If you like it — if ANYONE likes it and WANTS it — and CARES enough to offer funds in order to INVITE it into his/her home… then that’s gravy, baby. That’s just gravy. You see, if I’m not paying attention, I find myself being led towards audience capture. I find myself making things that… Continue reading The Work Is For Me
Tag: Rick Rubin
Changing Interpretations
All art is a form of poetry. It’s always changing, never fixed. We may think we know what a piece we made means, yet over time that interpretation may change. The creator stops being the creator once they finish the work. They then become the viewer. And the viewer can bring as much of their… Continue reading Changing Interpretations
Inspired, Part 2
Last week, I dove into some initial takeaways from the book entitled The Creative Act: A Way of Being by the legendary music producer, Rick Rubin. My focus for Part 1 was understanding where artists find inspiration for their works. Of course, there doesn’t always have to be inspiration. A lot of times, great art… Continue reading Inspired, Part 2
Inspired, Part 1
I recently read Rick Rubin’s The Creative Act: A Way of Being and it is such a bounty of useful information — for artists and non-artists alike — that I am going to be referring back to it over the next few blog posts. The book is different in that it is a collection of… Continue reading Inspired, Part 1