Tuesday, May 26, 2009

My Thoughts on Art and Business




1 comment:

  1. well said man....lol I think it's funny how you say in your last sentance that you are an artist more then right below you have "I have pottery for sale on Ebay" LOL.....not critisizing you it just stuck me funny...We have like minds when it comes to this topic. My art is a creative outlet for me to express my ideas and thoughts. It's a cool thing that other people would actually want to "let go" of their earned money to purchanse said artistic creations. There's a sense of pride I think an artist feels when that happens. For me this can either motivate my creative mind or freeze it. Motivate, because it let's me know other people are appreciative enough of my work to want to own it. Freezes it, because it makes me think or feel I should make more to make even more money.
    It IS a balancing act creativity/business therefore if an artist is in business it's the interest in creating that as brought them to the business side.I stand by my creative side in a hard headed sort of way. This in turn effects my business because I don't produce things a lot of times to be sold or even shared. It stays personal with me and I do things as my creative mind sees fit. If I make money or if I don't that's not the focus for me.
    G Mathis

    ps I sell my jugs on Ebay too. :)