Tag: criticism
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Dealing with Criticism: Killer of Creativity
By Marion Boddy-Evans Tony emailed again, saying: “In my last class, the teacher announced that ‘unasked-for criticism is the biggest killer of creativity.’ “In this class, the people who saw my clown-in-a-cemetery painting laughed at it, not with it. I don’t think they were jealous, I think they were puzzled, and maybe it was nervous laughter.” […]
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Dealing with Criticism: Stay True to Your Vision
By Marion Boddy-Evans Twilitemgk said: “An artist’s responsibility is to stay true to his/her vision and develop his/her skill in the medium — it is not how others receive the finished product. As long as you are creating the art that his mind and soul longs to create, it really doesn’t matter what your classmates think […]
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Dealing with Criticism: A Fertile Imagination is a Boon to an Artist
Cass said: “A fertile imagination is a boon to artists. Especially in surrealism where, at least right now, there seems to be more collectors than painters, a very good thing. With all the best artists are handed about being artists — ‘you’ll never make a living at that,’ etc. — I tend to think of artists in […]
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Dealing with Criticism: Subject Matter Isn’t Legitimate
By Marion Boddy-Evans Starrpoint said: “We are always being told we have to ‘think outside of the box’ but only in the way the other person sees it. If we don’t see the world their way, we are often criticized. We must be free-thinkers — their way.” “A clown in a cemetery. I would like to […]
