Welcome to the 5th edition of The Pulse -- The State of the Art -- a survey in words and pictures of the online artist community. The Pulse is a collaborative project that aims to introduce you to new artists, help you get to know familiar faces even more, and allow you access into the creative hearts and minds of a very talented crew of individuals. More than 130 artists have answered a series of questions which make up The Pulse. Their responses will be presented in a series of online posts which will run every Sunday.
Style File, Techniques & Tools, Master Class, It's Still Life, and Playing Favorites were the first five projects posted and links to all these posts can be found on the sidebar of my blog. The final project from The Pulse #5, Tell All, continues now...
Participants were asked: what is the one thing that you know now that you would have liked to have known when you first started to create art?
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I've always created art, but I wish I'd known that it could be "what I do" for a living much, much earlier. It was my hobby for a long time before I ever considered it could be my "job." Pam Carriker
I wish I had had the confidence to believe that there is no "right" or "wrong" and the most important thing is expressing oneself in a mindful and meaningful way. Bonnie Clark
Don't let others discourage your ideas and dreams - be your own cheerleader. Jane Royal
You should create art for yourself first. William J. Charlebois
I wish I would have understood better that it's all just a process and a progression. Tari Goerlitz
Mistakes = the most interesting art. Maude May
I would have loved to know that the greatest pleasure in creating something is the act itself, and not what happens when someone else views it. Chris Miser
That one lifetime would not be long enough to learn all the things I would need to know. Jeanie Thorn
I wish I had made books from the very beginning because things slip away from you. I think the bad old beginning things have value and I never kept any of those. Anne Bagby
To never throw something away. Debbie Price-Ewen
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Next Tell All will be posted on Sunday, February 3rd
16 comments:
Maude May said: Mistakes = the most interesting art.
I call them Happy Accidents.
Thanks for the continuing series!!!
Love reading these!
Thanks for sharing Seth! I'm never disappointed when I come to your blog to take a peek!
Kim Hupke
It's so interesting to me that most of us adults come too late to the realization that the pure enjoyment of creating, and what comes from inside, are more important than the finished product and what people 'think' of it! But is youth wasted on those little kids who create for enjoyment...?
NO!
thankyouSeth
Im so happy I found art. It's changed my life in so many wonderful ways! It's never to late to start!
Seth, what a great collection of encouraging thoughts! Thank you for putting this together.
I wish I had seen people making a living at making art growing up or as a young adult.
oh how i enjoyed this seth. such an intriguing question with even better answers that we have all plugged through or are at the starting gate. i treasure every one of these answers and honesty. i'd like another lifetime please, to keep going and learning! i'm 63-Look out world - wheeee! THANK YOU.
I love the thought "never throw anything away." That validates why I have piles of stuff everywhere. :)
Keep everything, be true to yourself, and there is no such thing as a 'bad' painting, just an unfinished one. My thoughts... these people are on my wavelength.
Don't stop and don't listen to adults.
Both affirming and inspiring to read what others have learned. The creation of art is life changing!
awesome ..inspiring words and love never throwing anything out lol
So much wonderful information here!! Love it!! xo Cat
I love the comment about mistakes making great art - it's such an encouragement to experiment freely! Thanks for sharing all of these inspiring thoughts.
These are statements we need to revisit often. Some of my favorite art was made from something I initially wanted to throw away.
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