tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127617928385642465.post8238097580059426965..comments2013-11-30T23:02:28.476-08:00Comments on An Artist's Life: Artists and MoneyGayle Leveehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00697152725481847835noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127617928385642465.post-17528480495558358132013-11-30T23:02:28.476-08:002013-11-30T23:02:28.476-08:00Great article, Gayle! I'm late to the party, ...Great article, Gayle! I'm late to the party, as usual, but I always manage to arrive quietly. I'm only noticed when I'm gone. :) Discipline, I think, is THE number one reason why beginning artists won't create the sketch, set up the palette, pick up the brush. The whole process of painting is a systematic one. Without some kind of controlled environment in place, the L-Mode will not shut up enough for R-Mode to get a chance to talk. When the temperature in the studio isn't right, when there's food instead of just a cup of tea, when there isn't a palette set up, when Little Joey doesn't know that it's Mommy's (or Daddy's in my case) time to play (or work), when our financial affairs are not in order, it's IMPOSSIBLE to devote ourselves to creating art. L-Mode SHOULD routinely be used, but it should be left at the door of the studio. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06207759821495828934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127617928385642465.post-38252231867912944162012-04-02T06:35:52.297-07:002012-04-02T06:35:52.297-07:00I agree, too many creative young people get the wr...I agree, too many creative young people get the wrong idea from all the hype.Gayle Leveehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697152725481847835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127617928385642465.post-57405439282187965022012-03-31T13:17:34.758-07:002012-03-31T13:17:34.758-07:00I love the manner in which you bring logic and com...I love the manner in which you bring logic and common sense philosophy by asking questions. Jesus did that with His, "What would it gain...", "Who among you...", and so forth. It's a great tool to offer the option of thinking. Maybe we should offer a campaign of questions to Congress. <br />I blame most, if not all, modern woes of the art world on Van Gogh and Monet--mostly Van Gogh. He was nuts, poor, common and Seattle grunge. It gave all future artists a license to be sloppy, nutty and only use two colors of paint and call it "genius". There might be someone out there who disagrees. That's okay. <br />Part of what does make an artist as they are is the ability to be our own guides and take on the establishment. I love the fact you mention money management because discipline, where it's practice and continuing to learn or saving money, is sorely missing in art today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com