From: "Tim Daneliuk" <tundra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> snip
<Diving Into The Pool>1) We make art for ourselves not anyone else. The only person to be satisfiedis thus the artist - each of us - on our own terms, with our own vision.2) The artist should be merciless in demanding the very best of themselves,discarding anything that does not meet their own expectations. 3) Our understanding and appraisal of our own work will change over time. This is both because we (hopefully) mature as artists and because our understanding/vision changes as we go through the orbit of life. If you do 1) and 2) then you will never look back with regret at the stuff you've done because of 3) - you'll just see new possibilities.4) It is not arrogant to pursue any of this. It's as necessary as breathingfor a good many of us.5) People around you who are not into making art will never get any of thisand it's pointless to even try to explain it. <Drying Off> -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Daneliuk tundra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/
If this is your original text, you should copyright it. If it isn't, could you please tell us the author?
I think you have pretty much wrapped up this thread.Someone may argue point #1 by suggesting what about when you are commissioned to create a photograph; you are creating that work for someone else. Hopefully the buyer is aware of the artist's work and has selected the artist based on that work. In which case, the artist should create the commissioned work on his own terms, in accordance with his own vision.
Your post has earned a place on my darkroom bulletin board. But don't get too puffed up- it will go beside the MSDS bulletins!
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