Letter to a Young Artist in the 21st Century
Creative Codex
The Importance of Intimacy in Art
Every creative act is an act of courage, where you're conviction proudly and march forward with every fiber of your being. Artists are the only people in the world in whom we give the rare permission to be strange. The greatness of a public work is dependent on the candid quality of its perception as a private work. Intimacy is intoxicating. At times, the purpose of a creative work will not be clear except for the compulsion to do it. This is when you know you are an artist. A vessel at sea guided only by intuition on your journey toward new frontiers or potentially perilous ends.
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