Actualy it is the moment you say fuck you i am an artist that you become an
artist:)
I had moments like that too and thinking the same things from time to time. You know that none of these really matter. An artist is not a person the way it is described by the art world. And that because art world is a system created for profit and to conserve the status qvo. Check the most succesful artists in varous fields, you will see that most of them are children or realtives of a person in the artworld, If not they are associated with a person like that. Check all the talented singers who died young so that the companies sell their records for ever. Check the art schools where the techers create copies of them through the students in order to keep on prospering through their connections. What about the paintings that are soldfor millions of dollars that some people can wash their dirty money?
None of these have to with art but this the art world in general. Myself i sometimes feel like an artist and sometimes dont. I used to give a lot of care in what moste people said about my artworks and i was very sensitive to critisism. I discovered also that some bad intented people can easily manipulate you through it. Anyways at some point i stopped caring much and feel much better now.
I totally agree with this. I didn't consider myself an artist until I can start thinking about reinventing the wheel for each art piece I made. I thought that by illustrating stuff would I ascend to that level. The concept I held was illustrators look like artist but they just paint pretty pictures while the real artists are those that provoke some deep sense in their art. Now it's just trying to do what I want to create because I'm having fun being creative and the compliments may or may not come.
Social media is a double edged sword when it comes to sharing art. People think that no upvotes or likes equate to their works being no worth. It's not. History proves that the old masters got most of their recognition after they died. Not minding the critics is the first step to accepting not every work we do is art for everyone but that doesn't automatically mean all of what we do isn't art.
I'm glad I got to meet people on the blockchain like @kothy. I saw her old blogs and watched her grow as an artist because she's passionate about it. It took months before she creates art the way she does right now and the experience is amazing seeing artists grow and you happen to be there from the start.
This is the right way of thinking:) Do art for the joy of creation and do not force yourself more than you want. I have made almost 1000 artworks in my short artistc life so far. Do you know how many i sold? much less than 10%. But i did them just because i liked the process. I am the biggest fan of my artworks and spend countless of hours admiring and feeling great about being the creator of them:)
This is all that matters. There is only and the artwork, all the rest is outside.
What happened to the 90% of your works? I know the feeling of being attached after completing something you worked hard on. Best accomplishment to finish and then have it appreciated by someone else.
I have them all at my studio😊 some a little bit damaged but most are ok. I switched from making handcut to digital because I did not have more room to store art, lol.
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