Ran into my old teacher/boss in the hallway. He heard about some crit I had, and told me this:
"One of the most important things a professor can give to his students sometimes is permission. So I am saying to you: you have permission.
If they're telling you it looks commercial - screw them. You have permission.
If you have to call it 'illustrative' - screw them. You have permission.
You also have permission to be entrepreneurial. It doesn't mean that it can't be better, or have more of an edge, or whatever. It's not permission to make crap. But you have permission."
It was nice.
I am excited to go to the doctor today and get all tested and find out if I am anemic or not (although I'm willing to bet yes - my diet is horrible). With the amount of vitamins I rarely ingest/the amount of toxins I regularly ingest I am surprised I can even get out of bed.
"One of the most important things a professor can give to his students sometimes is permission. So I am saying to you: you have permission.
If they're telling you it looks commercial - screw them. You have permission.
If you have to call it 'illustrative' - screw them. You have permission.
You also have permission to be entrepreneurial. It doesn't mean that it can't be better, or have more of an edge, or whatever. It's not permission to make crap. But you have permission."
It was nice.
I am excited to go to the doctor today and get all tested and find out if I am anemic or not (although I'm willing to bet yes - my diet is horrible). With the amount of vitamins I rarely ingest/the amount of toxins I regularly ingest I am surprised I can even get out of bed.
posted by taylor at 4:14 PM
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Maybe I'm more out of touch with the modern art world than I thought (as if that was even possible.
But isn't being commercial a good thing when it comes to creating something, anything. As in "Hey, someone might buy this."
Being a starving artist may look cool but cool don't pay the bills. Amiright?
yeah, YOU RIGHT.
which is why i get so annoyed by people that somehow don't understand that.
worrrd
this is the last time i will officially complain about this. i have sufficiently beat a dead horse. moving on!
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