Nik had mentioned something to me after class that got me thinking...not in a negative light...but just thinking none the less. He said that I somehow always feel detached from my work when it is complete. That my pieces as far as he has seen have been just another assignment to me. And although I hate to admit it he is tapping into some truth.
I have a tendency to throw myself into a piece to where I am out of this world until it is complete. I will sit for hours upon hours with no break or communication with the outside world tediously working and I won't quit working until it is done. So when it is time for critiques it is not necessarily that I am detached more so as I am just tired of it. There is also this whole idea of knowing that I am eventually going to have to give it away or destroy it...so why become attached?
September 26, 2008
Slug.
Nik had mentioned something to me after class that got me thinking...not in a negative light...but just thinking none the less. He said that I somehow always feel detached from my work when it is complete. That my pieces as far as he has seen have been just another assignment to me. And although I hate to admit it he is tapping into some truth.
I have a tendency to throw myself into a piece to where I am out of this world until it is complete. I will sit for hours upon hours with no break or communication with the outside world tediously working and I won't quit working until it is done. So when it is time for critiques it is not necessarily that I am detached more so as I am just tired of it. There is also this whole idea of knowing that I am eventually going to have to give it away or destroy it...so why become attached?
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I see it as an extension of myself. I never throw away a piece or destroy it entirely. Because you created it, it exists, even temporarily. So it is a part of you that owes its very being to you and now is shared with the world. It's almost the pride you can have about being a parent. These pieces come from us and are nurtured by us. Enjoy them, be proud of them and find solace in the way they exist in the world and in time.
My my, sounds like maybe you work TOO hard on something, and don't want the critques. So you put up a wall. Survival technique.
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