feanneWed, Jan 9, 2008 Thank you gouranga for the connecting this to my post! I was about to do so when I saw that you'd beaten me to it. :)
Sightbyvision— Why does "art" have to be incompatible with "practicality"? I agree with what rene said, that it is simply something that parents/teachers/etc. say, because that is the stereotype that they grew up with.
paulteagan— I totally agree with you there.
EVERYONE— The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron is an awesome book about "unblocking creativity" and coming to terms with oneself as an artist and a human being. She writes, creativity is the natural order of life, and challenges the many myths about artists. Do artists have to be drunk/broke/promiscuous/unstable? Is there any reason why artists can't be solvent, stable, sober, happy, AND still creative?
Thank you gouranga for the connecting this to my post! I was about to do so when I saw that you'd beaten me to it. :)
Sightbyvision— Why does "art" have to be incompatible with "practicality"? I agree with what rene said, that it is simply something that parents/teachers/etc. say, because that is the stereotype that they grew up with.
paulteagan— I totally agree with you there.
EVERYONE— The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron is an awesome book about "unblocking creativity" and coming to terms with oneself as an artist and a human being. She writes, creativity is the natural order of life, and challenges the many myths about artists. Do artists have to be drunk/broke/promiscuous/unstable? Is there any reason why artists can't be solvent, stable, sober, happy, AND still creative?