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Art & Fear: Observations On the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking (1985)

by David Bayles

Other authors: Ted Orland

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What is your art really about? Where is it going? What stands in the way of getting it there?These are questions that matter, questions that recur at each stage of artistic development-and they are the source for this volume of wonderfully incisive commentary. Art & Fear explores the way art gets made, the reasons it often doesn't get made, and the nature of the difficulties that cause so many artists to give up along the way.This is a book about what it feels like to sit in your studio or classroom, at your wheel or keyboard, easel or camera, trying to do the work you need to do. It is about committing your future to your own hands, placing free will above predestination, choice above chance. It is about finding your own work.… (more)
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I loved the premise and the ideas shared, but...whenever I started reading it, I fell asleep. Literally. The style wasn't engaging for me, and even though I wanted to read it, I found my mind wandering whenever I sat down to it, had to go back and reread, and then got drowsy. ( )
  TheGalaxyGirl | Sep 2, 2023 |
The best book on Artmaking I have found. ( )
  jonhwilliams | Apr 16, 2023 |
Fresh and urgently relevant. 30 years since publication vanish in a moment. Every page is filled with memorable observations and empowering advice. On the surface it’s a book about making art. In reality it’s a book about living your life fully, as only you can. A treasured and trusted companion. ( )
  InANookWithABook | Mar 16, 2023 |
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  CathyLockhart | Sep 30, 2022 |
Art & Fear is one of those books that I keep returning to over and over again. I buy copies to give away like I’m proselytizing for a creative revival. ( )
  magpie63841 | Sep 12, 2022 |
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Epigraph
Writing is easy:
all you do it sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until the drops of blood form on your forehead.
— Gene Fowler
Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience treacherous, judgement difficult.
— Hippocrates (460-400 B.C.)
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for Jon, Shannon & Ezra
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Making art is difficult.
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Often the work we have not done seems more real in our minds than the pieces we have completed. (pg. 1)
Oᴘᴇʀᴀᴛɪɴɢ Mᴀɴᴜᴀʟ ғᴏʀ Nᴏᴛ Qᴜɪᴛᴛɪɴɢ:

A. Make friends with others who make art, and share your in-progress work with each other frequently.

B. Learn to think of [A], rather than the Museum of Modern art, as the destination of your work. (pg. 12)
By definition, whatever you have is exactly what you need to produce your best work. (pg. 26)
Art is exquisitely responsive. (pg. 49)
Unfortunately, healthy artistic environments are about as healthy as unicorns. (pg. 71)
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What is your art really about? Where is it going? What stands in the way of getting it there?These are questions that matter, questions that recur at each stage of artistic development-and they are the source for this volume of wonderfully incisive commentary. Art & Fear explores the way art gets made, the reasons it often doesn't get made, and the nature of the difficulties that cause so many artists to give up along the way.This is a book about what it feels like to sit in your studio or classroom, at your wheel or keyboard, easel or camera, trying to do the work you need to do. It is about committing your future to your own hands, placing free will above predestination, choice above chance. It is about finding your own work.

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