Art practice
Anyone who creates anything for a living oscillates between two extremes.
The first being the desire to garner a larger following for your work.
The second being the urge to flee the grid and dedicate your life to a craft whose worth is not determined by an algorithm designed by an army of... See more
instagram.comArt is about the maker.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
I think this piece gets a lot right
I find the most risk in committing to arduous conceptually challenging projects, and not attempting to contort a practice to whatever the feed is animated about.
Artists and institutions alike are encouraged to be reactive, or court audiences, in order to... See more
Mat Dryhurstx.comIt’s tempting to think of art as outside of our practical needs: art does not hold up walls or keep us warm; it derives its value from our perceptions of it. It exists to prove we are capable of appreciating things beyond their practicality. We can see again how it is directly opposed to the inherent efficiency of money: if art were so crass as to
... See moreDavid Berry • How Artists Make Money and How Money Makes Artists
when the actors don't hate the director…
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Once you get a nudge to make something, it's not your job to control it but to be a midwife for it.
Maria Bowler • Making Time
Just as often the blockage is about the outcome: Will this be sufficient? Will my boss like it? Will it earn me a paycheck? Those questions keep us inside of ourselves.
But intention shifts your gaze. Your intention helps you slip past the how, past the bad infinity of the marketplace, past the boss, past the habitual self-consciousness that blocks
... See moreMaria Bowler • Making Time
