David Hendley on mon 22 dec 97
Of course you're an artist.
"Selling" and "income" have nothing to do with it.
A real artist HAS to do her art.
Even if it never makes a dime.
Even if it costs the artist.
Also, the true artist is never satisfied.
The "next one" will always be better.
Sounds like you fit the bill.
David Hendley
Maydelle, Texas
At 11:13 AM 12/20/97 EST, you wrote:
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I have been a potter ans struggling with painting
>on my pots for many years- at least 8 I think. I am still unsure as to
>whether or not to call myself an artist. I know I act like an artist-
>I'll spend an absurd proportion of my income to acheive an effect- I'll go
>to great lengths to develop a shape- once working a year on a single
>fountain design. But I still hesitate. I suppose partly because I don't
>do a lot of selling. But I make my income as a psychotherapist and don't
>need to focus on selling my pottery. I think I primarily don't consider
>myself an artist because I have yet to realize the form and color I am
>seeking. Some pieces come close to satisfying me, but most just seem
>efforts on the way to something I envision but can't yet embody. Am I an
>artist?
>Leslie
>Vestal, NY
>
David Hendley
Maydelle, Texas
See David Hendley's Pottery Page at
http://www.sosis.com/hendley/david/
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