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Art and Politics

November 28, 2009
Art and Politics

If you are political or have a succinct message to convey, you can use your art to make statements that are more easily stimulated in a visual setting than by mere words. If you are a writer, your language is your art, and the progression of letters and words that you use in...
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The Artist’s need for Solitude

September 8, 2009
The Artist’s need for Solitude

Another eccentricity that those in the ‘normal’ world often misunderstand is our need for Solitude. This will be touched upon more deeply in a later blog, but for now, each of us must realize that for what we do, we need lots of quiet time. Solitude requires that you ignore the details of life...
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Managing relationships as an Artist

September 3, 2009
Managing relationships as an Artist

Beyond your loved ones, realize that you must maintain professional relationships as well. Maintaining and managing your own client base requires that you be social, meet and greet, and hand out those dreaded business cards. Use a web site to market your work. Contact your clients and send jpegs of your work. In other...
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The Excellence of the Artist

August 31, 2009
The Excellence of the Artist

“There is as much dignity in plowing a field as in writing a poem.” Booker T. Washington The art market is much different today than in years...
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The Industry of Art

August 30, 2009
The Industry of Art

In our art world there are no industry-figures only anecdotes. Focusing more intently on the art created from the canvas, six figures are paid by collectors for the opportunity to own work that intellectual elitists deem “important” not withstanding the fact that the masses haven’t a clue as to what is and what is...
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What makes an Artist?

August 23, 2009
What makes an Artist?

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm. In the real world all rests on perseverance. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Considering the philosophy of Art, what is it that truly makes an Artist? To what principles of metaphysics must the Artist adhere in order...
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The Balance of Fame and Fortune in the World of Art

August 21, 2009
The Balance of Fame and Fortune in the World of Art

The pursuit of the Artistic Life is truly a noble aspiration, and though it may at this stage seem like a gamble, if it is viewed and handled with a commitment to personal excellence and thinking within lines as much as without, you can find yourself with a winning hand.  Fame may never come. ...
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Are Artists Born or Created?

August 18, 2009
Are Artists Born or Created?

Artists are born, again and again and again. Artists are created, again and again and again. Every time a brush strokes paint onto a canvas, an artist is born. Every time words are placed to elicit meaning, an artist is born. Every time a performance is acted out, an artist is born. But it...
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Making the Commitment to be an Artist

August 17, 2009
Making the Commitment to be an Artist

I am only one, But still I am one. I cannot do everything, But still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do The something that I can do. ...
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The Solitude of the Artist

August 15, 2009
The Solitude of the Artist

Image by Community Friend via Flickr At the end of the day, when all is said and done, the Artist must have Solitude. There is no suit to bring our C.A.R.D.S to plurality, and so the Artist finds himself alone, standing as the Joker and the Fool. There is no corresponding element, for the Artist...
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