Posts in Making Art
On Handling Rejection

I guess they don’t agree with the concept of gesamtkunstwerk (total work of art): an artwork, design, or creative process where different art forms are combined to create a single cohesive whole.

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On Using Our Talents for Peace and Love

“I only hope we can use all of our talents and creativity towards peace and love.”

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On Less Intuition and More Direction

However, when I create a work of art, I tend to follow an intuitive path, allowing the art to take me on its own journey and show me where it wants to go.

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On Personal Boundaries and Self-Care

Setting healthy boundaries is often seen as “picking quarrels and provoking troubles”, as I was recently reminded during a family disagreement.

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On Writing a New Artist Statement

I kept looking to others to define me for me. And they did define me - but for themselves: in their image of me, or the image of who I should be, or of who they would want to be if they were doing what I was doing.

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On Making "Untitled (with brushstrokes)"

And I saw all of that in me and I saw all of me in the quilt. And that's how it got its un-name. It's an untitled piece because it simply exists.

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On Why Making Art Isn't about "Having Fun"

Making art is a lot of work. It takes skill, often specialized, and concentrated labor. To make good art requires intelligence and often education.

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