Art & fear : observations on the perils (and rewards) of artmaking /
Bayles, David,
Art & fear : observations on the perils (and rewards) of artmaking / Art and fear Observations on the perils (and rewards) of artmaking David Bayles, Ted Orland. - First Image Continuum Press edition. - 122 pages ; 21 cm
Introduction -- Nature Of The Problem: -- Few assumptions -- Art & Fear: -- Vision & execution -- Imagination -- Materials -- Uncertainty -- Fears About Yourself: -- Pretending -- Talent -- Perfection -- Annihilation -- Magic -- Expectations -- Fears About Others: -- Understanding -- Acceptance -- Approval -- Finding Your Work: -- Canon -- Outside World: -- Ordinary problems -- Common ground -- Art issues -- Competition -- Navigating the system -- Academic World: -- Faculty issues -- Student issues -- Books about art -- Conceptual Worlds: -- Ideas and technique -- Craft -- New work -- Creativity -- Habits -- Art & science -- Self-reference -- Metaphor -- Human Voice: -- Questions -- Constants -- Vox humana.
Overview: "This is a book about making art. Ordinary art. Ordinary art means something like: all art not made by Mozart. After all, art is rarely made by Mozart-like people; essentially - statistically speaking - there aren't any people like that. Geniuses get made once-a-century or so, yet good art gets made all the time, so to equate the making of art with the workings of genius removes this intimately human activity to a strangely unreachable and unknowable place. For all practical purposes making art can be examined in great detail without ever getting entangled in the very remote problems of genius."--The Introduction
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Artists--Psychology.
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Artist's block.
Fear of failure.
Art & fear : observations on the perils (and rewards) of artmaking / Art and fear Observations on the perils (and rewards) of artmaking David Bayles, Ted Orland. - First Image Continuum Press edition. - 122 pages ; 21 cm
Introduction -- Nature Of The Problem: -- Few assumptions -- Art & Fear: -- Vision & execution -- Imagination -- Materials -- Uncertainty -- Fears About Yourself: -- Pretending -- Talent -- Perfection -- Annihilation -- Magic -- Expectations -- Fears About Others: -- Understanding -- Acceptance -- Approval -- Finding Your Work: -- Canon -- Outside World: -- Ordinary problems -- Common ground -- Art issues -- Competition -- Navigating the system -- Academic World: -- Faculty issues -- Student issues -- Books about art -- Conceptual Worlds: -- Ideas and technique -- Craft -- New work -- Creativity -- Habits -- Art & science -- Self-reference -- Metaphor -- Human Voice: -- Questions -- Constants -- Vox humana.
Overview: "This is a book about making art. Ordinary art. Ordinary art means something like: all art not made by Mozart. After all, art is rarely made by Mozart-like people; essentially - statistically speaking - there aren't any people like that. Geniuses get made once-a-century or so, yet good art gets made all the time, so to equate the making of art with the workings of genius removes this intimately human activity to a strangely unreachable and unknowable place. For all practical purposes making art can be examined in great detail without ever getting entangled in the very remote problems of genius."--The Introduction
9780961454739 0961454733
Artists--Psychology.
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Artist's block.
Fear of failure.