It’s only when something is done that you can get feedback. And it’s only through feedback that we improve.
Tag: making
Truth-seeking
The art I love most reveals something about us or the world that has been there the whole time, but we’ve been too focussed to see it.
The importance of investing in everyday things
A few years ago, I spent too much money on plates and bowls crafted by a local Melbourne potter. A potter I’d seen at markets for years, her work getting better and better with every throw. Plates and bowls. Such ordinary objects. Objects that are so easy to acquire for any price, at any time,… Continue reading The importance of investing in everyday things
Work needs Play
The best work comes from Play
The problem with pure
Are acrylics or digital any less ‘pure’ than oils? Those in the art world favour tradition over new technology, but everything was new technology once.
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.