Do: Sol LeWitt’s Electrifying Letter of Advice on Self-Doubt, Overcoming Creative Block, and Being an Artist
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Do: Sol LeWitt’s Electrifying Letter of Advice on Self-Doubt, Overcoming Creative Block, and Being an Artist
This is the most important part of what Chuck Close advises: “You sign on to a process.” Yes, you need a regular creative practice. But there’s more: How do you build that practice? By having a system for working, a specific way in which you go about doing things day in and day out, so you never have to start from scratch. You establish a routine.
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On trusting your own process
On trusting your own process
The artist enters the Void with nothing and comes back with something. Her skill is to turn off the self-censor. Her skill is to jump off the cliff. Her skill is to believe.