4th
what is my job as an artist
The word, “job” confuses me. In terms of my knowledge of job is to work something for some sort of benefits. I especially think a job as in work for someone’s profit. A work for good. I am self-conscious about my art being pleasant for some of the viewers. Many people around me such as friends, teachers, and family tell me that they “like” my art. But what does it mean to like my art? If I could make some people like my art, is that my job? Or is my job of art making to make the audience like it so that they would like me as a person. Am I advertising myself through my symbol? Would I ever be able to stop symbol making that might be a product of my vanity?
I like my art right after I make it. About a month later, I no longer like the art I made. How about others? My audience seem like they do not stop liking it once they decide that they like it. Although I do not like the art I made in the past, the fact that the audiences like it pleases me. At one level, my job as an artist is to make sure that someone like what I make; this relieves me.
Making art for Art and Idea, I realized that I make art to express my feeling secretly. I often do this motion by making eight and half. Basically, my eight and halfs are my diary of my most vivid feeling of every day. After making them, I feel satisfied with how I felt that day. No matter I am angry or happy, eight and half release those emotions in its purest form. After studying in CSW for three years, I improved my skill to express my feelings. I am not perfect, but I am doing my job with the correct tools (thoughts, sensibility, and space.) I am the context of my understanding and art making. My symbols are the acknowledgements of my job.