Art and Fear: Chapter One

Part One:

Writing [artmaking] is easy: all you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until the drops of blood form on your forehead. -Gene Fowler

Repost the following questions on your own blog and write your responses to them. This is due by Sunday, Sept 11, 9pm :

1. What does the face of uncertainty mean to you?

2. How do you feel about the notion of, "doing something no one much cares wether you do, and for which there may be niether audience nor reward"?

3. The Assumptions: take one of the assumptions listed below and consider your personal relationship to it. How does the assumption relate to your feelings and thoughts toward art and artmaking? Please write a short paragraph analyzing the chosen assumption and your relationship to it.

               - Artmaking invloves skill that can be learned

               - Art is made by ordinary people

               - Making art and viewing art are different at their core:

                          *to all viewers but yourself, what matters most is the product/ finished artwork

                          * your job is to learn to work on your work:

                              -even failed pieces are essential,

                              -you learn to make art by making your art,

                              -make art you care about and make LOTS of it!

4. Artmaking has been around longer than the art establishment.

      1. Definition/ Identity as an artist has both drawbacks and benefits. What does labeling yourself as an artist do for you or not do for you personally?

      2. What does labeling yourself as an artist do or not do for you as others view you?