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Rebecca Holden's avatar

Great post - gosh, I needed this! I don't dare to dream, but I'm kinda fine bumbling along. Hmmmm, or am I?

I guess I need to ask myself some questions! Thanks, SLART!

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SLART's avatar

Dear Rebecca, hello again! I totally understand, I love bumbling along, but sometimes I feel stuck and it's good to dust the cobwebs off and remember we have the capacity to think bigger! :-)

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Jeanne S's avatar

“Another day would be dedicated to thinking and planning, mapping out future artworks, sketching ideas, absorbing inspiration from galleries and exhibitions,”. This is so important to have the time to absorb inspiration.

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SLART's avatar

It really is Jeanne, I find myself not having the headspace to do this fully of late, but I relish the day when it happens very soon!

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Dane Benko's avatar

There's a book called The Practical Handbook for the Emerging Artist that's useful for this sort of thought experiment and it points out how much of an working artist's working life really is work: not just applying to galleries or representatives or grants or other opportunities, but proficiently archiving and maintaining the extant artwork and tracking its sales, networking, research, so on. Studio time and office hours become an important dynamic.

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SLART's avatar

Thanks for commenting Dane, I appreciate it, and the book recommendation, I've just bought it. It's true, it's not like it's 40 hours of painting and someone else does the other stuff, it would be nice, and I'm sure it's possible, but unlikely in this day and age.

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Cicero Santos's avatar

Olá, senhor Swindon, você está absolutamente certo. A ARTE deve ocupar o espaço que lhe é glorioso como reveladora de aspectos que o vulgo não enxerga. Os artistas devem ser a vanguarda dessa mudança. Desejo-lhe sucesso!

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SLART's avatar

Gracias por su comentario. Está en lo cierto, estoy de acuerdo con usted. ¡Los artistas deben estar al frente de este cambio! Aprecio sus buenos deseos, ¡seguiré adelante!

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Olly Lovatt's avatar

I enjoyed this post very much. The inevitability of death is a great reminder to make the most of life. Unfortunately, most of us don't make much of our lives. I often wonder if I had the complete freedom to focus on my creative pursuits (writing and music) what I could achieve, what I could create.

Being a dreamer can be dangerous. Too often I'm floating among the stars. Living the dream a thousand times over. Before falling back to bleak reality. Wondering if I'll ever escape the mud.

There's a great Youtube channel called Creative Minds. One of his videos talks about how having a day job can in fact benefit creatives. As it causes scarcity in the time you have to create, which can lead to you creating your best art.

Hopefully your dream comes true and you can see if having more time leads to great art.

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Simon Carter's avatar

Hi SLART - thank you for sharing this, I'm familiar with memento mori, but I really like memento vivere which is kind of equal and opposite at the same time (remember you will die, but don't forget to live). I've signed up for the reminder for your exhibition in Sept good luck with that and space in between (thumbs up emoji).

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