Idea Post #6
Frustration/ discouragement
Relation to my work:
This week I have become frustrated and discouraged about creating work in all of my classes. I need to get over it and start making work again. This week with my Idea post I was hoping to get a better sense of other peoples solutions to frustration. I had no idea before looking this up that discouragement was a religious word. . . non religious people get frustrated too. (and its not because they need more god in their life I don't believe.)
Quote 1:
"Most, if not all, artists have times when they are discouraged about their work, or about how their work is received. Certainly if we look at artists from the past, many of the best ones struggled financially, emotionally, professionally, or all of the above. As sports players have slumps, artists go through periods that are fallow or difficult, when nothing seems to work, or we can't find the key, or we feel like we are laboring in obscurity."
Although this website seems to be from a small artist, Her article intro was nice. Although we all seem to know that everyone gets discouraged when it comes to creating art it always seems nicer when we hear someone else telling us its true.
Contemporary Fine Art, Art Instruction, Art History, Ancestor Portraits, and Irish and Immigrant Images by a Professional Artist. Web. 07 Oct. 2010. <http://www.ndoylefineart.com/index.html>.
Quote 2:
I as looking for a quote that had the 'get over it' feel. I found.
“To escape criticism – do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.” -- Elbert Hubbard
Boddy-Evans, By Marion. "Artists Quotes Criticism -- Artists Quotes on Dealing with Criticism." About.com Painting -- Learn How to Paint, Painting Tips, Creativity. Web. 07 Oct. 2010. <http://painting.about.com/od/artandartistquotes/a/quotescriticism.htm>.
Elbert Hubbard was a writer in the mid 1800's to early 1900's. I found the quote on a website with many other quotes, which normally I would avoid at all coast but I found this quote to be highly fitting.
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