I didn’t post last week because I was slammed with the gastro
illness everyone I know has had. I was too sick to write. Totally recovered now
I am ready with some musings on a question I am often asked, and was most
recently asked, today.
“Why are you making that? Who is it for?” In my experience it
seems many non-artists assume artists only make work when there is a
commission. Otherwise, why else would you do it? It is outside their experience
to create simply because one is compelled to do so.
Creating is what artists do. Creators is what we are. Making
art is so identified with self that we “make” no matter what. Maybe we have a
commission, maybe we don’t. We still create. And we will always create, just as
long as it is physically possible.
Have to add one last thing: these images of a bikepath created by Dutch artist Dan Roosegaarde. Located in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, Van Gogh's birthplace, 600 meters of LED lights allude to his most famous painting, Starry Night. Can you see something like this in Dayton?
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