You are probing for ideas even if you don’t know what you’re hoping to find. Anything goes. Jerry Saltz, How to be an artist I […]
HTBAA – Recognize Convention – and Resist Constraint
Convention can be good or bad; used consciously and inventively, it can be beautiful. But conventions are limits, and limits should be recognized for what […]
HTBAA – Embrace Genre
What’s the difference between genre and style? Style is the unstable essence an artist brings to a genre… Jerry Saltz, How to be an Artist […]
HTBAA – Art Is Not About Understanding. Or Mastery
It’s About Doing and Experience All art comes from love – love of doing something. Jerry Saltz, How to be an Artist This is the […]
HTBAA: Recognize the **Otherness** of Art
I never quite know what I’m going to write until I write it – and then I’m not sure where it came from Jerry Saltz, […]
HTBAA – “Tell your own story and you will be interesting.” – Louise Bourgeois
Drawing within the lines is for babies; making sure things add up is for accountants. Jerry Saltz, How to be an Artist Are my own […]
HTBAA: “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” – Albert Einstein
As I consider this one artistic life I have to live, I realize often that I limit what I want to do to what I […]
HTBAA: Don’t Be Embarrassed
[Art] can reveal things about yourself that others may find appalling, weird, boring, or stupid. Jerry Saltz, How to be an Artist In restarting a […]
HTBAA Step One: You Are A Total Amateur
Things to think about before you even get started Art is just a container you pour yourself into. Jerry Saltz, How to be an Artist […]