tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988591403253609681.post7432021269222139510..comments2024-03-23T23:28:16.736+00:00Comments on Megan Chapman's Studio Blog: Tortured Artist: Myth or Reality?Megan Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07802226660706662685noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988591403253609681.post-69022271630039328632012-02-03T18:50:19.715+00:002012-02-03T18:50:19.715+00:00that wiki entry is total rubbish.that wiki entry is total rubbish.jafabrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04490900607853203086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988591403253609681.post-4050769957675369882008-10-21T15:20:00.000+01:002008-10-21T15:20:00.000+01:00Hey Everyone.Thanks for reading and thanks very mu...Hey Everyone.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for reading and thanks very much for all your comments and even a reading suggestion(Depper- I now have the book in my possession-thanks)<BR/><BR/>I am glad that many of you could relate to the post. I know we are supposed to present our best/professional selves and yes being an artist is a labor of love, but I also want to make sure that we do not feel less than or even worse, if when at times we do not feel that spunky? about our profession/calling.<BR/>I am not knocking it, I know I am lucky to do what I do, but with freedom from the daily grind comes a new grind all of its own. Thanks again everyone, and with that I am off to the studio without a clue what will happen but with a team of ghosts and readers behind me..Megan Chapmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802226660706662685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988591403253609681.post-40213413790326994042008-10-21T11:22:00.000+01:002008-10-21T11:22:00.000+01:00great post megan i hear this now and then "you kno...great post megan <BR/><BR/>i hear this now and then <BR/><BR/>"you know being an artist is a hard profession"<BR/><BR/>my reply is art is a labor of loveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988591403253609681.post-28271178986584599442008-10-21T02:32:00.000+01:002008-10-21T02:32:00.000+01:00Hey Megan!Ok I have been thinking about this blog ...Hey Megan!<BR/><BR/>Ok I have been thinking about this blog post for a few days now.<BR/><BR/>Yes. Being an artist is not an easy job. Every time I talk to my family about my work they kind of laugh it off like it's something that I just do for fun. Like a hobby. But sometimes it's not fun. It's not easy. <BR/><BR/>There is no guaranteed anything! No steady paycheck, no health care plan, no 401K or stock options.<BR/><BR/>And I do a lot more than sit around painting pretty pictures all day...<BR/><BR/>But you are right. This is what you were meant to do, and this is what I was meant to do 401K or not. I need to make things, and I need to be surrounded by other people who make things. It's then I am find that I am most happy.<BR/><BR/>And that is what is THE most important. :)<BR/><BR/>Great post!Michele Maulehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05366692397354728890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988591403253609681.post-29596881216712788222008-10-20T15:27:00.000+01:002008-10-20T15:27:00.000+01:00The link to the interview :)http://www.npr.org/tem...The link to the interview :)<BR/><BR/>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10253859ste-pha-niehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04781735100564958101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988591403253609681.post-66332447701000067922008-10-20T15:25:00.000+01:002008-10-20T15:25:00.000+01:00Have I told you lately that I love you?! When I s...Have I told you lately that I love you?! When I saw the post title in my feed, something cynical in me expected to find a lot of reasons why the idea of a "tortured artist" is a myth. The wiki is pretty funny, and stereotypical, I wonder if an artist wrote it... but there are nuggets of truth there. <BR/><BR/>Some great work comes from artists during difficult times in their lives, maybe because that's when their true nature is most vulnerable, and output may reveal more of the heart.<BR/><BR/>"What comes from the heart reaches the heart." << A favorite quote I've attributed to Mavis Staples; I wrote it down after hearing an interview with her on NPR a while back. Then I went back and found the interview, just now - and she actually said it was a line she got from her father :)ste-pha-niehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04781735100564958101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988591403253609681.post-26122660824974766112008-10-19T13:13:00.000+01:002008-10-19T13:13:00.000+01:00This city is an ogre squatting by the river(It giv...This city is an ogre squatting by the river<BR/>(It gives life but it takes it away, my youth)<BR/>--<BR/>Onwards and upwards indeed, and with it (or for it) your work is forever more beautiful and rich.<BR/>(the only source of currency worth being rich in?)Heatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11577064936439534851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988591403253609681.post-89193093606445690492008-10-18T00:36:00.000+01:002008-10-18T00:36:00.000+01:00thanks Megan. Your words are soothing and your wor...thanks Megan. Your words are soothing and your work is increasingly beautiful. Are we seeing a less subdued, more aggressive red/red-Orange? Am I imagining things? Are all of these colors becoming more saturated? It would only be fitting if it were so since you seem to be coming to terms, or at least insightful enough to be encouraging others to embrace their own colors, be they merry or melancholy.<BR/>This blog post prompts me to ask if you've read "Touched with Fire"<BR/>by Kay Redfield Jamison.<BR/>best wishes,<BR/>DepperMatthew Depperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04594934926229382207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988591403253609681.post-73491106793570934802008-10-17T22:50:00.000+01:002008-10-17T22:50:00.000+01:00Bravo! Bravo, Grazie Mille, compadrionnetta! Great...Bravo! Bravo, Grazie Mille, compadrionnetta! Great blog, great blog, really a joy to read. <BR/><BR/> As uou know, I'm 23 (24 on the 22nd), and I'm just beginning to realize that the sense of alienation and misunderstanding that occurs on a daily basis due to whatever intrinsically difficult aspect of our lives as artists is indeed not something that I can grow out of (quite the contrary). I used to think that getting a bit older, more 'down to earth', achieving maturity would bring some relief: nope. Easily misconstrued as a form of teenage angst, rebellion, insular tendencies, the idiosyncrasies of said 'tortured artist' are, I agree, birthed and unavoidable (at least). <BR/><BR/> Ah, the part I love most about your blog today, such an honest moment, when you talk about the highs an artist can get simply on their own creation. Needless to say, even when not producing work, that same sense of wonderment, blissful realization, and thirst permeates our everyday repertoire; life is such a magnificent backdrop for a more interesting and bountiful imagination. Ironically, I seldom have the opportunetsy to talk about the highs. Somehow, I have long since taken it for granted; laugh laugh, an unsaid constant, one of the perks/peaks, and choose to dwell in the disasters (aka my paintings). So it is very nice to see these words so thoughtfully and genuinely written, a reminder, we need.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the words, bless you, and to the painter paintings that call your name! Oooh, looking forward to Etsy, next stop!<BR/><BR/>-CodyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988591403253609681.post-9148466216922607992008-10-17T19:59:00.000+01:002008-10-17T19:59:00.000+01:00Trusting your intuition and taking the highs with ...Trusting your intuition and taking the highs with the lows - a recipe for success :) <BR/>Baring the truth really matters. We are too quick to tell people of the good side of being an artist....<BR/>Brave Megan tells it like it is! :)Debs Burrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406632002072454371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988591403253609681.post-62251000731974590432008-10-17T13:24:00.000+01:002008-10-17T13:24:00.000+01:00thanks for that Megan... is is good to hear the go...thanks for that Megan... is is good to hear the good honest truth sometimes. <BR/><BR/>I have people saying "you're lucky you are artistic" I am not sure about being lucky... some days I feel cursed and true some days I feel very blessed.<BR/><BR/>And that is what makes it hard being us.Sleepandhersistershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03919534998293152439noreply@blogger.com