@larikontula's post on Artfol
"Sorry for not making art"I THOUGHT YOU WERE AN ART MACHINE, AN ART PRODUCTION LINE FOR MMMEEE, ALWAYS ON, MAKING ART FOR STRANGERS' ENTERTAINMENT, no no you're good. Nobody wants you to push yourself until you're feeling miserable and still keep pushing and making stuff for people's eyeballs for free. Don't hold an expectation like that. Creative time is off - it's lights out - no energy - or at least the time is narrowed when things in
LIFE are intense.Feb 3, 2022#no
#stop
#breathe
#live
#relax
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Also: It's okay to take a break. Take a week. Take a walk. It's fine and you'll feel better when you return. Art is not all about making, it's also about taking in. Oh to be a relaxed artist.
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Oldie but goldie:
TIPS FOR ARTISTS on how to take care of yourself and maintain a healthy, comfortable level of productivity and creativity during a global pandemic:
CGP Grey - Spaceship you
https://youtu.be/snAhsXyO3Ck
Here's some reasonable, bite-sized, comforting thoughts, by a professional artist Hannah England, on what you can do if you want to stay creative, or you have to stay creative for financial reasons, even when there are things in your life that stress you out and you can't control:
ART BLOCK SUCKS - Creating while sad
https://youtu.be/zlREGLWaX_4
When in a global and/or a personal crisis, being creative is not always first priority, or not even close, but it is a source of joy that I hope to never lose for too long, and I'd guess many artists feel the same. What do you think?
TIPS FOR ARTISTS on how to take care of yourself and maintain a healthy, comfortable level of productivity and creativity during a global pandemic:CGP Grey - Spaceship you
https://youtu.be/snAhsXyO3Ck
Here's some reasonable, bite-sized, comforting thoughts, by a professional artist Hannah England, on what you can do if you want to stay creative, or you have to stay creative for financial reasons, even when there are things in your life that stress you out and you can't control:
ART BLOCK SUCKS - Creating while sad
https://youtu.be/zlREGLWaX_4
When in a global and/or a personal crisis, being creative is not always first priority, or not even close, but it is a source of joy that I hope to never lose for too long, and I'd guess many artists feel the same. What do you think?
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