Art is one of the most inspiring and transformative things that can happen to your life. While it can be a rewarding experience in the sense that it does change your outlook on the world, it’s the fact that you end up creating art that changes your life too. I am a self-described “lazy artist” and I can attest to that fact.
This particular quote from an article I read by Charles Stross helped me understand why. He stated: The question of artists and their potential is the question of the day. It is a question that no one has ever asked. It is a question that has been asked once in a very long while, but it will have to be asked again.
This quote is a classic. One of the most important things you can do as an artist is to make art that changes your life. It doesn’t matter what your creative endeavors are. Just making art that changes your life is the best thing you can do for yourself. We all have goals in life. If you don’t understand your own goals then you can’t make a difference.
That was one of the most important things that I learned from my father, as well as one of the most important things that I learned from my mother. You cant change your own life. You cant change your own life by doing anything else. You have to change your life by doing something, anything at all. You have to change your life by doing something you love to do, doing something that youre passionate about. You have to change your life by doing something that makes you happy.
I’ve always loved the phrase, “anything at all.” I guess that’s because I’ve never done anything I didn’t want to do either. The only problem is that I do love to read and write, and am passionate about music, and have a couple of friends and family that I love dearly. But I’ve never set a single goal for myself nor even tried to. I’m just good at doing stuff because I love doing it. And I’d like to change that.
I’ve always got a lot to say about art, and writing, and music, and photography. But Ive never even tried to. I mean, Ive tried. Ive been to art school, Ive been to my local coffee shop, Ive done some work with a local record store, and Ive tried to become a DJ. Ive even tried to shoot in a video game. But Ive never even set a single goal for myself, or even tried to.
It’s the same reason I don’t get into the art world. I am a perfectionist. I know it’s a cliché, but I like to be perfect. So I don’t like to try to do something as simple as make a good cup of coffee. I like to work toward a goal. Sometimes though, even a simple goal is too complex for me.
I think Ive been going about this all wrong. Ive been trying to set myself a goal. Ive even thought of going about it in a very specific, attainable way. Ive even set goals for myself on various subjects. But Ive never really started. Ive never really had any intention of doing anything to try and achieve them. Its like Ive just been sitting in a room and trying to make myself perfect.
If we’re being honest, when you set goals, you’re probably trying to do what you think you’re supposed to be doing. This is a very subjective thing, but in the moment, you’re probably trying to do the exactly opposite of what you should be doing.
This is another really good point. When we set goals, we want to be doing what we think we are supposed to be doing. We want to be doing things that we think are good for us. Like exercise or eating right. These are things that we know are good for us. You should be doing them because you want to be doing them, not because you think you are doing them.
