A few quick thoughts to end the year. I don’t know about you, but it’s been a rollercoaster for me.
The art world, like any healthy society, needs it’s rebels to stay fresh and vital. It needs those who are willing to rock the boat… who question the rules… who buck the prevailing trends.
It needs those who won’t settle for imitation or current fashions in art. Those who are dissatisfied with the status quo. Those who reject formulas and trendy methods.
It needs those who will counter the tastemakers — the critics, the galleries, the influential collectors, the popular artists.
It needs those fire-breathing free-thinking artists who will question authority, break new ground, stand up to accepted opinion and traditional attitudes, and stand up for true freedom of creative expression.
It needs those who won’t fit in. The misfits.
Whether one’s art is popular or not isn’t the issue. What matters is that it’s honest and real. That’s the only kind of art worth making. That’s the kind I will strive to make in 2012.
You’re better than half-way there already. Have a happy!
Thanks, man, and same to you…
Sign me up!! The same old crap and shooting in someone else’s tripods is something I won’t be doing this year.
Have a great 2012!
Good. You’re signed up. And I’ll be watching…
The best to you too.
Great words here. What a great motivational phrase …. “Are you breathing enough fire?” Hopefully you will stop in to remind me in 2012 and have that extinguisher ready! Happy New Year!
Thanks Mark, and Happy New Year to you too.
I’ll be around, but no fire extinguishers — some fires it’s best not to try to put out…
Wonder thoughts for wrapping up one year and beginning the exploration of another. Looking forward with excitement.
Best wishes to you for 2012!
Thanks Earl, and the same to you.
Well said, PJ…I’ll do my best this year to live up to this call to duty….
Well, I’d say you’re already doing quite well…