the meaning of creating art
When we ‘see’ a landscape, we situate ourselves in it. If we ‘saw’ the art of the past, we would situate ourselves in history. When we are prevented from seeing it, we are being deprived of the history which belongs to us. Who benefits from this deprivation? In the end, the art of the past is being mystified because a privileged minority is
... See moreJohn Berger • Ways of Seeing
Cameron, you’ve said that when you’re not feeling particularly creative, you listen to a song, or watch a movie, or read a book, and before long you get “the urge to respond.” We typically hear the creative act described as, you know, there’s a void, and a flash of lighting cracks through it. But I really like that idea of response as intrinsic to... See more
To love the amateur is also to go beyond comparison with the professional and instead to better grasp what it means to function on limited means, little power and often alack of external appreciation. It is to see what emerges to sustain love: gritty determination, dedicated hours of work, banter,playful experimentation, attention to detail,clever
... See moreWhy love the amateur? The more typical framing of these two terms ‘love’ and ‘amateur’ is reversed.Amateurs are lovers, who love the world of activity they have chosen despite the lack of monetary reward.
If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for to the creator there is no poverty and no poor indifferent place.
Rainer Maria Rilke • Letters to a Young Poet
Difficult times like war, famine, political protests have historically shaped our cultures, as a shared experience, and a shared suffering; one that ignites change. As art feeds and grows on culture, artists have always been at the forefront of the change it brings. Because it is through art that ideas—revolutionary, groundbreaking, and... See more
art in the face of adversity
Being a creative means embracing the urge to put more of yourself—your identity, personality, and unique way of seeing—into the world, whether it be the way you make your breakfast in the morning or your trick for getting through your morning commute, or the themes that keep coming up among the thousands of photos in your camera roll. When we... See more