it's all of those things; the butterflies in the stomach you get from an interview, and the highly personal rejection of a bad date, and being able to see the other candidates for the job that you see at an audition, all together.... some years at comic-con, i got really excited because i thought my work might get picked up, and i was naïve enough to think that the vague encouragement at the portfolio review tables meant something.... and because it was there, the current painting, in its blue underpainting stage where it looks like not much at all: it's hard to tell, unless you're familiar with my studio and that table easel, but the canvas is huger than anything i've ever done before (24 x 30).
Read Morewhat is an art director, anyway?
In advertising and print work, art directors (often teamed up with a copywriter) come up with “concepts,” the creative ideas which communicate with us on a gut level through such devices as theme, metaphor, and symbolism. Some art directors do little more than dream up these ideas and present them to clients, while some oversee almost all aspects of the design and production process. Surprisingly, art direction is seldom taught in schools and there is very little formal information on the subject; it is often learned in practice.
Read More11 things you shouldn't do as a creative
i was flipping through CP+B's employee handbook, and noticed that on page 5, they have a list of things they'd like you not to do: WE ASK THAT YOU DON’T: Throw sand.... Play the busy card.... Make promises you don't keep.
Read Moredratted dampness
it would be damp the day i need to finish an oil painting by tomorrow. of course it would be. even busting out the blowdryer hasn't helped. liquin hasn't helped.
is it bad that the one blowdryer in my house resides in the studio instead of the bathroom?
offer what you have
It asks that we maintain a healthy standard of living plus devote many hours to music, practicing scales, and to art, drawing from life, working with color and meditating to keep the demons from revolt, and to writing nonsense that must be written, reading in search of wisdom or God, thinking, thinking, thinking -- and sometimes to more and stranger things: sleeping a lot to find peace, going on retreat, flirting with madness. It is our responsibility to ourselves and to the world to do these things, to find ways to take care of ourselves, not to become a burden but to offer what we have.... don't drift along in life, waiting until you feel like the time is right -- it's never right -- it's always NOW when you're supposed to be doing this work.
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