Saturday, June 22, 2013
You need a degree to be an artist!?
I think academia has put a stranglehold on
artists by treating the creative process as a scientific method, straining the
purity of self expression whilst imposing an imperialistic viewpoint;
subjugating imagination with vocation. You can teach anyone to draw, paint or
design and they in turn will become skilled masters of their craft, but you
can't teach someone how to put a face on the internal struggles human beings are known to contend with. You're able to or you're not.
Everyone is born with this gift but it's usually poisoned early on or cut off
at the stem. Those lucky enough to survive the uphill battle become part of the
few, the proud...the creative. Not through certification but resiliency.
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