tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post8160439250461569715..comments2024-03-28T03:17:28.911-04:00Comments on Art With a Needle: The next destinationKathleen Loomishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05930922068379938756noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-5462570093246806262012-08-29T21:42:45.640-04:002012-08-29T21:42:45.640-04:00Doubt wags its finger at me often, reminding me of...Doubt wags its finger at me often, reminding me of all the things I should be doing, wondering how this, this thing will possibly put money in the bank. It's enough to make me want to amputate! Besides being a writer and a cloth worker, I am a performer, and whenever I'm between creative projects, I either get a cold or acedia. Which is fine - it's all part of the process - as long as it doesn't stay too long.wholly jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14630246290557722118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-35576997978784254072012-08-29T10:56:20.921-04:002012-08-29T10:56:20.921-04:00I read that passage in Art and Fear after a long b...I read that passage in Art and Fear after a long bout of artistic pause. I didn't know what to call it or what had happened. But I nodded seriously as I read this and realized that making stuff can't be all about getting into shows and such. Because, if the goal is to get into xyz show, then what happens after you do that? Ah, got it!<br />Mary Beth Frezonhttp://www.quiltr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-15867127641309329382012-08-28T18:37:04.430-04:002012-08-28T18:37:04.430-04:00"whether their work has value and whether the..."whether their work has value and whether they should be doing something else."<br /><br />I think this is not just an artist's view, but a human one. Who hasn't stepped away from their desk, sewing machine, loom, easel, computer, office with that thought in their mind? <br /><br />I have the Art and Fear book too and thought it was really interesting. Pro'bly time to read it again...Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11563230869151812456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-68723811513915236912012-08-28T12:49:27.409-04:002012-08-28T12:49:27.409-04:00One thing that stuck me in this post, is the idea ...One thing that stuck me in this post, is the idea that fiber artist struggle with the question of the value of their work. It would seem that this would be a big danger of a juried show. For me, I won't allow a juror's opinion even reflect on my own about my work's value. I have to really make sure that I'm creating for the expression of me - not to live up to a standard of some national judge. That said - of course you want your work to be appreciated - but give me any fiber artist you know and I can find a dozen people who just think their work is amazing.Nina Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14316034317827146338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-43739447473444020952012-08-28T10:55:25.309-04:002012-08-28T10:55:25.309-04:00Thank you for your kind words, Kathy - and for rai...Thank you for your kind words, Kathy - and for raising the "what to do next" issue. It is so often a problem - after a bout of concentrated work, with a specific goal, we face a void. (Perhaps it's only the specific goal that keeps us away from that void?)<br /><br />I was able to do the degree after stopping work (another void...) and one of my goals was to firm up my studio practice; another was to find a topic that would give me focus, and interest, for years to come. <br /><br />Despite all the work that goes into making pieces for the show, those vaguer outcomes are the more important, and I hope they are ways of continuing working, rather than the endpoint represented by the show. <br /><br />There's a sense that sometimes you have to focus on the work to hand, and sometimes you have to broaden out again: read the novel, take time to redecorate a room, spend a week in a remote cabin, whatever ... have "fallow time", a time of recharging-the-batteries.Margaret Cooterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08529035740804527176noreply@blogger.com