Loved this reflection. One thing that comes up: art students are often encouraged to do master studies (i.e. copy works of the masters). Not to reproduce the work, but to have an embodied knowledge of how making a certain work feels. References are encouraged to be seen as a lineage of artists you are joining by making the work that would naturally be in conversation with theirs, temporally. I find these bits helpful to remember when someone is seeking "an original" or when I judge someone for what I perceive as copying. It's all an evolution - and one has to start with what's already there.
i bought it after hearing doechii’s journey with it and it’s been sitting in my bedside table ever since 🥹 i’ll take the leap of faith someday (sooner than later i hope 🤞🏻)
Loved this reflection. One thing that comes up: art students are often encouraged to do master studies (i.e. copy works of the masters). Not to reproduce the work, but to have an embodied knowledge of how making a certain work feels. References are encouraged to be seen as a lineage of artists you are joining by making the work that would naturally be in conversation with theirs, temporally. I find these bits helpful to remember when someone is seeking "an original" or when I judge someone for what I perceive as copying. It's all an evolution - and one has to start with what's already there.
Love these honest words of reflection and excavation of inner blocks. And love Julia Cameron too 🤍
loved this! i really want to start The Artist's Way but i'm also very scared
It’s a lot of work, but so worthwhile. I had it in my bedside table for two years before I took the plunge!
i bought it after hearing doechii’s journey with it and it’s been sitting in my bedside table ever since 🥹 i’ll take the leap of faith someday (sooner than later i hope 🤞🏻)