Renee De Four
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🌀 Agnes Martin - My Rabbit Hole of Exploration
Here is the answer to the question I asked in the first post. Agnes Martin discovered that painting was all she needed to be fulfilled in this life. I wonder at what age in life did she discover this? Was it an innate knowing or did she struggle?
I envy people like this who know what their “thing” is. I’m 30 years old and it frustrates me deeply that I don’t have a strong affiliation with one thing. Whether that’s writing, or reading, painting or playing an instrument. I’m starting to wonder if I need to try new things?
What I do enjoy - building workflows with digital tools, solving problems by creating systems does not feel like an artistic thing!
I can build and perfect a Notion or Tana workflow for hours until a solution is found but something feels like it’s missing. Maybe it’s because it’s not tangible like painting?
I don’t know but I think I need to pick up pottery - maybe that will be my thing.
Update 1/4/25 9:15 pm - This quote also reminds me of Hirayama from Perfect Days. He too discovered something far more precious than material accumulation.
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Wim Wenders: Advice to the Young
youtube.com“In a world where you are constantly asked to be ‘committed,’ it is liberating to give yourself the license to be a dilettante. Commit to nothing. Try everything.”
~ Tom Hodgkinson
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I usually go to the mall to perform a kind of an anthropological expedition once a year and I see nothing there which interests me.
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What artists NEED to do is work on their craft, build a body of work, and show that work to people. And there are better options for showing your work than social media. Having a website is a good start. Doing PR and having an email list is even better.
No, Artists Don't Need Social Media
I try to floss every day. Sometimes I conveniently forget it. I hate this, because forgetting increases my dentist bill.
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