The act of viewing and reading art & poetry
is usually pretty free and easy, but is making art
so free? I don't mean the cost of supplies or the
investment of time to make it, although those are
issues. My poet friend and sometimes collaborator
LouAnn Shepard Muhm's recent blog post has
me thinking about the cost of putting your work
out there.
is usually pretty free and easy, but is making art
so free? I don't mean the cost of supplies or the
investment of time to make it, although those are
issues. My poet friend and sometimes collaborator
LouAnn Shepard Muhm's recent blog post has
me thinking about the cost of putting your work
out there.
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| Detail of recent painting in-progress. |
No more free-bees, only details of my
paintings before my August 2016 exhibit,
'Spaces In Between' at Great River Arts in
Little Falls, Mn. My word for 2016 is FREE,
in its many implications...
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| Detail of recent painting in-progress. |
To put truly new work out there is daunting,
and few do. In her post Muhm says, "And then
you will go back to your comfortable life, to think
your comfortable thoughts, to bite your tongue
when you think it is prudent, and to answer
your 'crazy' dream with silent admonitions to
be realistic and to focus on achievable goals."
Next, I cracked open the new book Originals:
How Non-Conformists Move the World,
and Adam Grant states, "The last time you had
an original idea, what did you do with it?
Although America is a land of individuality and
unique self-expression, in search of excellence
and in fear of failure, most of us opt to fit in
rather than stand out." Grant does go onto say
that the most successful originals among us
"know in their hearts that failing would yield
less regret than failing to try." Are Muhm and
Grant conspiring? Okay, okay. I will get to work,
and free myself to make bigger messes. I won't
be like the others who do not dare.
Both Muhm and Grant, pose a challenge. Have
an idea or something to say? Do something
about it, but do not expect it to be easy. One
thing I know for sure is that when your art is
shared, it really doesn't belong to only you
anymore. It is out there, and people do with
it what people do.
and few do. In her post Muhm says, "And then
you will go back to your comfortable life, to think
your comfortable thoughts, to bite your tongue
when you think it is prudent, and to answer
your 'crazy' dream with silent admonitions to
be realistic and to focus on achievable goals."
Next, I cracked open the new book Originals:
How Non-Conformists Move the World,
and Adam Grant states, "The last time you had
an original idea, what did you do with it?
Although America is a land of individuality and
unique self-expression, in search of excellence
and in fear of failure, most of us opt to fit in
rather than stand out." Grant does go onto say
that the most successful originals among us
"know in their hearts that failing would yield
less regret than failing to try." Are Muhm and
Grant conspiring? Okay, okay. I will get to work,
and free myself to make bigger messes. I won't
be like the others who do not dare.
Both Muhm and Grant, pose a challenge. Have
an idea or something to say? Do something
about it, but do not expect it to be easy. One
thing I know for sure is that when your art is
shared, it really doesn't belong to only you
anymore. It is out there, and people do with
it what people do.
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