Only half the story

Blogging is a wonderful tool for sharing, connecting and developing thoughts on craft and practise but it is only half of the story.  The other half is making work that inherently holds your methodology and process but stands alone as art.

Sketchbooks and tests are wonderful steps in the practise of doing. They lead toward an end product. The thing with them though is they are safe. This is important to identify...There must be an end product! A film, a book, a print, an exhibition, a performance. 

A product is the greatest gift of all for an audience. That audience take ownership of it. Share it. Creativity grows.  That is our goal. 

An end product is also the greatest gift for the artist. It focus's the artist to bring all their skill and practice together. It forces the artist to move past any walls of anxiety, expectation or ambition because they have to let the art stand alone and the artist has to stand alone.  This is the most generous gift of all. The gift of self. This is when we truly grow.