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Title: Art & Fear by David Bayles, Ted Orland ISBN: 0-9614547-3-3 Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.71 (41 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Why I re-read 'Art & Fear'
Comment: I picked up this book in the middle of a 'dry spell' in my artmaking career. I was looking for some ideas to help me re-ignite the spark.
The first thing I did was copy a paragraph from the book and put it up on the wall in my studio It reads, "Operation Manual for Not Quitting: A)Make friends with others who make art and share your work in progress with them frequently, and B)Learn to think of (A) rather than the Museum of Modern Art as the destination of your work -- eventually the MOMA will find you." This little perspective point was the first of ideas I found useful as an individual artist fighting to build a body of work.
After reading this book, I experienced the most productive period so far in my emerging artistic career. Could you do the same? Maybe, maybe not. But if you're unsure, consider this idea from the book: If you are fearful or unconfident in your approach to making art, the going will be hard. But when you commit to your work, it will 'come on like the blazes'. The only question that remains is do you REALLY want to do it.
This tattered, written-in little volume is the most read book in my studio, and I highly -HIGHLY- recommend it to any creative person looking for their inner voice.
Rating: 5
Summary: Learning by Doing!
Comment: Art & Fear is an easy book to rave about, but it is a particularly difficult book to write about. The authors have chosen their words so well, that it seems as if there ARE no other words with which to talk about this subject or this book. I'll try anyway, fully knowing that whatever I might say surely will not please me as much as what I have read in their pages. And this is part of the message of Art & Fear, one of the lessons to be learned - just do it and learn from it.
Art & Fear is an unpretentious little paperback, written by two lifelong friends who have been artists, as well as other things, for most of their lives. Both of them have their feet firmly rooted in the real world that we all live in (however high their ideas and ideals might fly), and both of them have keen insights into what enables individuals to produce good art and to continue to produce good art, and what stumbling blocks stop many individuals. These insights are of value to artists in any medium whatsoever, and are in fact likely to be of significant value to many individuals who don't think of themselves as artists at all. One doesn't need to be an artist to be struggling with goals that seem beyond your reach and a lack of appreciation from others; it's just a little more pervasive in the artmaking world.
Reading this book is like sitting down with the authors for a long and lively conversation. You'll learn something of them, and something of yourself, and good things are sure to come from it. I've actually found it too good to keep to myself - I'm on my 6th copy now, as I keep giving them away to friends!
Rating: 4
Summary: there is the theory,but...
Comment: nice theory,but,when the "workbook" will be available???....
lots of likely books neglect the same point: a practical application section (or book) is not included.
just a nice book.
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Title: Trust the Process by Shaun McNiff ISBN: 1570623570 Publisher: Shambhala Pub. Date: 31 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: How to Survive and Prosper as an Artist, 5th ed. : Selling Yourself Without Selling Your Soul by Caroll Michels ISBN: 0805068007 Publisher: Owl Books Pub. Date: December, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: The Blank Canvas by Anna Held Audette ISBN: 0877739382 Publisher: Shambhala Pub. Date: 28 September, 1993 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Making Room for Making Art: A Thoughtful and Practical Guide to Bringing the Pleasure of Artistic Expression Back into Your Life by Sally Warner ISBN: 1556522126 Publisher: Chicago Review Press Pub. Date: May, 1994 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Taking the Leap: Building a Career As a Visual Artist by Cay Lang ISBN: 0811818152 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: April, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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