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amywindland_75
By: amywindland
Mood: don't know
Date: 06/09/2008 23:01:47
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I have to put together a short bio for a magazine that wants my art on their cover.  It is awesome to be picked for something like that.  I feel weird writing a bio on myself.  I have always felt a little weird putting my life into words.  Feelings, not so much a problem as you can see.  But, I just feel a little bit egotistical writing out information about myself.  This reminds me of a conversation I had with my mother last Christmas where whe questioned me about having a few framed posters behind my couch, when my handmade paintings were leaning up against the wall on the floor.  I told her that I couldn't look at my own stuff hanging up looking back at me.  I paint, get it out, and it is done.   That conversation has haunted me for a while, I now have two of my own paintings hanging on my wall. I have a big swollen ego I guess.  Really, I need to get over it.  Being an artist is all about big ego.  We are in fact creaters, creating our own new univereses. 


Yeah, I feel better now.  I should totally write this thing... Maybe an artists statement while I am at it.  Then my eulogy...


-Amy Windland



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From: amywindland
06/10/2008 09:22:26
Thanks.  It is not that I don't like my own art.  I suppose it is the more you look at it, the more I think I should have done this or that.  By removing it immediately, I don't have the opportunity to keep working a painting that I have already put over a 100 hours into.  I do take a long time to create a piece from start to finish.  I know others who slap paint on canvas in a couple hours time and call it done.  I am the exact opposite type of person.  I think about it ALOT, stretch out the thought ALOT, it drives people that are close to me bonkers.  It is like the movie about the Sistine Chapel, "When will you make an end of it?"  Not that I think that I am anywhere near the level of talent that it took to create a work like that.  But when I see it, I do laugh.


From: alston
06/10/2008 08:58:04

Congradulation ! ! ! ! on the cover, that's great! I totally agree with Sara.If you think of it in a business term it is easier. My mother taught me that if you are good you don't have to        " brag" others will do if for you.Wellllllllllllllll that is no longer completely true, we do have to " toot our own horn" . Your work is very lovely and you should be very proud of it.You can do it , I know you can.


Alston

From: sarj259
06/10/2008 08:28:09

You  should enjoy your own art. If you don't want to live with what you make how can you convince others that they want to live with it. This is not ego, it's common sense, good business, marketing. As for writing about your life and accomplishments.....the more you do it the easier it gets. I once had a "Day Job" that required you to toot your own horn in writing in order to be considered for promotion. It feels silly and uncomfortable at first but if you look at it as a business practice it's a bit easier to swallow. It is also a great way to remind yourself of where you've been and what you've accomplished. This in turn will give you an added confidence in your work. Good luck with your bio and post a copy of the magazine cover when it comes out. I'm sure we'd all love to see it.

Sara 







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