Thursday, June 17, 2010
Practice
In a great little book, "Art and Fear," the author suggests that "the function of the overwhelming majority of your artwork is simply to teach you how to make the small fraction of your artwork that soars." That rings true to me, but it is also a little frustrating...with limited time for art, it seems like the great art works are likely to be few and far between! Malcolm Gladwell also pointed out that people who are the best at what they do typically spent a huge amount of time practicing. So the challenge is to make the time and DO MORE ART!
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Ah Ellen - I felt a little twinge of sorrow when I read your post - it's so true! I'm not striving for great art - but have been neglecting to feed that part of me that just enjoys making visual art. I'm going to strive to do at least a little something every day! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThat's a great little book. And you can pick it up and find a little wisdom just doing a quick random read. Now I'm off to work so I can have some time to do art.
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