Art and Fear : Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

by Bayles, David; Orland, Ted

• ISBN13: 9780884963790
• ISBN10: 0884963799
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-03-01
• Publisher: Capra Pr

Summary

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 and Fear explores the way art gets made, the reason 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.

Table of Contents

Part I
Introduction
The Nature of the Problem	1	(8)
A Few Assumptions
Art & Fear	9	(14)
Vision & Execution
Imagination
Materials
Uncertainty
Fears About Yourself	23	(14)
Pretending
Talent
Perfection
Annihilation
Magic
Expectations
Fears About Others	37	(12)
Understanding
Acceptance
Approval
Finding Your Work	49	(16)
Canon
Part II
The Outside World	65	(14)
Ordinary Problems
Common Ground
Art Issues
Competition
Navigating the System
The Academic World	79	(14)
Saculty Issues
Student Issues
Books about Art
Conceptual World	93	(20)
Ideas and Technique
Craft
New Work
Creativity
Habits
Art & Science
Self-Reference
Mataphor
The Human Voice	113
Questions
Constants
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