A farewell: The joy of doing
Well, this is it, friends: the final edition of “Artistic Unknowns.” It’s time to wrap it up, I think. I’ve said the things I wanted to say. Some readers, I’m sure, will receive this news with a small sigh of relief — others might even miss participating in the hashing-out of various problems of art, including the main focus of the column: challenges and philosophical questions raised by the recurring, situational theme of these articles — living life as an “artistic unknown.”
Despite all that I have talked about here, both in my articles and in the comments with readers, for me, it all really boils down to one conclusion: in order to be happy as an artist, one has to enjoy “the doing” more than the “having done.” “The doing” is elemental; “the having done” is a nebulous collection of questions, in the end. [Read more →]
