That is an intriguing image. If you do send a picture of it! Eventually there will be the book to put on the shrine. In the meantime you could write them down on scraps of paper and burn them to ash in a handmade ceramic bowl of your choice and leave the ashes in the bowl. haha.
I did this one time with early drawings and carried the urn full of ashes around for years. I wonder whatever happened to that... I left it behind in some deserted studio I guess.
Such a good piece! The part that often goes unnoticed and thus unsaid is that there's a maturity that must take place for this transition to "take hold"
Everyone gets that compliment, "Oh, you should sell that!" and the mind begins racing.
Creativity is not a vehicle for money. What you DO with that creativity is. Don't sacrifice your most precious and pure gift for money or fame.
You said "Creativity is not a vehicle for money. What you DO with that creativity is. Don't sacrifice your most precious and pure gift for money or fame"
I would add creativity is endless abundence. Don't confuse it's value with money or fame which are in a different much more limited and secondary realm. Creativity is the source of the artist - the spring we draw from. Money or poverty / fame or obscurity is the downstream effect created by others around the artifacts of that creativity. If the artist thinks of it as a vehicle to generate money or fame, that's where the problem for us as creators develops. Hum. I see another article there.
These two articles are uncannily timely for me. Recently, I've realized letting external validation enter your mind as a motive for the work is to engage in a form of gambling. The reaction of others is a variable reward. Unfortunately, with the way our neurological reward system is built (dopamine, etc.), it can be insidious, addictive, and ultimately a distorting and ruinous force.
That's one reason to limit social media, too, since many such platforms manipulate this reward system subtly with how the algorithm grants and withholds exposure.
So very well said......or Wells said (sorry, I had to put that in here.....). While I don't scroll on my iphone, I so recognize the slight addiction to my desktop which I call my window to the world........I stopped having that fear of missing out (fomo) with it and have disciplined myself to how much time I can spend on it.......but for me it's youtube videos. Some are inspirational and feed me but others are just there to spend/waste time till the next thing I must do. Being retired only allows me to waste that time on the computer so I have to be strict with myself. Thankfully I'm not on FB or most social media platforms as I mostly keep to myself, but there's such a cornucopia of stuff out there to reel one in and keep them hooked.
Holy cow, Cecil. Gonna have to put a little shrine together to meditate on these Touchon truths. 🔥⚡️
That is an intriguing image. If you do send a picture of it! Eventually there will be the book to put on the shrine. In the meantime you could write them down on scraps of paper and burn them to ash in a handmade ceramic bowl of your choice and leave the ashes in the bowl. haha.
I did this one time with early drawings and carried the urn full of ashes around for years. I wonder whatever happened to that... I left it behind in some deserted studio I guess.
Such a good piece! The part that often goes unnoticed and thus unsaid is that there's a maturity that must take place for this transition to "take hold"
Everyone gets that compliment, "Oh, you should sell that!" and the mind begins racing.
Creativity is not a vehicle for money. What you DO with that creativity is. Don't sacrifice your most precious and pure gift for money or fame.
Thanks for commenting Chris!
You said "Creativity is not a vehicle for money. What you DO with that creativity is. Don't sacrifice your most precious and pure gift for money or fame"
I would add creativity is endless abundence. Don't confuse it's value with money or fame which are in a different much more limited and secondary realm. Creativity is the source of the artist - the spring we draw from. Money or poverty / fame or obscurity is the downstream effect created by others around the artifacts of that creativity. If the artist thinks of it as a vehicle to generate money or fame, that's where the problem for us as creators develops. Hum. I see another article there.
“Creativity is endless abundance” is a beautiful way to put it!
It’s not always easy because it doesn’t give us the hits of dopamine, but it lifts us so much higher and further than that hit will ever do.
You have a great way with this!
These two articles are uncannily timely for me. Recently, I've realized letting external validation enter your mind as a motive for the work is to engage in a form of gambling. The reaction of others is a variable reward. Unfortunately, with the way our neurological reward system is built (dopamine, etc.), it can be insidious, addictive, and ultimately a distorting and ruinous force.
That's one reason to limit social media, too, since many such platforms manipulate this reward system subtly with how the algorithm grants and withholds exposure.
So very well said......or Wells said (sorry, I had to put that in here.....). While I don't scroll on my iphone, I so recognize the slight addiction to my desktop which I call my window to the world........I stopped having that fear of missing out (fomo) with it and have disciplined myself to how much time I can spend on it.......but for me it's youtube videos. Some are inspirational and feed me but others are just there to spend/waste time till the next thing I must do. Being retired only allows me to waste that time on the computer so I have to be strict with myself. Thankfully I'm not on FB or most social media platforms as I mostly keep to myself, but there's such a cornucopia of stuff out there to reel one in and keep them hooked.