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Art & Fear

Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

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Art & Fear

By: David Bayles, Ted Orland
Narrated by: Arthur Morey
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What is your art really about? Where is it going? What stands in the way of getting it there? These are questions that matter, questions that recur at each stage of artistic development - and they are the source for this volume of wonderfully incisive commentary.

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. This is a book about what it feels like to sit in your studio or classroom, at your wheel or keyboard, easel or camera, trying to do the work you need to do. It is about committing your future to your own hands, placing free will above predestination, choice above chance. It is about finding your own work.

©1993 David Bayles and Ted Orland (P)2012 Tantor Art Education
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The Audio Book is talking about how fear arises in the Artist and how every Artist struggles with it, expressing some interesting Ideas. Arthur Moreys Voice is clear and pleasant to listen to. However a huge chunk of the Audio book is spend discussing what Art is and what it isn't, which I find quite pretentious. Still an interesting listen though.

Interesting, but pretentious Ideas

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Fortunately not one of those superfluous „how to make it in the art market“ guidebooks! Rather a very accurate description of what it means to „be“ an artist. And what you should really focus on if You want to find Your own place in the art world. Internalizing this, success will come naturally!

The essence of the artist‘s life in a nutshell!

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As someone that wants to get into drawing I found this quite helpful in managing my expectations and shaping my view of what it means to create art. Whether or not it actually aids me in becoming a better artist is yet to be determined, at the very least I have been temporarily given a boost to my motivation to draw.

As someone that wants to get into drawing...

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