tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post908997314288264072..comments2024-03-03T15:01:00.402-05:00Comments on Joanne Mattera Art Blog: Marketing Mondays: Getting From A to BUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-39876696126291532222012-04-04T07:29:16.786-04:002012-04-04T07:29:16.786-04:00I agree with Karen Schifano that when it comes to ...I agree with Karen Schifano that when it comes to making artwork, the conceptual bridge for me is made at least in equal parts conscious thought and intuition. Sometimes it's almost all intuition.Philip Kochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05191070779177407750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-90048068139188041162012-04-03T18:51:01.053-04:002012-04-03T18:51:01.053-04:00Sorry if this offends, but to me it is very graphi...Sorry if this offends, but to me it is very graphic and looks to me like you have to have balls. Not literally, of course, because I am a girl, But I'm sure you know what I mean. Sort of a multi-gender empowerment message.LXVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18396149640519096992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-30946765699660344732012-04-03T18:42:46.594-04:002012-04-03T18:42:46.594-04:00To paint full time--allow this, live my life as my...To paint full time--allow this, live my life as my own, my time as my own--even if I choose to hit deadlines every day.<br /><br />To unstintingly reach in the work, which would mean face failures and advances with equinamity and enough discernment to recognize both for what they are.<br /><br />The conceptual bridge is crossing fears about lack that lead to over control, whether it's too Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-11496427937853504472012-04-03T14:19:15.694-04:002012-04-03T14:19:15.694-04:00But you know, I think, at least for me, it's n...But you know, I think, at least for me, it's not a conceptual leap as much as an intuitive one - it's a mysterious place that you get to before the leap, that opens up through surrender. I have to let go of things that I might have clutched at before, and only then is there some magic. I might have to work really hard up till that point, with nothing much exciting to show for it. Then Karen Schifanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-30800657310452293302012-04-03T13:19:24.925-04:002012-04-03T13:19:24.925-04:00Thanks, everyone, for responding. Since you have b...Thanks, everyone, for responding. Since you have bared some, if not all, allow me to do the same. The leap required to get from the Comfort Zone to the magic is the thing, whether it's a leap to working larger, showing more widely, taking my painting in a new direction. <br /><br />That's why I like Bernard's bridge so much. With that little gesture--it's a conceptual bridge, Joanne Matterahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02564594823192456546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-11302115425911182072012-04-03T07:34:00.402-04:002012-04-03T07:34:00.402-04:00I've been thinking about this post since yeste...I've been thinking about this post since yesterday and it occurs to me that it's more complicated for me than I thought at first. I don't search out areas outside my comfort zone: I find that most of my life and art practice seem uncomfortable a lot of the time. I think that sometimes I actually am looking consciously for comfort so that I have the "juice" to then take up Karen Schifanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-34913917362909487962012-04-02T22:18:23.290-04:002012-04-02T22:18:23.290-04:00A very timely post. This year I'm working on f...A very timely post. This year I'm working on finding ways to support myself without a day job: looking for more freelance work; doing more networking and self promotion; applying for more grants and trying to find commercial opportunities for sale. But that's not what I really consider "stepping out of my comfort zone"--it's rethinking my definition of success, and that is kim matthewshttp://www.kimmatthewsart.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-7027961166985222842012-04-02T21:30:55.071-04:002012-04-02T21:30:55.071-04:00I need to go waaay outside my comfort zone. Went t...I need to go waaay outside my comfort zone. Went to school, got my MFA in painting. I did narrative paintings. Expressionistic with a touch of Surrealism. Taught painting. Then I fell in love with assemblage and showed only one time. I felt like I had to re-emerge because I was known as a painter (regionally). Now, I want to get back into painting but entirely non-representationally. I still loveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-51252462091209906962012-04-02T14:21:06.142-04:002012-04-02T14:21:06.142-04:00Joanne: I find that the bigger the mess I make, t...Joanne: I find that the bigger the mess I make, the farther from the comfort zone I have gone. Of course, when I stop to consider the mess, I am back in the comfort zone. I have found this to be particularly true in recent work in monoprinting following the fabulous class I took with David A Clark.Fanne Fernownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-52466456645269002452012-04-02T13:46:43.601-04:002012-04-02T13:46:43.601-04:00Gosh Joanne, you are asking us to expose our vulne...Gosh Joanne, you are asking us to expose our vulnerabilities! It's hard to know where to begin. . . . the challenge of getting the work out there or the anguish of reaching for new places in the work itself. <br /><br />Not feeling so courageous today, so I'll limit my comments to what goes on in the studio. One thing that is consistently difficult is letting myself take the kind of Tamarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15820235952600662107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-20584929081113054272012-04-02T11:35:36.060-04:002012-04-02T11:35:36.060-04:00i love your blog, Joanna!!i love your blog, Joanna!!wil jansenhttp://www.wiljansen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-14794407268876504142012-04-02T11:31:06.702-04:002012-04-02T11:31:06.702-04:00I'm not quite ready to articulate it, but I...I'm not quite ready to articulate it, but I'm thinking about it very seriously...<br /><br />Sorry for seeming mysterious-- that's not my intention-- I just wanted to thank you for your post, sorry if I'm not contributing my own answer right now.kennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-1698664730426600462012-04-02T10:39:24.826-04:002012-04-02T10:39:24.826-04:00Tina: Thanks for identifying the source of the car...Tina: Thanks for identifying the source of the cartoon. I like it even more knowing who made it.<br /><br />Ken: So, what's ourside your comfort zone? And how are you going to get it?Joanne Matterahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02564594823192456546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-7613087775294314272012-04-02T09:49:41.962-04:002012-04-02T09:49:41.962-04:00Just the challenge I needed to hear this morning, ...Just the challenge I needed to hear this morning, Joanne.<br /><br />Thanks.kennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-74395306565952407242012-04-02T05:01:34.585-04:002012-04-02T05:01:34.585-04:00I recognized the cartoon immediately! I have it st...I recognized the cartoon immediately! I have it starred in my Google REader for inspiration. :) This looks copied or an alternate version from Jessica Hagy http://thisisindexed.com/2010/11/stretching-is-good-stuff/ (oddly it still looks like her handwriting).Tina Mammoserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18407199513409994699noreply@blogger.com