Beatrice Wood-
"Beatrice Wood was an important contemporary artist, craftsperson and writer. Her life ran the course of the 20th century and included many of the figures that shaped it. Ultimately, her genius was in the marriage of wide-ranging influences in her work. The spirit of Dadaism, impact of Modernism, embrace of Eastern philosophy, influence of folk art and even the ornament of ethnic jewelry were all combined in her ceramics. Her work reveals a mastery of form, combined with a preference for the naïveté of folk art. Ultimately, it is impossible to separate her life experiences from the work she created, as she truly mastered the art of a life." ~Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts Respond to this: Last summer my kids and I went to a beautiful place called Nice, France, on the coastline. The ocean was brilliant blue, but instead of sand under our feet, there were nothing but millions of small pebbles, all smoothed from many years of tumbling in the waves, but still hard, hot and bumpy to walk on. While they were smooth, we were not used to walking barefoot on pebbles in order to get to the water! It was different, and a bit painful, because they were bumpy and hot under our feet. But when we got to the ocean it was worth it! The cool water was refreshing and we forgot all about those irritating pebbles along the way. We could have stopped, and turned around, avoiding the pebbles all together, but the ocean was well worth walking through the the pebbles to get there. Through mistakes.....we learn, and progress to the next level, in the process we discover something about ourselves or our art that we didn't know before. Many times, a wonderful and unexpected reward awaits you, after the hardship of trial and error occur. We learn by doing. We lose out when we avoid hardship many times. How does fear prevent you from revealing or discovering your true style and identity? What holds you back artistically? What are some ways you can move past those obstacles in order to grow as an artist? Respond by Friday April 8th.
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Sidney
4/3/2016 07:59:27 am
I think sometimes my fear of messing up can actually mess me up and I believe if I didn't fear messing up I wouldn't mess up. I don't think that I'm good at glazing so I can make good looking peices of art but I glaze them poorly. I think that in order for me to grow past this fear I need to keep positive and practice more on my glazing technique.
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Yosselyn
4/4/2016 05:36:26 am
I believe messing up helps you become a better person in understanding where you went wrong. If you fail at something just try again till you make it work. Not everything is going to turn out the way you want it to. If it doesn't work one way, try another way.
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EBO
4/4/2016 05:51:54 am
fear prevents you from discovering the style that express your true self. The thing that holds me back is me slowly working on my projects. To move from this is work on something more smaller or simple design.
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Caitlin Cary
4/8/2016 12:06:03 pm
My fear that prevents me from revealing or discovering my true style and identity would be failure. I am worried that all my hard work will be for nothing if the piece collapses or something goes wrong. I think that time is what holds me back artistically because I am pressured to finish a piece under a time restraint. For example, coil pots take a long time, so I avoid doing it. I think I can move past my fear of failure by doing more projects and making mistakes so I can learn from them.
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4/8/2016 03:20:45 pm
Fear of failing is what holds me back. Fear of failure doesn't just keep me from trying new things in the arts but also keeps me from trying new things in life. I do have to say though failing can sometimes be a good thing. Failing let's you learn to problem solve. Problem solving is definitely something that will help me in the future. To overcome this, I will have to step out of my comfort zone and not worry about the question, "WHAT IF I fail?"
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Sumer jarrett
4/8/2016 07:11:23 pm
I think my fear of failing and not being successful is what holds me back, I think a way to move past it is to just accept that sometimes I will fail and that sometimes I will succesed.
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Trevor Koon
4/9/2016 10:47:48 pm
It can prevent you from doing from what you want to do because that you might mess up, but that's ok. Not everything you do will be perfect.If you can't get it right the first time, try again. Learn from what you did wrong the last time and this time do it right.
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Stephen Parson, Jr.
4/10/2016 09:33:58 am
Fear prevents me from doing what I want to do because it might not work out like I hope. What holds me back most when it comes to being artistic is time. I either need to learn to be more realistic with what I can do in a set amount of time, or learn to efficiently work faster.
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averil seamster
4/12/2016 04:27:28 pm
The fear of messing up and everything going wrong is what holds me back most of the time. For example when I am creating a piece of art I am afraid of doing the next step wrong or if I paint or draw or even shape my creation a certain way and I end up not liking it. When I don't like something I made I feel like it was a waste of my time and I get upset. But over the years I realized that making those kinds of mistakes and recreating a new art work did nothing but make me a better artist. I learned from my mistakes the first time and remember not to do them again while I'm making my new creations!
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Alejandra
4/14/2016 07:02:56 pm
I feel like you don't want to be disappointed if your project turns out bad so it's pretty scary when you try something risky. You also don't want to waste your time making it, just so that it will turn out bad in the end. You have to find a balance in trying new things and being realistic when making desicions on your project
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Claire Parker
4/15/2016 05:21:17 am
Fear is usually was causes my worries to happen. My attitude always reflects my work. If I'm in a rush, my work looks rushed and if I am fearful of making mistakes than typically I will make mistakes. Mind set is such a big part of art. We should not always strive for perfection, but find beauty in our mistakes and work with those.
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Issac
4/15/2016 05:21:35 am
Well honestly I don't understand how you can let "fear" hold you back from being artistic. The only way that would make sense to me is if you were self conscious about the work you're doing and scared to show it off to the world. In most cases this shouldn't be a thing you should always be proud of the work and effort you put forward. Just show people if they don't like something you like it's fine not everyone will.
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Calista Vivian
4/17/2016 08:50:48 pm
Mistakes are a part of us that makes us human. But the fears and worries that an artist faces are the outcome and the reaction. We strive to have a beautiful piece and a beautiful response. But what if the piece isn't beautiful or perfect enough? What if the person you made it for, doesn't approve? These are questions we face and we have to take those worries, by the throat, and say "I'm not going to worry anymore." Because the thing we all need to know, if the piece of art you made, you poured your heart and soul into it. It doesn't matter what people think about it. Its only what you think about your piece matters, to you and only you.
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