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Show 1.3 A Very Long Engagement, or How I Became Mrs. Artist True Artistic Genius, seems to me, something a person cannot claim as their own, but a thing that travels through them. A True Artistic Genius seems to be less genius, and more vector or vehicle. Perhaps channel may be a better word. I have made it clear that I am no Artistic Genius. I accept and embrace the Common Creative that I am. I take pride from the intellectual pursuit of creativity. I like the work involved, and the challenge of creating, whether it is the challenge of ideas, or painting, or the challenge of building the structures that are to be painted. There is something thrilling from the constant learning and unlearning of things. Comfort with my creative standing, however, is not the reason Art and Artist are distanced from the repertoire of my identity. From my perspective, the democratization of Art, the Art-as-Anything-Artist-by-Intent movement, dilutes and deludes. Using sweeping generalizations, it is fair to assert that Art-as-AnythingArtist-by-Intent has diminished the value of any education or formal training I have received, despite its immense personal value to me. I am a firm believer in formal Art education, if only so one can learn the rules just so they can later break them. The Doctrine of Sandwich Artists has created countless expressions of concern when I tell an acquaintance that I am earning my master's degree in Art- in the dead art of painting, no less! Clearer still, I vehemently reject the notion of the Tortured Artist, and the Scale of Suffering™. More specifically, I think it's abhorrent to consider suffering a qualification to look for on a resume. I certainly don't shop for dentists by comparing whose mental anguish will inspire the highest quality root canal. Additionally, the exclusivity of the Art World is not something I aim to pander to, as it is not my particular hope that one day I might be allowed to hang one of my paintings on their white walls. That is, of course, not to say that I would deny them any of my work, should anyone ask. I am no fool! I understand the value of exclusivity. I also value many of the works of Art that reside 16 |
