so... who are you?
You may be a captain of industry, or take on a great cause. You may collaborate with other people or work alone. It is true that everyone is an artist and a businessperson but it is also true that everyone is a citizen, in the broadest sense.
Amy Whitaker • Art Thinking: How to Carve Out Creative Space in a World of Schedules, Budgets, and Bosses
But I am also preparing for many moments of awkwardness and self-doubt. Parties: “What do you do?” “I’m…between things.” People generally find this exciting and cool, but you also hear the occasional “you’re doing WHAT? In THIS economy??”
Kasra • Jumping into the void
in the deep flow of my art, I’ve always felt extremely detached/removed from “the world,” like I was existing on a different dimension than the here-and-now. I made art primarily for me. that’s still true. but. what if I deliberately committed (at least part of the time) to being IN the world, OF the world — in service FOR the world? that is a very... See more