tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6523424069910039090.post7409721047288482459..comments2024-03-22T13:42:58.660-05:00Comments on Studio 632F - Blog of Tiffany Gholar, Chicago based artist and interior designer: The Shadow Side of CreationTiffany Gholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12979768952670661700noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6523424069910039090.post-53223597667605991812014-09-22T20:46:25.899-05:002014-09-22T20:46:25.899-05:00Thanks, Dan! I do have a day job, I just don't...Thanks, Dan! I do have a day job, I just don't write about it on here. It pays for my studio, but I want my studio to start paying for itself already so that I can do more things. The good thing is that I keep meeting other artists who've been telling me about some more venues where I can show my work, and hopefully get a better audience. <br /><br />The problem with the Rescue or Destroy event that night was the crowd. The audience was mainly drunk people who wanted to see the art destroyed. It would have been different if more collectors had been in attendance. It was a crazy experience, and I don't really regret doing it. Since then I have actually sold 2 pieces.Tiffany Gholarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12979768952670661700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6523424069910039090.post-63876517307900214992014-09-18T20:43:19.668-05:002014-09-18T20:43:19.668-05:00Aye, Tiffany, please hang in there. You are talen...Aye, Tiffany, please hang in there. You are talented, smart, and willing to share personal history and compassion through your art. What more is needed? Oh money? That! I admire that you chose this path. I am trapped in a full-time job, and not too happily, frankly, so who's to say it is better on the other side. It is a waste of my time doing crap that is not important to me. I dream of being a full-time artist. Ironically, this has made me have similar thoughts to yours - like what can I do to sell? But we can't make art like that. I know you read my post about the letter from Sol Lewitt to Eva Hesse. I have to re-read it every now and then. The world doesn't owe you anything (unfortunately), but you owe it to yourself to make your art and write what you feel.<br /><br />I know one writer - can't remember who it was - recommended that all writers work part-time. Two reasons: money comes in, relieving some of the pressure, and it lets you see things you wouldn't have that you can then write/make art about! Win-win. It's a thought.<br /><br />Anyway, on a lighter note, I had gone to your blog on my phone, left it awhile and went back and had forgotten whose blog I was at. I was fascinated and impressed with the post - the one about Matisse and the surreal objects - and I love your sofa!<br /><br />Dan Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13130079803891606515noreply@blogger.com