Wednesday, November 25, 2009
A short post so you can start peeling those potatoes. . .
In On the Art of Life and Vice Versa, Michael Kimmelman says:
Most artists, like most people, have one good idea or maybe two in life, and that sustains them. In the best circumstances, that's plenty for a career. George Morandi, the great Italian still life painter, quietly toiled away in Bologna, in the home he shared with his mother and three unmarried sisters, in a bedroom that doubled as a studio, seemingly oblivious and immune to shifting tastes, painting little bunches of bottles, bowls, and biscuit tins. His message - look slowly and hard at something subtle and small = was simple but turned out to be plenty. It sustained him.
What do you think? Are you in the middle of exploring an idea that will sustain you?
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