Everyone will tell you to grow your audience. Focus on subscribers. Get bigger. Increase market share. Be for everybody. Be liked. Be loved.
But nothing gives me more pleasure these days than when I notice someone unsubscribe from my email list. Why? Because it means I’m not for everyone. It means I’m forming a point of view. A strong opinion. I’m picking a side. A side that’s not for everyone. It’s exactly what art is supposed to do.
Might the act of mark-making be a pathway to the subconscious where we get to meet a version of ourselves we’ve never met before?
Why are there so many people wanting to be published in children’s literature?
What benefits come from leaving room for another human or two to intepret and find meaning in the work we make?
Why do so many kids stop drawing at the age of about 10. And what if they didn’t?
Who decides what gets to embed and live continuously in our culture for hundreds of years? And if it does, does it mean it’s good?
