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//Saturday, May 21, 2011 1:42 PM
This Is Where The Heart Lies?
When I look at good art now, I am no longer happy. I'm still in awe, and there might be admiration, but there is no joy in it and I will tell you why. The difference between appreciating art before I came to my art school and now is akin to eating good food...but at the same time, you're listing out all the ingredients in your head, how it's cooked and with what utensils. In the process, you can't really enjoy the taste of it anymore. There's so much competition, criticism, tension, an amalgamation of negativity. Also, the standards have been raised. The more good work you see, the more it takes to be impressed by the next one. I suppose that's why art lecturers seem jaded, in a way. They have probably seen it all. I know creativity is limitless and unpredictable, but art students are, after all, beginners in this field and will mostly make the same mistakes, hence creating similar art. Competency in art contributes as well. If you feel your art isn't good (and this is a constant inner conflict for me), it will amplify the uneasiness when confronted with better art by better artists. This is like having to eat your own cooking because you have no other alternatives and every bite is as ash to your mouth. But if you don't eat it, you will starve because looking at other people's tasty food won't make you full, just hungrier. I'm not saying this isn't a good thing. I'm sure it's a good method of encouragement to improve yourself but constant comparison and judgment can really bring my mood down. After all, you are your worst critic. I just don't know how to react more positively because so much time, effort and emotion is invested in my art, I want to at least like what I see on the paper/board/canvas. I could be perfectly happy with my art one minute, see something better the next and there it goes, I feel like utter cr*p. When will I feel happy again? Or have I chosen the wrong field? Sigh.  |
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