I was and still am, constantly looking for inspiration from other artist and while doing so, I ask myself, why? Why do I try to paint (for instance) when it causes so much anxiety and doesn't feel natural-yet feel like I have to do it.
How do these artist who I admire, turn out such great work on a "regular" basis? How are they motivated?!
I want to ask you the simple question: Why? Why do you do what you do? Why do spend your time, painstakingly creating art?
These are your answers.
Ryan Adams
“First of all, I am NOT expressing myself. I think the creation of art can very quickly become an exercise in masturbation when people only see it as a way to “express” themselves, oftentimes not even knowing what that really means. I create because I believe it is something woven into the DNA of us all, this innate desire to take part in creation as simultaneous action and production. Someone once asked composer John Cage what the “meaning” was behind some of the sound she chose, and Cage responded that he just loves the sound of sound. I love the process of painting. It doesn’t matter to me what my subject is really, or rather, the subject of my art IS the painting itself. I don’t have any emotional connection with my subjects, because I don’t really see more than shape and c! olor, light and line. To me, the act of creation is enough.”
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