02-05-2014, 05:01 AM
I more mean in terms of one's ultimate expectation of the art they are creating. Is it being created for a reason, is there a standard that must be met for one to enjoy and be satisfied with the work?
The saying that everyone is their own toughest critic I think applies here. Rather, I would say that it is about realizing that the art you create externally is really just a reflection of art that is eternally within you. So long as you are not at peace with your work and desire to continue to change it so that it better fits your ideal for it then it is not finished and this may be because there is still some expectation of what it "should" be.
Many children are masters of finishing things because it is easy for them to decide that a project is complete and move on to the next thing. Can you draw a few scribbles on a page and call it finished artwork? Can you put together a jumble of random words and call it a complete poem? Can you twang away on an out of tune guitar and see it as beautiful music?
Art is never really started or finished, I think, in the end, because the whole experience of art is really just the process of the artist unfolding. The art of the incarnated artist begins at birth and ends at death, but even then their creativity may likely extend beyond this in to realms beyond. One can realize that the art is not a thing to be possessed or possessed by but rather is another part of the self to be accepted, or not.
That is my elaboration, anyways aha
You could say perhaps that enjoyment can be found in every part of the process, but it is only when you cease to judge the relative quality of your work that it becomes finished because then it is finished and yet still being begun in every part of its process.
Indeed, you could continue to go back to a piece of art and to work on it, and still have no attachment as to your expectation, and it would still be complete. If you go back because you are not at peace with its current state, then it is not done.
I feel like my words convolute the concept I have in my mind. Basically, you decide when artwork is finished. Letting go of attachment to your work is allowing it to be finished and to be released from your constant creative control and instead allowing spontaneous creativity to work with you. I supposed I am really just decribing one method for working with the idea of art.
The saying that everyone is their own toughest critic I think applies here. Rather, I would say that it is about realizing that the art you create externally is really just a reflection of art that is eternally within you. So long as you are not at peace with your work and desire to continue to change it so that it better fits your ideal for it then it is not finished and this may be because there is still some expectation of what it "should" be.
Many children are masters of finishing things because it is easy for them to decide that a project is complete and move on to the next thing. Can you draw a few scribbles on a page and call it finished artwork? Can you put together a jumble of random words and call it a complete poem? Can you twang away on an out of tune guitar and see it as beautiful music?
Art is never really started or finished, I think, in the end, because the whole experience of art is really just the process of the artist unfolding. The art of the incarnated artist begins at birth and ends at death, but even then their creativity may likely extend beyond this in to realms beyond. One can realize that the art is not a thing to be possessed or possessed by but rather is another part of the self to be accepted, or not.
That is my elaboration, anyways aha
You could say perhaps that enjoyment can be found in every part of the process, but it is only when you cease to judge the relative quality of your work that it becomes finished because then it is finished and yet still being begun in every part of its process.
Indeed, you could continue to go back to a piece of art and to work on it, and still have no attachment as to your expectation, and it would still be complete. If you go back because you are not at peace with its current state, then it is not done.
I feel like my words convolute the concept I have in my mind. Basically, you decide when artwork is finished. Letting go of attachment to your work is allowing it to be finished and to be released from your constant creative control and instead allowing spontaneous creativity to work with you. I supposed I am really just decribing one method for working with the idea of art.
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