Tayari's Blog: Stephen Lance On How to Be An Artist

Posted by TayariJones on September 20, 2007 05:48 AM
Filed under Writing

You absolutely need a delusional amount of courage, commitment and energy to pursue a creative path. My experience is that fall back positions are useless; you are either an artist or you're not. if you have the heart of an artist then take the risk and do it. and if you're rewarded with money then great, if not it doesn't matter. the process of being an artist is purely personal and subjective so don't weigh it down with objectivity. i once tried to deny the creative path and it really doesn't work. on the other hand, if you look deeply into your heart and see no artist, then avoid it all costs...as it's generally a kick in the pants most of the time.

Read the whole interview over at Lux.

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Comment #1, by carleen [TypeKey Profile Page]

Beautiful! Thanks!

September 20, 2007 09:19 AM

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