what is art

and how do we make it

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If your intention is to ‘make art’, then maybe you’ll get a couple of good paintings. You may even get a show or two.

But I think of it this way: I don’t make art. I make things . Framing it like that keeps what I’m doing from becoming precious. And that’s a good thing, because to be precious is to be timid—and that’s bad. Creativity requires

Kieran • Following the White-Hot Fire Inside of You

Without fear and risk there can be no serious art - let go of frames

ask yourself this before you give up on that thing

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James Turrell

Art is the act of nonaggression. We have to live this art in our daily lives.

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Kieran • Following the White-Hot Fire Inside of You

ask yourself this before you give up on that thing

Natalie Goldberg • Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within