Balderdash - what a way to begin a post! Let's hope balderdash is still in the vernacular and that this stirs someone up. Here's the real stuff: does the teacher stand between the creative artist and the critic? I think the creative continuum has a special place reserved for those wonderful teachers who press artists to produce and critics to critique and learn and help the public learn. But to be fair to those of us artists who hang ourselves out for pot shots, tar and feathering, etc., being taught, reviewed and chatted about can smart. Teachers and critics do some special stuff for those who are crazy enough to present our benighted children for inspection. How can artists keep supple during this hurricane?
As I reinvent myself for a new round of life I am at a crossroad: am I designer/artist/organizer/communicator? I sweat away anon in search of a self. Can we package ourselves, is that choosing a language or hiding out behind a facade?
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It seems to me that for the artist to remain supple, it takes deep attention, focus, and purposeful commitment to a project of some sort--come hell or high water. Such effort can help the artist keep teacher and critic in their own place of action, while at the same time borrowing from them as need be.
All this may be helped by recognizing that that artist, teacher, and critic have different roles, different objectives, different methodlogies going on within those roles--at least if they are good" at what they do. Of course, there are always the hodge-podgers. And the god-like figures [often critics] sitting on their own Olympus. I think these are the real trouble-makers for artists. Some seem quite interested in personal power/reputation/recognition, and with it control?
Just a thought.
I don't think anyone can blame us for playing the "interview game" -- after all, the means of survival are on the line. And when we meet the people who are receptive to knowing more about who we are than what it says on the "shelf label," may we still remember our deeper selves, and may we still find enough wonder and trust to show it!
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