Why We Do the Dishes When We Should be Writing
Excerpt from Art and Fear: Observations On The Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
by David Bayles & Ted Orland
"Art is human; error is human; ergo, art is error. Inevitably, your work...will be flawed. Why? Because you are a human being, and only human beings, warts and all, make art....Nevertheless, the belief persists among some artists (and lots of ex-artists) that doing art means doing things flawlessly--ignoring the fact that this prerequisite would disqualify most existing works of art...To require perfection is to invite paralysis...[Consequently] You find reasons to not work since to not work is to not make mistakes."
"The function of the overwhelming majority of your artwork is simply to teach you how to make the small fraction of your artwork that soars."
by David Bayles & Ted Orland
"Art is human; error is human; ergo, art is error. Inevitably, your work...will be flawed. Why? Because you are a human being, and only human beings, warts and all, make art....Nevertheless, the belief persists among some artists (and lots of ex-artists) that doing art means doing things flawlessly--ignoring the fact that this prerequisite would disqualify most existing works of art...To require perfection is to invite paralysis...[Consequently] You find reasons to not work since to not work is to not make mistakes."
"The function of the overwhelming majority of your artwork is simply to teach you how to make the small fraction of your artwork that soars."
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