Enjoyed this. Thanks for writing it. The screenshot made me laugh.
I do think artists sometimes stop making art—not just illness (unless you count existential malaise) but having kids and being overwhelmed, getting discouraged, feeling like if you haven’t make it by X age it’s never going to happen. I don’t think these people are any less “real artists.”
I stopped writing for awhile. I was depressed and not getting anywhere. I had kids and put it aside. That felt really bad and I came back to it. But I don’t think I stopped being “an artist” when I wasn’t making art. I tried taking pictures, I still read, I still thought about things in my way.
Enjoyed this. Thanks for writing it. The screenshot made me laugh.
I do think artists sometimes stop making art—not just illness (unless you count existential malaise) but having kids and being overwhelmed, getting discouraged, feeling like if you haven’t make it by X age it’s never going to happen. I don’t think these people are any less “real artists.”
I stopped writing for awhile. I was depressed and not getting anywhere. I had kids and put it aside. That felt really bad and I came back to it. But I don’t think I stopped being “an artist” when I wasn’t making art. I tried taking pictures, I still read, I still thought about things in my way.
That’s all. Thanks!