David Bayles
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| Original Title: | Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking |
| ISBN: | 0961454733 (ISBN13: 9780961454739) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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"This is a book about making art. Ordinary art. Ordinary art means something like: all art not made by Mozart. After all, art is rarely made by Mozart-like people; essentially-statistically speaking-there aren't any people like that. Geniuses get made once-a-century or so, yet good art gets made all the time, so to equate the making of art with the workings of genius removes this intimately human activity to a strangely unreachable and unknowable place. For all practical purposes making art can be examined in great detail without ever getting entangled in the very remote problems of genius." --from the IntroductionParticularize Based On Books Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
| Title | : | Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking |
| Author | : | David Bayles |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 122 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 2001 by Image Continuum Press - Image Continuum Press (first published 1993) |
| Categories | : | Art. Nonfiction. Language. Writing. Self Help. Philosophy. Psychology. Art Design |
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Ratings: 3.72 From 68065 Users | 971 ReviewsAssess Based On Books Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
Platitudinous, hackneyed, jumbled. Some good ideas but not a cohesive or engaging book.I've read this book cover to cover four or five times. I have picked it up and opened a random page to read on dozens of occasions. I reread the margin notes that I've written at various times.What I love about this book is that it uses art to talk about life. Specifically, it uses art and fear to talk about how our choice to have courage or not drives the degree of light you will manifest in your own life. The writers explore the human need for acceptance, fear of failure, communication
A quick, no-nonsense, part-philosophical-part-practical examination of what it means to make art, no matter the medium, and to continue to do so in spite of its inherent challenges. The authors' basic premise is that you can and will only ever be you, and all the other people in the world will also only ever be themselves. It might seem obvious, but the logical corollary here is that it is a pity to not make art because you are the only person who could ever make the art that you make. A second
Inspirational. I like stories that are balm to my artistic lateblooming. Calms the inner turmoil of yet another month, year, without publication. It makes the drawersful of scribbled foolscap, of slapdash characterization, of hours of unpresentable efforts a little less of a tell-tale heart. It makes things okay to know that the Mozarts are one every couple hundred years, yet great art gets made all the time. Just work at it. It is a helpful, boost of a book in the vein of Pressfield's
I found an audio copy of this book at my library and started reading it when I saw it on a recommended list for writers recently. Oh my. Is it ever a fabulous book for writers?! I wrote down a lot of quotes from the book to save and read again:This book is about making art. Ordinary art. Ordinary art means something like: all art not made by Mozart. After all, art is rarely made by Mozart-like people - essentially (statistically speaking) there aren't any people like that. But while geniuses may
Thoroughly enjoyed, underlined, annotated, and frequently discussed many passages in this small volume. Highly recommended! Not just for visual artists, either.
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