I have reread this article several times since you posted it in April. Each time I seem to focus on something new. This time, it was on “collecting prompts” and the idea of using interview questions that an interviewer has asked somebody else. What a great idea to overcome the “blank page syndrome”.
I appreciate your article being inclusive of all possible “genres” of artists. I’ve always been independent and don’t do well with limitations. I actually don’t admit to having a path before me to follow. My path is behind me. Before me is clear snow as far a I can see with infinite possibilities.
All good definitions if one needs or wants to define themself or others. I shy away from definitions and just prefer: Artist. But I suppose with so many who need to know exactly what kind of artist someone is......whatever. I don't subscribe to having to define myself by pronouns, nouns, politics, symptoms, disease, etc. Keep 'em guessing. I'm not filling out any forms so I don't need to advertise. Just being and doing is my thing. It took me some years to feel I deserved to call myself an Artist. And it's easy to judge others who call themselves that when we have all sorts of measures as to how WE define them as. For myself, I had to 'earn' that 'right' to define myself as an artist but the term "Artist" is so loosely used on all sorts of individuals who dabble in doing "art".
I have reread this article several times since you posted it in April. Each time I seem to focus on something new. This time, it was on “collecting prompts” and the idea of using interview questions that an interviewer has asked somebody else. What a great idea to overcome the “blank page syndrome”.
I appreciate your article being inclusive of all possible “genres” of artists. I’ve always been independent and don’t do well with limitations. I actually don’t admit to having a path before me to follow. My path is behind me. Before me is clear snow as far a I can see with infinite possibilities.
All of these definitions are great Cecil. There are times I am each one, sometimes all at once. We are the sum total of all our experiences! ♥️✂️
All good definitions if one needs or wants to define themself or others. I shy away from definitions and just prefer: Artist. But I suppose with so many who need to know exactly what kind of artist someone is......whatever. I don't subscribe to having to define myself by pronouns, nouns, politics, symptoms, disease, etc. Keep 'em guessing. I'm not filling out any forms so I don't need to advertise. Just being and doing is my thing. It took me some years to feel I deserved to call myself an Artist. And it's easy to judge others who call themselves that when we have all sorts of measures as to how WE define them as. For myself, I had to 'earn' that 'right' to define myself as an artist but the term "Artist" is so loosely used on all sorts of individuals who dabble in doing "art".