Hello everyone. I wanted to ask you how the current state of the country effects your ability to focus on art or life in general, and does it make it harder to be creative?
On the contrary, I find that hard times make the creative bud bloom quicker- nothing like a little protesting to get the energy flowing. off course, its low budget art-making for now, getting back to the basics... and making gifts in place of buying them. With the high level of unemployment, there is actually time for that now. Uncertainty of the future can also dislodge the imagination. So, to answer your question, I guess it depends how much one is dependant on security.
I guess it is like living in a war zone. Things are usually worse on the news. I lived in England for 8 years, and always in areas considered dangerous, and I traveled on the same tube, only 15 min earlier, that got blown up during the Al Qaeda attack on London. You just get on with things. And remember to stop once in a while and be thankful for all the things you do have. And all the beauty that still can be found all around us. As an artist I believe it is my duty to be Pessimistic when the world around me is overflowing with greed and abundance, therefore I also believes it is my duty to be optimistic when things are spiraling down into the abyss... financially. :) And creative people are always creative, no matter what.
i think that despite the challenging times we are dealing with there is a certain relief and appreciation of life coming back to reality where the context between effort and profit are coming back to normalcy. i tell you, while the so called "good season" stood over it wasn´t at all the coolest thing to be a teacher. but now after the economic - currency and political collapse it is suddenly regarded as a great thing to be a an educator. people are coming back to their senses and are reevaluating what is really important for all of us. i must say that i am very content with my decision to enter the department of art teachers education, it really has widened my horizon and made me happy. what comes with this healthy reevaluation is more appreciation for the arts for sure. i see it already happening.
I think when you strip away the unnecessary things in life you are left with a much cleaner perspective on your whole existence and you start to device new approaches to old problems.
Focus and creativity are not controlled by how much money you have in the bank or how much you like your current prime minister. It's controlled by how you choose to prioritize and categorize your responses to the signals and inputs of your environment.
If your response to the economical decline is to crawl into a corner a feel sorry for yourself you won't be very creative in the long run. If your response is to look at it as opportunity and a new beginning in a sense that you are now more free than ever your work will become more creative and fruitful.
I must say as a single mom struggeling as an actress I do´nt feel any difference except for the fact that it costs a lot more to buy food! And so on. But finally people have come to there senses. If anything the situation has had a good influence on creativity in our country. People are starting smal companies based on good old traditional things such as making soap using old and new greadiences, people are bying cook books! They want to learn to cook again. And instead of going abroad they go to Akureyri to go skiing! Now the thing is ..buy Icelandic. You have to understand that we are like a smal village on your scale and the blow is much harder on us, but we have always been creative, that has kept us alive through the centuries. The situation finally got me going in to to this program to get a teachers certification, and I'm very happy that I did. It is so inspiering and thank god for Heidi! Her classes are so much fun, she asks a lot of us, at times too much for my opinion but like she says, she is here to challange us. I bet you miss her all of you, best of luck to you all
this is a blog to allow US art education students and Icelandic arts education students to dialog about the state of art education in their respective countries
On the contrary, I find that hard times make the creative bud bloom quicker- nothing like a little protesting to get the energy flowing. off course, its low budget art-making for now, getting back to the basics... and making gifts in place of buying them. With the high level of unemployment, there is actually time for that now. Uncertainty of the future can also dislodge the imagination. So, to answer your question, I guess it depends how much one is dependant on security.
ReplyDeleteI guess it is like living in a war zone. Things are usually worse on the news. I lived in England for 8 years, and always in areas considered dangerous, and I traveled on the same tube, only 15 min earlier, that got blown up during the Al Qaeda attack on London. You just get on with things.
ReplyDeleteAnd remember to stop once in a while and be thankful for all the things you do have. And all the beauty that still can be found all around us.
As an artist I believe it is my duty to be Pessimistic when the world around me is overflowing with greed and abundance, therefore I also believes it is my duty to be optimistic when things are spiraling down into the abyss... financially. :)
And creative people are always creative, no matter what.
i think that despite the challenging times we are dealing with there is a certain relief and appreciation of life coming back to reality where the context between effort and profit are coming back to normalcy. i tell you, while the so called "good season" stood over it wasn´t at all the coolest thing to be a teacher. but now after the economic - currency and political collapse it is suddenly regarded as a great thing to be a an educator. people are coming back to their senses and are reevaluating what is really important for all of us. i must say that i am very content with my decision to enter the department of art teachers education, it really has widened my horizon and made me happy. what comes with this healthy reevaluation is more appreciation for the arts for sure. i see it already happening.
ReplyDeleteI think when you strip away the unnecessary things in life you are left with a much cleaner perspective on your whole existence and you start to device new approaches to old problems.
ReplyDeleteFocus and creativity are not controlled by how much money you have in the bank or how much you like your current prime minister. It's controlled by how you choose to prioritize and categorize your responses to the signals and inputs of your environment.
If your response to the economical decline is to crawl into a corner a feel sorry for yourself you won't be very creative in the long run. If your response is to look at it as opportunity and a new beginning in a sense that you are now more free than ever your work will become more creative and fruitful.
I must say as a single mom struggeling as an actress I do´nt feel any difference except for the fact that it costs a lot more to buy food! And so on. But finally people have come to there senses. If anything the situation has had a good influence on creativity in our country. People are starting smal companies based on good old traditional things such as making soap using old and new greadiences, people are bying cook books! They want to learn to cook again. And instead of going abroad they go to Akureyri to go skiing! Now the thing is ..buy Icelandic. You have to understand that we are like a smal village on your scale and the blow is much harder on us, but we have always been creative, that has kept us alive through the centuries. The situation finally got me going in to to this program to get a teachers certification, and I'm very happy that I did. It is so inspiering and thank god for Heidi! Her classes are so much fun, she asks a lot of us, at times too much for my opinion but like she says, she is here to challange us. I bet you miss her all of you, best of luck to you all
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