tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post7079059431867757537..comments2024-03-03T15:01:00.402-05:00Comments on Joanne Mattera Art Blog: Marketing Mondays: The Verdict? GuiltyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-83068470282958971602011-10-21T16:53:54.226-04:002011-10-21T16:53:54.226-04:00I have to say that I feel disappointment more than...I have to say that I feel disappointment more than guilt if I'm not there for a day or 2. After that the guilt starts to creep up a little even if I'm home working. I do my computer work, and I do a lot of creating and drawing while at home so if I think about it....that guilt IS kind of silly. Good post Joanne...Dora Ficherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09462521201444120493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-6706649862771607112011-10-14T14:58:19.656-04:002011-10-14T14:58:19.656-04:00As a working artist, the stigma of starving artist...As a working artist, the stigma of starving artists is simply that- stigma. It is a business just like any other business- you work hard, you have deadlines. The more work I get, the better my PR is, the more I work.Los Angeles Artisthttp://davetourje.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-40922887669507529422011-10-13T10:36:30.729-04:002011-10-13T10:36:30.729-04:00Since I do make my living solely from my art, ther...Since I do make my living solely from my art, there is a real need to be in my studio quite a bit. When I was younger, I did feel a weird pull to the studio if I wasn't there and I was called a workaholic by friends but, looking back, it was time well spent. I believed then, as now, that the way to make my best work is to be present and push myself. Now that I've been a full time (plusgraceann warnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-33715504174333717622011-10-13T10:05:22.763-04:002011-10-13T10:05:22.763-04:00I wish there was a "like" button for all...I wish there was a "like" button for all these wonderful comments. I find myself relating to so many of them - yes, partly a paranoid tendency to compare myself to others, partly a vestige of the Protestant work ethic (I DO come from Midwestern Calvinists and if my 97 year old grandmother still doesn't have time to play bingo, then I should be doing something useful, too!), partly aMichellehttp://www.michellepaine.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-86863913393725500462011-10-12T11:26:02.154-04:002011-10-12T11:26:02.154-04:00This essay is only slightly off-topic, being about...This <a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html" rel="nofollow">essay</a> is only slightly off-topic, being about computer programmers, but I think it contains helpful ideas about how creative people need to respect their scheduling needsLXVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18396149640519096992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-21379725486716067272011-10-12T07:13:59.181-04:002011-10-12T07:13:59.181-04:00I don't feel guilty! For me, it's always a...I don't feel guilty! For me, it's always about perfecting the craft,or learning something new; either way, it makes me feel GREAT!!! :)Indigenehttp://indigeneart.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-42509628714958644922011-10-12T06:35:25.663-04:002011-10-12T06:35:25.663-04:00It is weird. Nothing to do with squandering my tal...It is weird. Nothing to do with squandering my talent though. A vestige of the Protestant work ethic? being Martha instead of Mary? Do the Latin-influenced feel the same?Jonathanhttp://www.flaneur.me.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-5186523331037690012011-10-11T19:56:30.178-04:002011-10-11T19:56:30.178-04:00One definition of guilt that resonates with me: &q...One definition of guilt that resonates with me: "guilt is what you choose when you don't want to do anything about the situation."mariandioguardi.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16963944767715466681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-67447062253868328442011-10-11T17:43:38.153-04:002011-10-11T17:43:38.153-04:00@Amantha and @Mark especially:
Yes, I acknowledge ...@Amantha and @Mark especially:<br />Yes, I acknowledge all of the reasons for feeling guilty others listed -- they can be and often are present, gnawing at our concentration and undermining the free flow of our art. It made a lot of difference to me to be able to consider these feelings as not separate from everything else in my life. Are these the only things I feel guilty about? Of course not..smellofpainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18402935954921906057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-77124938120638912012011-10-11T13:01:28.231-04:002011-10-11T13:01:28.231-04:00I have never felt guilty about not being in the sh...I have never felt guilty about not being in the shop working. My technique is as good as its going to get I have been doing this for 30 years. I am working in my mind 24/7/365 days a year thats what i love most. The less I am in the shop the better my work gets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-87850709347009956092011-10-11T12:55:13.172-04:002011-10-11T12:55:13.172-04:00When things are humming in the studio (where I liv...When things are humming in the studio (where I live and work) I feel no guilt. I paint 5-6 hours a day, 5 days a week. The guilt creeps in when I find myself forgetting to pay bills on time, falling behind in my family and personal life. This angst is part of my cycle. Showing up every day is what matters most to me. When it's time to get outside after weeks of isolation, sometimes Cyndy Goldman Art Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14790994920448060589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-73975674040006652282011-10-11T06:54:27.211-04:002011-10-11T06:54:27.211-04:00What a great question. I used to feel this all the...What a great question. I used to feel this all the time. Guilty Guilty Guilty. But now I wonder if it IS guilt - maybe for me it is fear. Fear that I can't keep up or catch up. And then the guilt part grows out of feeling that I am not doing enough to keep up.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15268597704795141163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-85093101899715227792011-10-10T22:22:08.514-04:002011-10-10T22:22:08.514-04:00At some point when I was reading one of those &quo...At some point when I was reading one of those "how to make it as an artist" books, I finally got the message. Yes, I have a full-time job and other responsibilities that take considerable time and energy, but until I treated my art as a real job-meaning putting in the time in a consistent, disciplined way, it would only be a hobby. From there I had only to cut myself some slack and kim matthewshttp://www.kimmatthewsart.