Ryan Wallace on what it means to be a working artist – The Creative Independent
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Ryan Wallace on what it means to be a working artist – The Creative Independent
Especially if you work in and around institutions, where you’re trying really hard to sell your work or sell the idea of your work, it’s really tempting to want to fall very nicely into the groove of some discipline or rhetoric that people understand and can identify. It can be so uncomfortable to be working in an interdisciplinary way that’s hard ... See more
thecreativeindependent.com • On Taking the Time You Need to Notice, Think, and Grow
To live as an artist is a way of being in the world. A way of perceiving. A practice of paying attention.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Too often, aspiring artists put pressure on themselves to make their creative work their only source of income. In my experience, it’s a road to misery. If art is your sole source of income, then there’s unrelenting pressure on that art, and mercenary pressure is the enemy of the creative elves inside you trying to get the work done. Having another
... See moreTimothy Ferriss • Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
The artist is always on call. Even after we get up from hours engaged in our craft, the clock is still running. This is because the artist’s job is of two kinds: The work of doing. The work of being. Creativity is something you are, not only something you do. It’s a way of moving through the world, every minute, every day.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
being an artist in any setting is just code for having an alternate value system.
Emily Segal • Mercury Retrograde
that he was constantly cultivating patrons. What do you do when you find yourself in a position that is less than ideal? Do you quit your job and try to strike out on your own? Not at all. You look around for the closest patron, even if that means your day job. “Follow your curiosities and get a paycheck,” Kabir told me. “Don’t focus so much on the
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