Check Yes If You Are An Artist
Starling: A Discussion With Yoga Therapist Elizabeth Griggs
If You Don't Make An Object, Are You Still Able To Be An Artist?
How can you be considered an artist, if you don't have an object or specific product? In this discussion we talk about coming to terms with accepting whatever form your art takes, knowing how you are receptive and how you are expressive, and who you are making the art for. Not to mention a random tangent about Billy Joel.
Listin in to the conversation at the link below and then check out the curated content around this episode. Enjoy the playlist Beth and I created, find out how to connect with her and review the practices we discussed.
This Week's Quote: Marina Abramovic
Elizabeth Griggs
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Billy Joel Tangent
Consider What Art Is...
Check out some of these responses and let me know how you define art and...if you are an artist.
Are You An Artist? Which Muse Do You Work With?
In Ancient Greece, there was actually no word for artist. There were Muses, who were deities of creativity and science that governed different aspects of creation. Then in the Middle Ages and "artisan" was a craftsman that was skilled in a certain area. Eventually the arts were split into the fine or applied arts. Today we see this as a split between crafts and art. In our current culture, thought is connected to art, and if you consider yourself and artist...you are. SO...
ARE YOU AN ARTIST?
The 9 Muses of Greek Mythology were Goddesses of the Arts & Sciences. They were daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, the Goddess of Memory.
Thalia - Muse of comedy
Melpomene [mel-po-men-ee] - Muse of tragedy
Cleo - Muse of history
Euterpe - Muse of music
Terpsichore - Muse of dancing and choirs
Erato - Muse of lyrical poetry
Calliope - Muse of epic poetry and rhetoric
Urania - Muse of astronomy
Polyhymnia or Polymnia - Muse of sacred hymns and harmony
Suggested Practices:
1. Look through the last two months of your schedule and look at how you used your free time. What did you spend your time doing? If you could put the five main categories and notice how you most often spent your time, for real. Look at the past, not what happens now. Because you want an accurate assessment of what you really do.
These are the receptive skills, most of the time. How you take in information.
2. Go to the store and buy three magazines - 1. you love, 1. you dislike very much and 1 that you just feel -enh about. Choose an article from each. Read them. Then see how you put them together. Do you want to write, talk, draw, cook, phone a friend, grab some clay, plan a new way of doing something? What do you naturally want to do to put these together. You can repeat with different articles to see how you express. These expressive skills become information about how you might approach your art, and what kind of artist you are.
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