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Art & Fear

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Art & Fear
Art & Fear

Insightful exploration of the artist's inner battles.

If you're into creating, I think you'll appreciate "Art & Fear". It gets right to the heart of what it feels like to make art when you're not a Mozart. Bayles and Orland share personal encounters with the daily grind and the psychological hurdles that come with being an artist. They don’t sugarcoat it; they tackle the nitty-gritty of fear, failure, and persistence. It could be a companion to your creative process, reminding you that art is supremely human and accessible, no genius required.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Art & Fear

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ISBN: 9780961454739
Related Collections: Art, Personal Development
Related Topics: Art and Photography, Art History, Crafts, Design, Personal Development, Inspirational, Writing

Description

Art & Fear explores the way art gets made, the reasons it often doesn't get made, and the nature of the difficulties that cause so many artists to give up along the way. The book's co-authors, David Bayles and Ted Orland, are themselves both working artists, grappling daily with the problems of making art in the real world. Their insights and observations, drawn from personal experience, provide an incisive view into the world of art as it is experienced by artmakers themselves. This is not your typical self-help book. This is a book written by artists, for artists — it's about what it feels like when artists sit down at their easel or keyboard, in their studio or performance space, trying to do the work they need to do. First published in 1994, Art & Fear quickly became an underground classic. Word-of-mouth response alone — now enhanced by internet posting — has placed it among the best-selling books on artmaking and creativity nationally. Art & Fear has attracted a remarkably diverse audience, ranging from beginning to accomplished artists in every medium, and including an exceptional concentration among students and teachers.
 

Insightful exploration of the artist's inner battles.

If you're into creating, I think you'll appreciate "Art & Fear". It gets right to the heart of what it feels like to make art when you're not a Mozart. Bayles and Orland share personal encounters with the daily grind and the psychological hurdles that come with being an artist. They don’t sugarcoat it; they tackle the nitty-gritty of fear, failure, and persistence. It could be a companion to your creative process, reminding you that art is supremely human and accessible, no genius required.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.