I found some sage words of advice in one of the most unlikely places yesterday...facebook. A couple friends of mine shared this and I did what it suggested...stole it and shared it some more. I think there is something for everybody in this post/article. It is well written, direct and easy to get your head around. In my mind, this is the basis of teaching a professional practices class at the college level, but I doubt that this type of a shining and succinct nugget of wisdom is being handed down on a regular basis... Having an issue related to your creative well being? Concerned about running out of ideas? Need motivation? Feeling alone in your struggles?
Please read here...How to Steal Like an Artist.
"Art that only comes from the head isn’t any good. Watch any good musician and you’ll see what I mean."
The quote above comes from that post and before people start screaming "anti-intellectualism"...be the intellectual...or at least continue to pretend to be and read the article. And speaking of watching some good music...you may have noticed I added yet another "thingy" on the sidebar. I think I am going to leave it there too. I know that it clutters up my space some and competes with my lead off image, but I think I can deal with that. I plan on posting new music or music related to my post or just something that I happen to be digging at the moment. You can check it out ...or not. Today I have featured a young band I am really into right now...Beach Fossils. They have a slightly retro dreamy sound that still manages to get off the ground too. Look at these guys...I love this video...that's how I wish I was dancing around in the studio. Maybe soon.
4 comments:
nice handle on that mug. i have yet to see you dance around the studio like that. "a script for a play is just time measured out for things to happen" and I leave you with this quote from Kinky Friedman "If Willie Nelson had been Rosa Parks, there never would have been a civil rights movement in this country, because he refuses to leave the back of the bus."
Who says youth is wasted on the young?! Love the video, the energy and passion...makes me feel old, but at the same time nostalgic and happy to know there are still kids dancing and playing their hearts out...
hey kyle,
i'm with mr. kuhn... nice handle. i shouldn't have started reading that article right before bed, it's too long for now but what i did read was great. have to come back to it. caught up on your eye candy, some beautiful pots you've been making
ha...Jim, thats funny, I did the same thing with that article...sometimes smaller bites are easier for me to digest...that article was loaded with good stuff...passing along to students here as well as all of us "old" students.
Thanks for the kind words on my pots!
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