Maybe “Buy the best art materials you can afford” isn’t the best advice after all.
Author: Matt Shanks
Quiet, Please
An artist’s challenge is to create their own quiet amidst all the noise because no umpire will do it for us.
Ideas are easy, progress is hard
Ideas are everywhere, but artists are not. Is it really just fear of failure that prevents people from converting their ideas into art?
What’s in a name?
Would we use the internet differently if a browser was called a do-er? Would we make different work if we called ourselves an artist instead of a hobbyist?
Two ways to capture the world
If there are two ways to capture the world, I’ll choose the second way.
To paint like a child
Perhaps the pursuit of art is about unlearning what we know and what we’re afraid of.
You could instead of you should
Assuming that what works for us will work for others doesn’t make sense. Perhaps instead of advice, what we need is perspective.
Chasing our tails
Perhaps goals are the problem. Perhaps what we really need to find happiness is a focus on exactly the opposite of goals – play.
No one taught us what do with boredom
The problem with being bored isn’t about being unable to think about what to do, it’s about deciding which, of all things, we should do, right now.
Defined by ‘No’
For two-letters, No is a powerful word.