"We are accused of being obsessed by property. The truth is the other way round. It is society and culture in question which is so obsessed. Yet to an obsessive his obsession always seems to be of the nature of things and so is not recognized for what it is."
-quote from Ways of Seeing by John Berger Chapter 5
As we are in the digital age, trends are equivalent to obsessions. They last for who knows how much time, a day, months or years and die out but sometime return. Our feed is riddled with advertisement of objects mostly useless that may grab your attention. If you see others having the same object then the desire of having said object grows and at some point an obsession grows. We tend to attach ourselves to materialistic trinkets as if that will feel the void and bring us happiness.
"Every exceptional work was the result of a prolonged successful struggle. Innumerable works involved no struggle. There were also prolonged yet unsuccessful struggles. To be an exception a painter whose vision had been formed by the tradition and who had probably studied as an apprentice or student from the age of sixteen, need to recognize his vision for what it was and then to separate it from the usage for which it had been developed."
-quote from Ways of Seeing by John Berger Chapter 5
It is hard to break away from fundamentals since its safe to stay within them. Breaking away means struggling and most people do not want to do so. It is interesting to see new creative processes and works from artist who struggled to make their own style in a world where there are rules even for 'out-of-the-box' creations. I disagree and agree with this quote. Everyone has their own idea of what art should be and what fits in it. When learning art or learning any new subject it takes time and struggles. So I think anyone can make exceptional work and whether its successful or not depends largely on how others take it. At this point the creator has to think why they create art, who its for and will the outcome satisfy me or not. I think artist are told to expect there to always be gratification or some type of award to have status, when in reality most pieces go unappreciated which is okay. What mostly matters is how the artist feels about it. Why should a piece always be considered for others? This might be because of the idea of wanting to be seen or acknowledged to feel validated. I like the idea to create for the sake of creating.
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