Vince Pitelka on sun 24 aug 03
Taylor wrote:
"My dream is to step out of this crowded room of artists and
become a craftsman. That is a long way off. One day I will
get there, but first, I have to conquer this demon artist
in me. Thank you."
Oh Taylor, I am so proud of you. It took such courage to step out in public
and admit your addition and your pain. I'm with you the whole way, buddy.
Together, we will conquer the demon. Artists one and all! For everyone's
benefit, it might help to ennumerate the twelve steps that lead to artistic
confidence and autonomy and the ability to take pride in being an artist,
thus releasing you to pursue your dream of becoming a true craftsman.
Step one: Admit to yourself that you are an artist.
Step two: Make art.
Step three: Make more art.
Step four: Make some more art.
Step five: Keep making art.
Step six. Make even more art.
Step seven: Don't stop making art.
Step eight: Make art in the morning.
Step nine: Make art in the afternoon..
Step ten: Make art in the evening.
Step eleven: Make art all night long.
Step twelve: Stand on a street corner and shout to the world "I am an
artist! You are an artist! We are all artists!"
Taylor, you are doing it, and everyone else can do it too! What the world
needs now, is art, more art.
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Craft
Tennessee Technological University
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Donn Buchfinck on sun 24 aug 03
You're an artist?
and you want to be a craftsman,
This is a joke right?
You make a joke like being an artist is having an affliction, well it is, but
I still don't like the term being riddled.
The real problem here is that you want to be a craftsman,
WHO is going to help you with that,
what will be your course,
who are you going to apprentice under?
Will they give you the proper tools/ skill set to articulate a life as an
artisan.
I wonder?
Donn Buchfinck
San Francisco
http://www.geocities.com/clayincal/may_1_2003.html
may_1_2003
Hendrix, Taylor J on sun 24 aug 03
Hello everyone. My name is Taylor Hendrix, and I have an=20
artist problem. As my sponsor, Vince has said, the first
step is to simply acknowledge that I am an artist, so I
am doing so tonight in front of all of you. Perhaps one
day I will be able to sleep naked in front of everyone, but=20
Tony Clennell has reminded me... THAT meeting is on another
night.
I stand here before you today admitting that I am an artist.
Oh, I know that all of you are artist too. Isn't that why
we are all here tonight? But this is my story. I am an=20
artist from way back. I can't help it; I put things
together and people look at them. Ever since puberty, I
have craved the feeling that only comes from making a=20
statement. "You don't understand me." "Life sucks."
"Why oh why don't any of the women on campus talk to me?"
These were just a few of my original statements. But that's
not all. It has gotten much worse than that, but you know.
Eventually... Oh it was small at first, but it has grown to
consume me, always demanding bigger and brighter statements.
I shutter to think what I have had to resort to stating in
these last few months before Vince found me. Talking helps
though. Knowing that all of you are artists too and=20
acknowledge that you have a problem too gives me courage. I
see so many faces out there this evening, so many artists.
If we will just stick to the steps, I know we can become=20
productive in our lives once again.
My dream is to step out of this crowded room of artists and
become a craftsman. That is a long way off. One day I will
get there, but first, I have to conquer this demon artist
in me. Thank you.
Taylor, in Waco (TFPIC)
-----Original Message-----
From: Vince Pitelka [mailto:vpitelka@DTCCOM.NET]=20
Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 9:46 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Re: About questions
... and the first step is for people to simply
acknowledge that they are artists.
Best wishes -
- Vince
iandol on wed 27 aug 03
Dear Vince Pitelka,
An interesting comment in a recent "Computer Arts" from Web Designer =
Vassilios Alexiou: "You are not an artist. I repeat, you are not an =
artist. I repeat, you are not an artist. I repeat,....>
Artists may work unconstrained. Designers work to a prescription, often =
called a "Brief"=20
I reiterate a comment I have made on this list and elsewhere. Art is =
just the first step along a pathway which is completed by Evaluation and =
Judgement. Somewhere in between you will find Design and Craft. =
Furthermore, Judgement can be the impetus for revision, renewal and =
invention.
Best regards,
Ivor Lewis. Redhill, South Australia
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