Discovery and Creativity

[freetobeme18]

This semester I began taking a painting class. I was a little worried about it at first, because I still thought of Art as just a hobby; something I was mildly interested in and only somewhat talented in. I was afraid that I would end up, as I had for part of the drawing class I had taken a year earlier, comparing myself to other students, and

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[pattymayonnaise]

Artists cannot fully and freely express themselves if their minds are cluttered with worries about the quality of their final products.

It's true. I realized a little while ago that what I consider my best poems and short stories are the ones that I wrote spontaneously. The same definitely goes for painting. :)

[musicwmnvla]

*huggles*
I'm so proud of you. That's beautiful.

I'm gonna yoink this quote:
I also discovered that one can only truly succeed in Art, or in any of the arts for that matter, if they give no thought to succeeding. For success is not what is important, but expression. Artists cannot fully and freely express themselves if their minds are cluttered with worries about the quality of their final products.

It's such an awesome thing to remember, and you can apply it to all aspects of life. I especially would benefit a lot from remembering it. Thanks so much for sharing this bit of wisdom.

[freetobeme18]

Thanks so much. I'm glad you like it. Feel free to yoink anything you want. It's been said that immitation is the highest form of flattery, and I fully agree with that. I hadn't thought of it as wisdom, but now that you put it that way I think this entry needs to be repeated in acreativememory.