Comments on: Knowing when to take a break from art http://artandperception.com/2007/08/knowing-when-to-take-a-break-from-art.html a multi-disciplinary dialog Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:06:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Karl Zipser http://artandperception.com/2007/08/knowing-when-to-take-a-break-from-art.html#comment-32708 Karl Zipser Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:46:18 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/08/knowing-when-to-take-a-break-from-art.html#comment-32708 Birgit, You are perpetually in art mode! Birgit,

You are perpetually in art mode!

]]> By: Karl Zipser http://artandperception.com/2007/08/knowing-when-to-take-a-break-from-art.html#comment-32707 Karl Zipser Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:45:36 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/08/knowing-when-to-take-a-break-from-art.html#comment-32707 Steve, Trying to come back at a later time to recreate the experience when it is possible to make art -- I've had that feeling so many times. Sometimes it is possible to go back. Other times I try to enjoy the moment and let it go. Steve,

Trying to come back at a later time to recreate the experience when it is possible to make art — I’ve had that feeling so many times. Sometimes it is possible to go back. Other times I try to enjoy the moment and let it go.

]]> By: Karl Zipser http://artandperception.com/2007/08/knowing-when-to-take-a-break-from-art.html#comment-32706 Karl Zipser Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:43:58 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/08/knowing-when-to-take-a-break-from-art.html#comment-32706 <em>I try for a blankness of mind when I need to move out of that space. The blankness acts as a kind of intermediary place that then allows me to come back to the world of connections and relationships and dog-doo.</em> June, Blankness of mind is a good approach for returning to the regular world, I agree. For me, realizing the need to make the transition was key to handling it better. Burnt Jello, that would smell very yucky! I try for a blankness of mind when I need to move out of that space. The blankness acts as a kind of intermediary place that then allows me to come back to the world of connections and relationships and dog-doo.

June,

Blankness of mind is a good approach for returning to the regular world, I agree. For me, realizing the need to make the transition was key to handling it better.

Burnt Jello, that would smell very yucky!

]]> By: Karl Zipser http://artandperception.com/2007/08/knowing-when-to-take-a-break-from-art.html#comment-32705 Karl Zipser Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:41:00 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/08/knowing-when-to-take-a-break-from-art.html#comment-32705 <em>Right now, I am in the art mode and do not want to take a break.</em> Sounds good Sunil! As for getting bored, I don't think that is something that is likely to happen. It's a matter of continually searching that keeps it interesting. Right now, I am in the art mode and do not want to take a break.

Sounds good Sunil! As for getting bored, I don’t think that is something that is likely to happen. It’s a matter of continually searching that keeps it interesting.

]]> By: Karl Zipser http://artandperception.com/2007/08/knowing-when-to-take-a-break-from-art.html#comment-32703 Karl Zipser Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:38:36 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/08/knowing-when-to-take-a-break-from-art.html#comment-32703 David, I'm intrigued by the way you take on very different projects. This description of how you take a pause after a solo show helps me to understand the process. I am most curious to see what you will do next. David,

I’m intrigued by the way you take on very different projects. This description of how you take a pause after a solo show helps me to understand the process. I am most curious to see what you will do next.

]]> By: Sunil Gangadharan http://artandperception.com/2007/08/knowing-when-to-take-a-break-from-art.html#comment-32693 Sunil Gangadharan Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:58:31 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/08/knowing-when-to-take-a-break-from-art.html#comment-32693 Loved that line from David "If you try to think too much you get hit in the head by the ball." That kind of sums it for me. I revel in the art mode. Try not to think too much,. let the art take me along in its flow - I will know when I am spent - hopefully not for another 40 or 50 years, but who know how much creativity we all have left in us or who knows when we might just get bored... Right now, I am in the art mode and do not want to take a break. Loved that line from David “If you try to think too much you get hit in the head by the ball.”

That kind of sums it for me. I revel in the art mode. Try not to think too much,. let the art take me along in its flow - I will know when I am spent - hopefully not for another 40 or 50 years, but who know how much creativity we all have left in us or who knows when we might just get bored…
Right now, I am in the art mode and do not want to take a break.

]]> By: David http://artandperception.com/2007/08/knowing-when-to-take-a-break-from-art.html#comment-32531 David Mon, 20 Aug 2007 06:31:17 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/08/knowing-when-to-take-a-break-from-art.html#comment-32531 For me there are various forms of the art mode. There's production, when I'm creating a body of work. I've got a pretty clear idea of what I'm exploring, and one work leads to the next (though I've usually got several going at once). Other ideas and things that I observe in the world get integrated into what I'm already working on. Then there are the in-between times, like what I'm in right now. These usually happen after a solo show. I take a break from actually producing work, and try to get a sense of what to do next. A lot of reading, looking, journal writing. Maybe doing sketches and taking photographs. If I want to break out of art mode altogether, the best thing I've found is volleyball. You have to be in the moment, and react instantly. If you try to think too much you get hit in the head by the ball. For me there are various forms of the art mode.

There’s production, when I’m creating a body of work. I’ve got a pretty clear idea of what I’m exploring, and one work leads to the next (though I’ve usually got several going at once). Other ideas and things that I observe in the world get integrated into what I’m already working on.

Then there are the in-between times, like what I’m in right now. These usually happen after a solo show. I take a break from actually producing work, and try to get a sense of what to do next. A lot of reading, looking, journal writing. Maybe doing sketches and taking photographs.

If I want to break out of art mode altogether, the best thing I’ve found is volleyball. You have to be in the moment, and react instantly. If you try to think too much you get hit in the head by the ball.

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