Artistic Practice

Challenges of Beginning

1. What talents or skills do I need to become an artist?
2. What general challenges do I have to expect as an artist, and how can I lessen their blow?
3. I want to become an artist – but am unsure whether I have something relevant to say and express. What do I do?
4. What kind of intention is required of artists?
5. What’s the anatomy of creating an artwork? (a deep dive into contemporary artmaking)
6. Why is artmaking challenging?
7. How do I start?
   • How do I focus?
   • How do I investigate?
   • How do I increase the commitment (and thus pressure)?

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Challenges of Progressing

1. I want to understand my own work. How do I go about it?
2. My work feels alien, raw and unstable. It makes me feel uneasy and worried. Should I still pursue it?
3. Contemporary art is complex and scary. How can others help me find my way?

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Challenges of Finishing

1. What’s the anatomy of finishing an artwork?
2. What are the benefits of finishing an artwork?
3. What are the challenges of finishing an artwork?

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Challenges of Mastery

1. I want to understand “quality”. What is it, and why is it relevant to artists?
2. How do I find or establish quality in my work?
3. I finished something and feel down. Shouldn’t I be happy and satisfied?
4. How can I minimize or prevent losing momentum upon reaching a goal?
5. I feel disassociated from my work. What can I do after having lost motivation or momentum?

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Growing from Feedback

1. What’s the anatomy of art feedback?
2. How would ideal feedback look like?
3. How should I engage with and process feedback?
   • How do I prepare for a feedback session?
   • How can I create agency in a feedback session?
   • How do I review a feedback session?

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