The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing
The true value of unbaked scrawls and sketches and whatnot is as a window to an artist’s process. Process is an ugly-sounding word—pedestrian jargon for the inherently wondrous act of creation—but it describes a method by which a thing evolves, which has always had a hold on me.
Adam Moss • The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing
There’s a nosy pleasure in that,
Adam Moss • The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing
Sometimes I feel I would have twice as many followers if I learned to play the game better. Other times, I don’t know. I truly wish that I could just check out most of the time right now.
Adam Moss • The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing
As I am writing this, I find myself constantly tempted to use the word miracle to describe the wonderful thing that art is. It’s such a ready description: a hardwired cliché. But I resist, because I am trying to describe art making to mean its exact opposite.
Adam Moss • The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing
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the notebooks do provide a pretty good snapshot of a creative brain moving very fast, while serving as an instrument of grounding and refinement.
Adam Moss • The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing
together. I don’t really outline. I don’t like being too organized. I like being in a state where you can listen to your subconscious.
Adam Moss • The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing
When artists speak, they generally focus on what their work means. They think up a spiel they can repeat over and over, and I guess it’s what most people want to hear. I have listened to and even published countless words on artists’ missions, their purposes, their projects. Some of it is interesting. A lot of times it’s just gassy. In any case, I
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On the trip, we were talking and I told him, “I’ve been putting this pressure on myself to come up with an idea of a book to write that would be groundbreaking.” He said, “Write the book you already know.” I said, “I guess the book should just be this philosophy that I have: salt, oil, acid, heat.” He said, “No one’s ever said that before. It’s a
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