Friday, February 15, 2013

Are you having fun?

Fun, in our culture, is not something that emerges from an activity or experience. It's something we go after, we create. It is too often mindless, built around entertainment and is even self-destructive. So when the question, "Are you having fun?" comes up in the discussion of the art making process, it's important to tread carefully.

The making of art should be serious business. Making art not about mindlessness, entertainment or self-destructiveness. But it should be fun. A type of fun that emerges from hard work, discipline, discovery, immersion. A type of fun that brings satisfaction as a consequence of stretching, asking a lot of oneself, taking a risk and enjoying the stimulating ride that comes with that.

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