"My Favorite Artistic Advice" Tales Of Mere Existence

Based on a letter by the artist Sol LeWitt, written to the artist Eva Hesse. Slight alterations by Levni Yilmaz

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[Soni758]

I'm gonna watch this video every time I'm having a creativity block!! :D

[ChaozMaker140890]

I almost cried to be honest, I am an animator, graduated a while ago and in my way to be hired in a month, i had a couple of months free to do as i pleased, so i decided to do small short, bite sized animations, but suddenly my childish creativity was gone soon after graduation, i feared the worst, maybe growing up got me and im not clever and funny anymore.

But you just reminded it what it was... The bad work, i used to fill at least 10 pages with scribbles every day.

Thank you, for this.

[njgaynor]

long waiting, small-stepping, evil eyeing, back scratching, searching, perching, besmirching, grinding, grinding, grinding away at yourself. Stop it and just do.

[njgaynor]

Just stop thinking, worrying, looking over your shoulder, wondering, doubting, fearing, hurting, hoping for some easy way out, struggling, gasping, confusing, itching, scratching, mumbling, bumbling, grumbling, humbling, stumbling, rumbling, rambling, gambling, tumbling, scumbling, scrambling, hitching, hatching, bitching, moaning, groaning, honing, boning, horse-shitting, hair-splitting, nitpicking, piss-trickling, nose sticking, ass gouging, eyeball poking, finger pointing, alleyway sneaking,

[hornet579]

Thank you, Lev.

[Ollie7707]

This is excellent advice. So true.

[Wharwulif]

I got this way as far as the "do" in art goes-

If my hand draws, then let it draw.

If my hand does not draw, then NEVER force it to!

If I write a story, and I seem to Read it, not write it, then I'll continue to write it.

If I write a story, and it seems I just think ahead and know everything, then I'll stop there, and leave the entire thing at "thingy thing ideas".

If it happens, let it happen, the trick is to keep the flow go, if it stops, then leave it there until forgotten or suddenly Goes.

[Hobbitatheart1]

This is the most direct advise I've ever gotten about anything and it applies to everything

[Dean Hartung]

Well that's what he did and it'll soon be in the basements of museums where it belongs

[AKstudioes]

mhmm... OK!

[highcaliburrnonsense]

I love this. I am so afraid to just do. For some reason hearing it from someone else makes it easier to do.

[Mjolkmaestro]

Oooooh, that makes a lot more sense than writing backwards xD Silly me.