tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275740489753320270.post8548790268070378087..comments2023-04-19T12:57:40.379-07:00Comments on When In Home: Why Be A Professional Artist? and Summer With a ToddlerSharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06639586550719240697noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275740489753320270.post-63377110417580254792009-08-04T21:01:49.810-07:002009-08-04T21:01:49.810-07:00We "art" because we must!
Hey there bla...We "art" because we must!<br /><br />Hey there blast-from-the-past! Just randomly Googled you for the first time in a while and POW! you're blogging. Coolness. Glad to see and hear that you and Norman are doing so well (and your boys are adorable!). We're (Laini and me) about to welcome our first (a girl) into the world any day now (we're a few days overdue but not stressing about it). <br /><br />I hope your upcoming show goes well. We dig your animal paintings!<br /><br />All best,<br />JimJim Di Bartolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620158692319824216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275740489753320270.post-46079907034577633042009-07-26T21:20:44.289-07:002009-07-26T21:20:44.289-07:00Yes, art has always impacted people and thought an...Yes, art has always impacted people and thought and how we view both ourselves and light and how we value the natural world around us. Art is reflective. Art records the human spirit just as words do. If it weren't for the art in caves, and eventually the language on onion skins and parchment, I fervently believe that we would still be flapping our big lips in the very caves where some of the earliest art has been recorded.<br /><br />We need artists, and it doesn't matter how many of them there are, to keep us moving forward, to remind us to play, or to wake us up. Just as we need artists.<br /><br />I believe you paint because you have to. If you really want to test what your motivation is, why you do it, whether you might be happier doing something else I dare you to not do any art for six months, get yourself a part time desk job or cafe job or whatever you can find, and see how you feel. See how necessary your non-creative work feels. <br /><br />I could write a dissertation in answer to this very provoking question! (And already almost have!) I have personally found work, not writing, but kind of related, and don't feel that what I do for money is very important. It's entirely possible that the same 150 regular readers of my blog will be the only people to ever read my writing, but I do feel it is important, and for those people who read my work, I know that I have helped several step back from the edge of suicidal urges and personal black holes- I am lucky they told me so- so that even though I may never make any money writing, I know it's important to someone outside myself.<br /><br />That's more than enough to keep me going.<br /><br />Your art has personally given me such a different perspective, visually, and it has added humor and also gorgeousnes to my world and I disagree that there is already enough beauty in the world. For all the beauty there is equal horror, so there is never enough- the beauty is needed to keep the ugly in balance.angelinahttp://dustpanalley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275740489753320270.post-83826246955770042492009-07-26T02:12:20.037-07:002009-07-26T02:12:20.037-07:00mmm, thinking about art and 'career' and f...mmm, thinking about art and 'career' and finance does my head in! think i just do it coz i love it.... hope u decide on the best path. re your question ~ i use golden acrylics and the matte-satin varnish in that range :)belinda marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06141948181116751659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275740489753320270.post-78606406198891703852009-07-25T15:13:25.639-07:002009-07-25T15:13:25.639-07:00I'm not sure I'm qualified to answer, as I...I'm not sure I'm qualified to answer, as I think you're concept of artist is directly related to painting, but as someone who has spent his entire life at creative ventures or attempts at early retirement to facilitate creative ventures, I find the value in the journey. I wanted to be a writer from the day I learned how to write a paragraph. I NEED to write, or my brain goes all wonky and my dreams become a series of surreal disasters, like my creative pipes back up and pour out the wrong end. As for making money at it... if you can't make money doing what you love, make sure what you're making money doing isn't taking up so much time that you can't ALSO do what you love.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06910301839967893107noreply@blogger.com