3 Finding Your Artistic Identity
The twin drives to find sustenance and meaning are so deep in the human psyche that we perform them unconsciously, like breathing. Maybe it all began during our millions of years as nomadic wanderers, anxious about bodily and spiritual survival and apprehensive about being accepted by the tribe. From the first paintings in caves and the first symbolic statuettes and sculptures, art has always dealt with these primordial human quests.
How do you begin to make art? By searching in depth for what you need, for what truly matters to you. The respected actor and directing teacher Marketa Kimbrell used to say, “To put up a tall building you must first dig a very deep hole.” The authors of Art and Fear concur, saying ...
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