Art and Fear book written by artists for artists.
For artists starting out and wanting to pursue a career. This book is usually recommended by art teachers as a strategy guide for their pupils, it’s not only their work but also in life. Helping to survive in the art world, obstacles and fears that the developing artist faces.
I’ve read about 6 chapters into this and I have to say that this book is very philosophical for its readers. Each chapter is broken through different types of “fear”. And by fear I mean different types of situations an artist may experience during his or her journey.
While some of the chapters in the book might seem over dramatic, over thought, or something that many call preachy. There is a majority of things the book takes note of that many non-artists face through day by day. Such as; a fear both Internal and External, Depression, Creativity, and the desire to continue something that might be viewed as unreachable to others. …show more content…
The artist may be under fire impressionists and self judgement, but what is more dangerous than that is you. A great man once said “The only thing to fear, is fear itself”, the book does a 180 and basically tells you “The only thing to fear is fear of oneself”. When reading those chapters I begin to wonder how much I was holding back on my art. Am I only thinking that my art is good…yet I’m just telling myself that because I don’t want to make any more mistakes I’ve already called myself out on? This was somewhat chilling, fear is made because there’s a space between one's excepted idea and the execution of that art. when you really think about it and might test on how far you want to go on
For artists starting out and wanting to pursue a career. This book is usually recommended by art teachers as a strategy guide for their pupils, it’s not only their work but also in life. Helping to survive in the art world, obstacles and fears that the developing artist faces.
I’ve read about 6 chapters into this and I have to say that this book is very philosophical for its readers. Each chapter is broken through different types of “fear”. And by fear I mean different types of situations an artist may experience during his or her journey.
While some of the chapters in the book might seem over dramatic, over thought, or something that many call preachy. There is a majority of things the book takes note of that many non-artists face through day by day. Such as; a fear both Internal and External, Depression, Creativity, and the desire to continue something that might be viewed as unreachable to others. …show more content…
The artist may be under fire impressionists and self judgement, but what is more dangerous than that is you. A great man once said “The only thing to fear, is fear itself”, the book does a 180 and basically tells you “The only thing to fear is fear of oneself”. When reading those chapters I begin to wonder how much I was holding back on my art. Am I only thinking that my art is good…yet I’m just telling myself that because I don’t want to make any more mistakes I’ve already called myself out on? This was somewhat chilling, fear is made because there’s a space between one's excepted idea and the execution of that art. when you really think about it and might test on how far you want to go on