MAKING ART
The question is between late-stage millennials, Gen Xers and Boomers, and mid to early stage millennials and Gen Zs. And it is that whole question of, “Am I being fairly paid for this?” What Gen X sees, and again, I’m not representing it fairly probably, but I will represent my generational stance. What Gen X sees is, and is concerned about, is... See more
extendedplay.thecivilians.org
“We look for the sermon in the suicide, for the social or moral lesson in the murder of five. We interpret what we see, select the most workable of the multiple choices. We live entirely, especially if we are writers, by the imposition of a narrative line upon disparate images, by the “ideas” with which we have learned to freeze the shifting
... See more“Listening is a basic ingredient of attention, and it can be learned and
practiced. Listening is fueled by interest and curiosity. It is a discipline
and an action in the world, and the results are nearly magical. Hearing
can restore. To be heard, really heard by another person, is to be healed.”
― Anne Bogart, And Then, You Act: Making Art in an... See more
practiced. Listening is fueled by interest and curiosity. It is a discipline
and an action in the world, and the results are nearly magical. Hearing
can restore. To be heard, really heard by another person, is to be healed.”
― Anne Bogart, And Then, You Act: Making Art in an... See more
Anne Bogart Quotes (Author of A Director Prepares)
I thought about how it might alienate some people. But I just felt like, well, if you don't want to alienate people, don't be an artist.
critics, fans, and subjects (with tavi gevinson)
Nearly every time I’ve written a novel something happens in between its completion and its publication that makes it clear to me that I knew something I didn’t know I knew while I was writing, and that buried knowledge, that unknown known, has been expressed in the fiction, without my awareness. What I think I’m doing when I write a novel and what
... See morethree pillars of a contented artist’s life: a regular creative practice, taking in lots of art and experiences, and community.
Beth Pickens • Make Your Art No Matter What: Moving Beyond Creative Hurdles
everything but 11 lol
veracity tends to express itself with an eminent simplicity, in art as in life; just as discursiveness can often be an index of falsehood.
THE MAKING OF A WRITER; WE NEED SILENCE TO FIND OUT WHAT WE THINK (Published 1982)
Anything interesting I have ever produced creatively has come as a result of being deeply invested in the world and the people in it. There’s nothing for me in isolation.