Pretty Enough
2017 07 07
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Someone once said to me that my art was pretty enough for something you were going to hang above a couch (which, I think, is the goal of many artists - to be bought and hung above someone's couch). It came out as a criticism, and not in a constructive way. At the time, I let the comment slide, because I've never told someone to go fuck themselves to their face - but that was precisely what ran through my mind. Especially since they very quickly followed it with comments about how artists are "elevated". Are they, now? That's the sort of attitude that makes non-artists hate the art world; that over-lofty ego.
I never took this person's comment about my art to heart though, nor took it seriously. But it did solidify something I already knew: Not all good art has to bear a message, or have any other impact than to be pleasing to the eye. We can't all be Klee, or Kandinsky, or Pollock. There's not a damned thing wrong with not being a groundbreaker. If you are one, good for you. I applaud you and your skills.
I do not like "artiste" ego. Never have. I think it's part of my long-time distaste for posturing of any kind. I know we're all guilty of it to an extent. But some folks whip that horse till it froths at the mouth. I enjoy people who enjoy their work, and enjoy making that work.