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-73843308665747115372011-10-10T19:38:42.012-04:002011-10-10T19:38:42.012-04:00I don't feel guilt anymore but have come to un...I don't feel guilt anymore but have come to understand art making as a 24/7 thing, something that happens both inside and outside the studio. And for better or worse, art became my sex and my weed, so there's no distractions!Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04526963554623770078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-16028619822899581792011-10-10T18:42:31.493-04:002011-10-10T18:42:31.493-04:00Sometimes I think we artists all have a kind of &q...Sometimes I think we artists all have a kind of "divine madness." Other times I think we're just nutty.<br /><br />When I was a young artist I worked like mad to learn everything so I could paint genuinely accomplished work. As years went by I learned it usually took way longer to make a painting reach its potential than I'd originally imagined. <br /><br />So often we artists Philip Kochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05191070779177407750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-44196554726461670982011-10-10T18:32:12.534-04:002011-10-10T18:32:12.534-04:00Q: Why do I feel more guilty when not making art t...Q: Why do I feel more guilty when not making art than when not doing other things?<br /><br />A: Mainly, it's because I believe <b> I'm squandering my potential if I'm not making art.</b><br /><br />Other ingredients:<br />-- Life is speeding by!<br />-- Need to contribute my fair share to joint income (two full time artists household)<br />-- Lost opportunity<br />-- Economic Steve Eichenbergerhttp://steveeichenberger.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-85226042140820272302011-10-10T15:24:40.987-04:002011-10-10T15:24:40.987-04:00Maybe guilt and shame have an important evolutiona...Maybe guilt and shame have an important evolutionary function? I know this country could use a little more sense of shame. All this "realty" tv exists because people have no shame. They will confess anything and do anything as long as they are on television. People commit crimes and call them mistakes. So while I am not in favor of guilt we must ask ourselves what positive function it Mark Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15314016752865318688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-62383085579997053292011-10-10T15:20:11.723-04:002011-10-10T15:20:11.723-04:00Nancy. Did you sneak onto my studio and plant a ca...Nancy. Did you sneak onto my studio and plant a camera?LOL RIght now sitting on couch reading an old book. New York: The Art World. And waiting for varnish to dry.CMChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05946336431994312623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-8334789684542483352011-10-10T14:12:16.410-04:002011-10-10T14:12:16.410-04:00Work ethic that is hammered into most of us is my ...Work ethic that is hammered into most of us is my thoughts on the guilt thing. I feel it myself, although I know that I need to have a life so that some of that life and other interests will come through in my work.CMChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05946336431994312623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-92186393387271582992011-10-10T12:57:47.204-04:002011-10-10T12:57:47.204-04:00I prefer to work in a home studio so don't fee...I prefer to work in a home studio so don't feel the same 'need' to use rented space... though most of our homes have required a second mortgage to make that space suitable. The guilt comes from the years of hard work acquiring wall space in decent galleries... don't want to lose that because there are so many younger artists lined up to take my place. Gave thought to declaring Karen Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01316270072956883280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-25855355946701589422011-10-10T12:54:57.277-04:002011-10-10T12:54:57.277-04:00"Making it" as an artist takes time and ..."Making it" as an artist takes time and commitment, which for me means spending as much time in the studio as possible. It's a job, you have to put your hours in. I hate it when artists whine about not being in galleries or getting shows when they spend less than 5 hours a week painting or don't do the necessary marketing. It doesn't just happen because you say you're anJhina Alvaradohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15246235409357281057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-67069711396101891892011-10-10T12:51:46.388-04:002011-10-10T12:51:46.388-04:00There's a good, positive posting on this subje...There's a good, positive posting on this subject on David Slonim's blog on April 4, 2011, "Obstacles to art making": http://davidslonim.wordpress.com/page/3/. I couldn't have said it better myself.Barbara Carrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-37400962328463062442011-10-10T11:40:55.963-04:002011-10-10T11:40:55.963-04:00Well, I never said I couldn't live with the gu...Well, I never said I couldn't live with the guilt! <br /><br />I think the emotional burden comes not only from the financial and career investments but also from comparing myself to other artists, who I am sure ARE in there every spare minute painting away while I'm lounging on the couch watching E News. <br /><br />It's all a question of how "we" spend our time plus the Nancy Natalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325421420384484035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-43909310558516828612011-10-10T11:18:47.386-04:002011-10-10T11:18:47.386-04:00I only speak for myself. I need to be in the stud...I only speak for myself. I need to be in the studio, working... the more I do, the more I need to do. And as we get older, we realize life is not long, if we are do anything it must be now. I also think if the muse comes by, she will not stay if you are not in the studio at work.annell4https://www.blogger.com/profile/07629830133868270690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-62296102650937243822011-10-10T10:55:25.773-04:002011-10-10T10:55:25.773-04:00For me what is fascinating - is I find I really be...For me what is fascinating - is I find I really benefit creatively from time spent away from my studio. I do best when I have space to allow ideas to bubble-up. It's that 'Calvinist' attitude that keeps me from doing my best work. I can't force art - even though I do believe showing up in your studio on a regular basis keeps you friends with your muse. Or just maybe we all need Judy Shrevehttp://www.mountainhousestudios.comnoreply@blogger.com