It's not that I don't do any work. It's just that I hate the stuff i come up with so much that I could never show anyone. Is there any point in me making it at all if this is the way I'll be forever? Slaving away, beating myself up, over making things that I'll never have the guts to show anybody anyway.....
2007-03-01 10:52:44 · 7 answers · asked by spiralling 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Other - Visual Arts
i just read my question and am embarrassed. i'm such a self indulgent whine sometimes.
i have toothache today, i think that always makes everything worse. but everyone whos answered so far is totally right. i don't seem passionate because i'm not because i've let people tell me that what i love doing isn't good enough and that i should be what they want me to be. so now i do my own stuff in secret.... but i need to stand up to the passion killers. if only to save other insecure artistes further down the line...>:)
and yes, i need to stop bellyaching and get on with it.
anyway,i wouldve deleted the question but i wanted to say thanks to those who answered. its nice to know there are other people in the world.
2007-03-01 11:17:18 · update #1
Yes there is a point....it is at the bottom tip of your pencils. It is on the tip of your brushes. Your tools all have a point, the point of the tools is to use them. Or lose them.
Do you understand?
That's good : now quit bellyaching and get on with it!
2007-03-01 11:02:19 · answer #1 · answered by the old dog 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If there was no point..... why are you doing it?
If you don't show anyone your work...... how do you know its bad?
I'd like to know why you hate it? Of Course it might help if I knew which medium you use! What is it that you are trying to create?
Art and Craft should be about passion, love usually, But you may be doing your best work as far as the critics are concerned! Da Vinci hated both painting the 'Last Supper'and the finished work! He did it to earn a living and I think He'd probably be shocked to find out it's one of his best known!
You are your own critic! Try showing someone your work! They might love it!
If you are beating yourself up about it and really do hate it then I'd suggest you give up and find another outlet for your talents!
Bet you it's just been a bad day!
2007-03-01 12:24:10 · answer #2 · answered by willowGSD 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't take guts to succeed at art. It takes talent and patience. With art, you couldn't have one without the other in equal parts.
Understand that you don't wait until you need to swim to learn how. You don't learn to fire a gun at the moment you need to defend yourself. You never know what it is you are being prepared for while you are preparing.
What you have to do is do what you do and know that eventually your work will find an audience. Nature hates a vacuum. You can't suck that bad for very long without someone noticing and loving what you do. Read the biography of Edvard Munch or Van Gogh for the reassurance that someone will one day take notice and appreciate what you have done.
You never know the impact of your life and the work you did. I do know this though, in art, nothing done well ever goes to waste.
2007-03-01 11:19:55 · answer #3 · answered by Dane Spade 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps u need to take a break from it all and see where u are at? There is always a point to anything, no matter how insignificant u may think your efforts are! At least ( I assume) you are doing something u love, which many do not have the privilege to enjoy! I love what I do, but sometimes feel like I am not getting anywhere....persevere and hopefully u will find your path!
2007-03-01 11:14:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You don't sound even the slightest bit passionate about what you do. You can't be an artist without passion, a vision and belief in yourself. Doesn't sound much like you have any of these things in what your doing, so why not find something eles to do?
2007-03-01 11:05:29 · answer #5 · answered by Pretty Tough Girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you enjoy doing it then yes there is a point .....who gives a toss what anyone thinks anyway?
2007-03-01 10:57:23 · answer #6 · answered by Poppy28 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
maybe
2007-03-01 11:02:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