Rachel VanHoy
@24kgsnoopycharm
Rachel VanHoy
While I believe that art is important and an important tool, over the years I’ve actually felt that expecting my art to move people stems from the ego. I’ve since let go of that expectation of having everyone engage and resonate to the art I make and meanings behind it.
These days, I focus on making art about my experiences and the things I ca
... See more“Once you grow up, you realize you don’t want to be crazy in love.
You want to be calm in love,
stable in love, patient in love,
understood in love, safe in love.
Your partner should give you peace of mind and reassurance, not constant little heart attacks and high anxiety.”
Kurt Vonnegut wrote that most marriages fail because they don’t have enough people in them:
“You should know that when a husband or wife fight, it may seem to be about money or sex or power. But what they’re really yelling to each other about is loneliness. What they’re really saying is, ‘you’re not enough people.’”
How to build a village
I couldn’t believe that the rest of my life was going to mostly consist of doing labour for someone else. I couldn’t believe no one else was making a fuss? Why was everyone so content to just accept these conditions? Why was I so intolerant to the idea? Was I so privileged, so precious, so lazy that I couldn’t just accept that this is what life is?
Amie McNee • I didn't want a job
If your intention is to ‘make art’, then maybe you’ll get a couple of good paintings. You may even get a show or two.
But I think of it this way: I don’t make art. I make things. Framing it like that keeps what I’m doing from becoming precious. And that’s a good thing, because to be precious is to be timid—and that’s bad. Creativity requires attenti
... See morethere’s a specific kind of exhaustion that doesn’t come from doing too much, but from thinking too much while doing very little.