First of all, i’d like to thank my roomie for inspiring me to write this.
Sleep evades you when you desperately try to chase it. But you still keep trying in the vain hope that eventually you’ll fall asleep. Ah! What would we do without hope?
A conversation i had with a friend comes to mind. He said, “All great writers/artists were troubled souls.” I wonder if there is any substance to this argument. Even as i think about it, that statement seems to make a lot of sense. In order to produce a great work of art, the artist (read author/creator) has to go through something equally moving. This, i feel, gives the artist a burning desire to create something. It almost lights up a fire within which subsides only after that feeling/emotion is given an outlet in the form of expression (prose, sketch, tune, et al). Personally, i have found that the best of my blogs have been written when i was either disturbed or excited about something (this is not to suggest that I’ve produced master pieces ;). What i mean is that i was nowhere near my normal self when i started writing those ‘good’ posts.
I wish there were a switch which could be used to turn on the creative brain (right brain). Something like an ACTIVATE_RIGHT() function followed by GET_CREATIVE() would be really helpful. On second thought, wouldn’t that have led to a commoditization of creativity? Had that really happened, I wouldn’t have liked it for sure.
Probably that is why creativity commands a premium. Or does it?
Not all creative endeavors are ‘successful’. And what exactly defines a successful piece of art?
The monetary value assigned to it? The satisfaction the artist derives from the work? The pleasure the patrons derive from it? Or a bit of all these? Is there a formula which defines the right mix/blend of all these?
I wonder...
Sleep evades you when you desperately try to chase it. But you still keep trying in the vain hope that eventually you’ll fall asleep. Ah! What would we do without hope?
A conversation i had with a friend comes to mind. He said, “All great writers/artists were troubled souls.” I wonder if there is any substance to this argument. Even as i think about it, that statement seems to make a lot of sense. In order to produce a great work of art, the artist (read author/creator) has to go through something equally moving. This, i feel, gives the artist a burning desire to create something. It almost lights up a fire within which subsides only after that feeling/emotion is given an outlet in the form of expression (prose, sketch, tune, et al). Personally, i have found that the best of my blogs have been written when i was either disturbed or excited about something (this is not to suggest that I’ve produced master pieces ;). What i mean is that i was nowhere near my normal self when i started writing those ‘good’ posts.
I wish there were a switch which could be used to turn on the creative brain (right brain). Something like an ACTIVATE_RIGHT() function followed by GET_CREATIVE() would be really helpful. On second thought, wouldn’t that have led to a commoditization of creativity? Had that really happened, I wouldn’t have liked it for sure.
Probably that is why creativity commands a premium. Or does it?
Not all creative endeavors are ‘successful’. And what exactly defines a successful piece of art?
The monetary value assigned to it? The satisfaction the artist derives from the work? The pleasure the patrons derive from it? Or a bit of all these? Is there a formula which defines the right mix/blend of all these?
I wonder...
3 comments:
I think what defines a successful piece of art is probably divides into 2 parts.
Part 1 The artist deriving utmost pleasure from the work created / done.
Part 2 - The audience relating to that piece of work.
But there's one thing that people musn't forget. Whenever an artist creates a piece of work, its audience or admirers are never predefined.
The one who can feel that same emotion which the artist felt while creating the work, becomes the greatest admirer. For an artist (at least this is what I think), there's no greater pleasure than in knowing that someone else can also feel what you felt.
Agree with both parts: Part 1 is y he chooses to be an artist in the first place.
The fact that someone actually appreciates his work (and not pretends) gives the artist great satisfaction. Part 2 is applicable not only to artists, but in general, to all of us.
i agree with the initial bit.... great stuff comes about when you are most disturbed.... i usually write post 5 am. LOL :)
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