Staying in front of the creativity curve can be challenging. Who knows where the will to do something different will arise, and when it does, do I have the EYE.
I keep my creative self hidden, sharing it carefully and sparingly. People exposed to my work give it short shrift. They are coming or going and don’t have the time or the interest in me or my art. Amongst the comments, when I get them are: Oh; I like that; or some variation on [my granddaughter][son] took a photography class in high school and wanted to be a photographer.
Additionally, my stuff isn’t for sale (no one would buy it, anyway) and I make no money and get little credit from giving my work away.Van Gogh, Cezanne, Rembrandt and others had this problem which is why they babbled in self-portraiture. They were also difficult to deal with in an artist’s setting. I follow in their footsteps.
Something always has Something to show-off when the creative juices flow.
*I borrowed the cartoon from the New Yorker. The artist must have been suffering from comic drawer block.
