Artipathy discussion

I thought I'd take a moment to mention some of my favorite artist video logs. Each have different qualities, but I enjoy them every time they update. If you have any to share too, please do!


http://www.youtube.com/user/Capricorn... - Mixedmedia artist who works with stencils, assemblage art, and dozens of other mediums.

http://www.youtube.com/user/cheekychen - British artist who helped organize a social network for artists [tailcast.com:] and often paints in a bright, pop art style. His four video "Art therapy" set is my favorite so far.

http://www.youtube.com/user/amillionf... - Canadian artist Ela Steel, who has a kind of dark and dreamy style.

http://www.youtube.com/user/paulbeel - Doesn't update often, but his "How to Destroy a Masterpiece" is quite amazing to watch.


Those are just a few to start with. I subscribe to many, but there's enough above to keep anyone busy for a few days.

Thanks for the links, Kay! I think I enjoyed the "How to Destroy a Masterpiece" best. It was fun seeing it evolve. Looking forward to see what else you put up here and I'll try to make some contributions too.

(relocating this post)

Not quite a vlog, but a video nonetheless: Elizabeth Gilbert gave a great talk about the phenomenon. She was speaking about her writing success, but I think it translates well to all creative endeavors. I posted it elsewhere and Kim asked that I share it here to discuss. The video's almost 20 minutes long, but worth the time:

http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/453

I'll reserve my thoughts until later, when others have watched.

Hope everyone's well!

Great Kay, thanks for moving this here! I'll try and post something this week. Waiting also for more people to see it first, as Emilie suggested.

oh, kay, thanks so much for sharing this.
listening to her speak, it made me shiver, laugh, and even cry a bit.
id like to talk about it too, after others have watched

Ok, I'm ready to say something about Gilbert's video. "Something". No, but seriously, I actually liked her in her angst ridden,comic realness even better than her book, "Eat, Pray, Love." Now, some might wonder, what does that book have to do with Artipathy? Well, she this talk is all about the creative spirit, the one that inspires, that's why. What I like is that she takes away this huge responsibility that artists carry around with them to be brilliant, creative and original and places it on an outside source. Whew, load off the mind. But then I wonder, is taking away personal responsibility a good thing? I mean, what if your gods desert you? Then what? Back to square one and you have to invent again. I do think inspiration is something that comes from another place, but that place is still inside you, even if it feels like it's coming from somewhere else. What it comes down to is a leap of faith. Why can't that leap of faith be faith in oneself? Sure, it's a lot of pressure, but if you let go it can happen less painfully than if you're trying to pull it out by the short hairs. Still though, if it works to have whatever outside forces working for you, I say bring them on board too. There's room for everyone on this bus.

Ok, here's a good one by artist Warren Chang on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCV0Ex...

Pay attention and you'll see he says something about copying that is similar to what I said. I saw this just now, so what I said about copying came before. Interesting. He has some other very good points to make and I think there's three more on youtube. I'll put them here when I find them. Enjoy!

just watched a video of ken robinson on creativity, different kinds of intelligence, individuality and education. there's a great part where he speaks about needing to make mistakes if you wish to create anything worthwhile. and where he believes imagination and creativity lie.
and it's very smart and interesting and funny.
what do you think?
http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson...

Thank you, Emily, I loved Ken Robinson's video on creativity. I couldn't agree more. I've written several children's books, a recent memoir, A Gift from Brittany, and have been a painter all my life. Looking back, it's a miracle I survived the discouraging words and misplaced advice that were meant to stifle creativity. Writing or painting is diving into deep, dark unknown waters where nothing is guaranteed. It's the opposite of being sensible.

i'm happy you liked it too, marjorie.

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