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breaking the habit and making the habit

Sun Nov 15, 2009, 1:01 PM
i get so SICK of my laziness when it comes to art!

i've been reading twyla tharp again and putting a fire under my ass to get going on some work. it was required text for color theory at my former college. a class i never got to take but i have the text so i'll make it work for me.

she has interesting ideas on forming creative habits and breaking out of a creative rut. one of which is to get really ANGRY at yourself for slacking at something you love. well i've got that covered.

she also brings up the interesting old debate over how much of successful art is actually based on hard work and skill and how much is pure luck or instantaneous, lightning-strike inspiration. she believes that hard work, preparation and routine are the true way to reaching artistic gold in any field. and she doesn't truly believe that 'luck' or momentary flashes of inspiration are responsible for the best art out there. rather she says that artists who train themselves rigorously are more prepared to be 'lucky' and be able to experience that moment of amazing creative genius.

between her and ayn rand, another of my female literary heroes who believes strongly in the value of hard work and perseverance, i need to reassess my goals and my reality.

so. a piece a week. or at least will POST what a week's progress has brought. i have a small 'community' to help me stay on course and give me honest feed back

twyla's criteria for good critics to go to for feedback include these :
1. a person who has talent you admire, something to teach you, good judgment
2. people who happen to be friends, who have your best interests at heart
3. people who do not feel the need to compete with you, no hidden agendas
4. people who have 'hammered' your work in the past so you know they will not be silent about flaws, and won't spare your feelings, people capable of brutal honesty

well i know i've definitely found a good handful of people i feel fit that description. so .. i know i can stay focused and determined. or else. i will beat myself into submission!

peace..

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  • Mood: Rant
  • Listening to: led zep
  • Reading: the creative habit - Twyla Tharp

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just trying to learn as much as i can at this point. trying new mediums and new techniques. second year art student at a community college. experimenting with paint is my biggest passion at the moment.. just deciding where i want to go and learning what i need to work on still... just a ramblin' along.

Devious Info

  • Current Residence: Sirako, NY
  • Interests: live music, ink sketches, festivals, camping, sci-fi, phantasy, dystopian novels
  • Favourite movie: the wall, the labyrinth, v for vendetta, eternal sunshine, waking life
  • Favourite band or musician: violent femmes, the doors, dylan, pink floyd, sinatra, john brown's, moe, sublime, the dead
  • Favourite genre of music: classic rock, jam bands, 90's rock, folk
  • Favourite artist: Brian Froud
  • Favourite poet or writer: Ayn Rand
  • Favourite game: god of war, nitrous oxide, sonic the hedgehog 2
  • Favourite cartoon character: vash the stampede
  • Personal Quote: "one man's madwoman is another's saint or visionary" - brian froud
  • Tools of the Trade: whatever's on hand

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~jtimshel 4 days 22 hours ago
thanks for the fave on 'someday, love' (:

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~LachlanKadick Oct 30, 2009, 8:08:00 AM
:yoda:

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Taking the best as it comes.
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Mood: Delighted ~RamblinRoach Nov 1, 2009, 12:37:17 PM
yoda!!!

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Mood: Joy ~ZraS87 Jul 5, 2009, 8:41:43 AM
Thanks for all of the favs !!!!! = )

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~jadedRoach Jul 5, 2009, 12:20:44 PM
you know i love your work... you were an amazing artist to me waayy before you were .. anything else to me :D

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*let us make living our art,
rather than seeking to make mere art out of our lives..

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"the cruelest thing you can do to a person is make her ashamed of her own complexity." - crimethInc.
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~aymanduh Jun 6, 2009, 8:01:58 PM
thanks you for the fave ;] <3
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~jadedRoach Jun 12, 2009, 3:30:59 PM
thanks for the returned fave!

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*let us make living our art,
rather than seeking to make mere art out of our lives..

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"the cruelest thing you can do to a person is make her ashamed of her own complexity." - crimethInc.
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~burntdream May 31, 2009, 4:08:40 PM
Also if you're interested check out my comics blog:

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Thanks!

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"You knew all along that your sanctioned world was only half the world and you tried to suppress the second half the way the priests and teachers do. You won't succeed. No one succeeds in this once he has begun to think."
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