I do it to communicate what is inside me. I do not do it with the purpose to entertain.
I see no reason why the first requires the second. When I write, or take photographs, I do it first because the thing in and of itself-- the light, or the words-- appeal to me in some way. If others see or read, and enjoy, that's a bonus, but it doesn't diminish the elemental pleasure of creation.
Now, if people see or read and they don't like it, it soesn't bother me greatly unless their response is presumptuous (i.e. they weren't paying attention) or they expect something that I wasn't trying to communicate in the first place (i.e they wanted a different story or some other picture).
I can't make them pay attention, and I certainly can't make art that is all things to all people, nor do I wish to.
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Date: 2009-06-30 03:23 am (UTC)I see no reason why the first requires the second. When I write, or take photographs, I do it first because the thing in and of itself-- the light, or the words-- appeal to me in some way. If others see or read, and enjoy, that's a bonus, but it doesn't diminish the elemental pleasure of creation.
Now, if people see or read and they don't like it, it soesn't bother me greatly unless their response is presumptuous (i.e. they weren't paying attention) or they expect something that I wasn't trying to communicate in the first place (i.e they wanted a different story or some other picture).
I can't make them pay attention, and I certainly can't make art that is all things to all people, nor do I wish to.