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Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Giveaway #2
I have an extra copy of the January/February 2008 issue of Communication Arts. It's a multi-topic issue full of beautiful work and insightful commentary. Want it? Leave a comment on this post & I'll pick a winner February 1st.
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Will talked about this last week. It looks like a great magazine!
We all have them, and if we're not mindful they can kill our creative process. What are these stealthy assassins? Our very own expectations.
For some artists, our expectations of ourselves and our work form a subconscious barrier to full, free creativity. In my work with creative pros, I've uncovered three main sources of potentially unhealthy expectations.
Unhealthy Expectation No. 1: Our heroes Many of us began making art because we were inspired by others to do so. If we're not careful, however, our "hero worship" can become a creative noose. We can easily begin to think that our work is sub-par because it doesn't seem to measure up to the invisible standard we've unknowingly set.
In his incredible book "Free Play," Stephen Nachmanovich writes...
read the rest at http://www.howdesign.com/dc/features/expectations.asp
Want it? Leave a comment on this post & I'll pick a winner February 1st.
8 comments:
Will talked about this last week. It looks like a great magazine!
This is off topic, but a co-worker sent me an email with a gallery of images from this website and I had to share it.
http://www.worth1000.com/potd.asp
I would've loved to have found this site while I was working on my fantasy animal project.
Oo! Oo! Pick me! Pick me!
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Great Expectations, By Todd Henry
We all have them, and if we're not mindful they can kill our creative process. What are these stealthy assassins? Our very own expectations.
For some artists, our expectations of ourselves and our work form a subconscious barrier to full, free creativity. In my work with creative pros, I've uncovered three main sources of potentially unhealthy expectations.
Unhealthy Expectation No. 1: Our heroes
Many of us began making art because we were inspired by others to do so. If we're not careful, however, our "hero worship" can become a creative noose. We can easily begin to think that our work is sub-par because it doesn't seem to measure up to the invisible standard we've unknowingly set.
In his incredible book "Free Play," Stephen Nachmanovich writes...
read the rest at
http://www.howdesign.com/dc/features/expectations.asp
Sounds nice
The winner is Annette! See me this week for your copy. Congrats.
I won! I won! YaY me!
I'd like to thank the Academy and all the little people. Of course, as tall as I am, everyone is a "little people".
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