....
i spread all of my artwork from the years...(that i still have...i lost alot along the way in several moves) and tried to pic out what is consistent....tried to find something that made it look like MY work....
i hate to say, i'm not sure i can find anything...some people's work you can look at it and KNOW whose it is....
they have their "thing" that they do....
i can't figure out what mine is....seriously...i can't....
so that is my goal....to figure out WTH my "thing" is as an artist....
i mean the fact is....i can copy other artists work just like the rest of them...but, i don't want to....iand i can talk smack just like alot of the young pups that seem to be talking smack to get recognized....but why would i want to do that too?...
when it comes down to it...i just want to be genuine in my artwork again...there was a period of time when i felt the freedom to do that...and now i need to get back to that again....
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Experiments in Unemployment: Win! Win! The ART of Barter!
Experiments in Unemployment: Win! Win! The ART of Barter!: "I was itching to log a successful barter exchange (aside from mine) so I was happy to see this fun photo pop up in Bartering Artists . Thes..."
Check out this blog for a story about my recent Art Bartering experience!
Monday, August 1, 2011
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