I have always been a self-taught artist, and it's only recently that I've acquired my Certificate III and IV in visual arts. I have learnt quite a bit from those couple of years, sharing the creative journey with amazing people, and pushing the boundaries of my comfort zone. But since then, I feel I have returned to my roots and my original way of perceiving and representing the world around me. Why is that, I wonder? Why is it that my friend and I have come full-circle with our creative license? Perhaps it is because it is the very manifestation of how one perceives the world and wishes to communicate with others. Therefore, imposing a style or "genre" on an artist is not only counter-productive, it kills the very soul-sensitivity and personal vision of the artistic individual by censoring it and forcing its own packaged agenda unto it.
It's been a while since I've posted on my blog. Reason being is that I haven't been very artistically productive. Lately, I have pondered about my creative style and where it fits in the grander scheme of contemporary art. A friend of mine, who just recently finished her advanced diploma in visual arts, told me that the whole time she attended school, her teachers would harass and harangue her into adopting a different artistic style and creative concept. From everything she told me, it sounded as if she had to explain, prove, and justify her "genre" to them. In the end, they conceited and simply told her to stick by her own personal vision. How very useless and distressing for her!
I have always been a self-taught artist, and it's only recently that I've acquired my Certificate III and IV in visual arts. I have learnt quite a bit from those couple of years, sharing the creative journey with amazing people, and pushing the boundaries of my comfort zone. But since then, I feel I have returned to my roots and my original way of perceiving and representing the world around me. Why is that, I wonder? Why is it that my friend and I have come full-circle with our creative license? Perhaps it is because it is the very manifestation of how one perceives the world and wishes to communicate with others. Therefore, imposing a style or "genre" on an artist is not only counter-productive, it kills the very soul-sensitivity and personal vision of the artistic individual by censoring it and forcing its own packaged agenda unto it.
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Unfortunately, no matter what field you find yourself in, I think education prefers to keep people in neat, labeled, little boxes. Hopefully you will see that you're traveling a spiral; you didn't actually wind up where you started. You learned something along the way and have circled upward. :)
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Carole
9/7/2015 06:28:49 am
That totally makes sense, Bev! :) I love the idea of a spiral. Indeed... I do feel like I have learned a great deal from my scholastic adventure. Besides knowing where I fit in the art world, I have learned many different techniques I never would've known of had I not attended school. By far, the best payoff is all the wonderful new friends I've also made along the way.
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