Comments on Soliloquy: Artist Dilemma #3

Hi Katherine,From your mouth to God's ears!

2007-05-24T15:00:00.000-07:00

Hi Katherine,

From your mouth to God's ears!

Hi Cassandra,I have really been enjoying your blog...

2007-05-24T14:53:00.000-07:00

Hi Cassandra,

I have really been enjoying your blog lately-lots of great topics and things to ponder about.

I think it's really interesting to examine this dilemma #3. Why not believe that the work you do solely for yourself will be your most amazing marketplace success as well?

Very clever, Henry -- quoting me back to myself! ...

2007-05-24T11:03:00.000-07:00

Very clever, Henry -- quoting me back to myself! For me there is a difference between the work I do to please the market and the work I do solely for myself. Maybe it's all art -- I don't know. Some would dismiss the saleable work as decorative art.

You ask "there may be more to art than pleasing th...

2007-05-24T03:31:00.000-07:00

You ask "there may be more to art than pleasing the masses and sales." Certainly, but is it wrong to consider the desires of your audience? Some of the greatest art of all time was done as a commission where the patron specified what they wanted.

You suggest reaching "way back and try to remember why it was that you became an artist." Your bio has a statement that probably rings true with most artists "I started painting when it became something I was compelled to do." That is certainly the case with me. I simply couldn't avoid being an artist.

Is it not "authentic" if you consider the market?