September 9, 2010 Are you paralyzed by thought yet?
Support for the weapon
I need to build something that is within my capabilities to create initially
Something that is relevant and interesting and grows someone.
Something that can generate revenue as an undercurrent to it’s purpose.
Something that can attract attention and be noteworthy.
Something that is sustainable and not fickle or gimmicky
Something that uses the breath of my skill set but can include others
Is there something out there that can resemble this?
is it realistic to think what I have to say can matter?
Something that parents to other causes of meaning?
Can I create this using only my current means?
How will I sustain myself and my responsibilities during this time of growth?
How do I create something of value without extending a carbon footprint (without sacrificing something I am passionate about.)
How do I write and attach to people both probing and intent, as well as lite-life living and vain?
How do I become a positive voice more than just another one?
What really matters? Does any of it?
People always want more for less. Will this provide that?
How can we get past the gimmick of a new gadget or a new 2-minute-thrill to something that ends up 2-hour-average?
How do I break from consumption when life gears to get more knee deep in it?
How much of what I hold so dear is actually worth anything? (Do I value anything my great-grandparents left?)
Is there anything I own that fulfills currently?
What will it take to move us past the 2000′s mentality of consumption?
Why do I want to get this next job? What is it’s purpose? Just so I can start consuming again? Surely my existence is worth more than that?
Same with creating art. Why do I do it? To aid people’s need to nest out a box to feel full and then realize that’s not it either?
Perhaps it’s time for a total redefinition of purpose, meaning, service, worth, aspiration; something to pull you to not just be another sheep baa’ing in the same direction as all the others.
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christine
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i enjoy your latest artist statement. i feel you as well as others might feel. down to the point of truth. it’s kinda funny. i sit in my room filled with a consumption of goods to occupy my time, but never seem to reach out to it all. i am a young artist in a egg.
i was on google searching the quote ‘somone whos got what youve got is out doing what your not’..i have it writen on my dry erase board but cant seem to remember where i got it from. incidentally i came across your art. it is lovely by the way, thank you for sharing it.
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Mel
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Stumbled on your blog looking for, of all things, filing systems.
Your artwork is magic, Adam.
Sorry you seem to have abandoned this blog – it is intelligent and enlightening.