I need to do something different
I work small and on paper because it’s easier to store but I want to work big. Big seems more impressive. I have no confidence. I overthink everything too much. I can’t keep it simple.
I saw this house profile in Inside Out of a Melbourne artist living in a warehouse conversion, eating raw and doing yoga, and her art was… just like… colourful blobs. I’ve seen it before. I don’t understand what questions it is asking or what media it is exploring that hasn’t been done before. Also her cliched lifestyle made me want to throw up and I think it coloured my opinion of her work.
If I could get paid for art that looked like everyone else’s work would I do it? I don’t know if I could. I’m not exactly reinventing the wheel but either.
I fucking hate art and all the people I’m supposed to emulate or kiss the arse of.
How do I be a successful visual artist being outside the gallery system? Being let down in my fine art education? Having crippling mental illness/ isolation keep me from networking with people?
I’m confused about where I am and what my worth is.
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