I certainly do not want to stop creating work - I couldn't anyway without giving up on living. But I need to take a long look at what I'm doing, and why.
I shall give myself the year - I work so slowly in any case, I have a backlog of ongoing stuff which I do not want to abandon. (I have expanded a little more in my work blog - but not much, as I'm just at the beginning of my thoughts.)
I am trying to come up with the best description of how my own irritating hassles with the last two exhibits have left me feeling. Somewhere between jaded and disillusioned with the whole exhibit process I think, but like you, not with making art itself. I'll swing back the other way, no doubt, but for now I'm feeling very much of a "whatever" mentality towards exhibiting and want to be out of the limelight, dim and brief as mine may be. Like Greta Garbo, I want to be alone, if only for awhile. :-)
ReplyDeleteSolitude has a lot to recommend it. It is too often equated with loneliness, and is therefore seen to be something to be avoided. The Internet is actually a great way of embracing solitude while still being visible and in touch.
DeleteBeing Greta-like could lead to an interesting year!
Dare I try it??? Right now it's very tempting! And because, as you say, with access to internet, one can back away a bit while still keeping in touch. Although there are days when I don't want anything to do with the internet either! Please find me without FINDING ME - lol.
ReplyDeleteA partial withdrawal would be a starting point. Don't worry. Just go with what you feel like.
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