Have any you guys seen the movie What about Bob?
It has Bill Murray in it?
Ring a bell?
I feel like I am in a love/hate relationship with that movie because its funny but at the same time Bob really is REALLY annoying. Like half way through the movie he is on my nerves. ANYWAYS, I am not here to give a review of this movie. I am here to talk about how What about Bob relates to me being an art student.
Remember in the movie when the psychiatrist writes a book about taking baby steps? He explains to Bob that to overcome his fear of his many phobias that he has to take baby steps. Sometimes, as an artist, I feel like I am slowly taking baby steps to becoming the professional artist I want to be. This is good. I mean sure, sometimes I feel like I am taking the smallest baby steps known to man but overall I know that I am slowly and surely progressing as an artist and individual. However, some days it's really really hard to justify going to college and spending TONS of money on a degree in art. Not to mention that some days you are so overwhelmed with making art for your professors that you forget about making YOUR art. It's frustrating because you see other people who have not taken the road of education that are freaking leaping and bounding ahead of you in their art careers. They have a clientele while you too busy burning yourself with hot glue and inhaling carcinogenic ceramic dust to even think about building up a freaking clientele. They seem to have just jumped right past that whole baby step process and are leaving you behind in the dust. It makes me want to scream. A lot. Most days in fact.
But then I look at my life. I look at the slow but steady improvement I am making. I sit in an amazing critique of my work. I get some extra good feedback from a professor. I get to be surrounded by people who are all like me, just trying to make it in the art world. And you know what? I am proud of myself. I am proud that even though some people may have a booming business in 4 years of starting photography and I will have like one client. I will have a degree. I have reached my goal. I have taken A LOT of baby steps but soon, someday soon. I'm going to be galloping y'all. Freaking galloping.
Grandpa Knows Best
3 days ago
2 comments:
love you marci! it will all be worth it! and you will have lines of people wanting to hire you- myself being first in that line. you are so talented!
You are right where you need to be right now! The art business not only requires artistic talent, but you have got to be smart all around too. You absorb everything you can and soon you will be right up there in the big leagues. It takes a lot of hard work and smarts to compete with those people and you are gaining all the tools you need to compete with them. You will have your chance very soon to show the world what you can do and I know it will be nothing but the best and when people hear your name, they will be lining up for a chance to have Marci Bothwell capture their memories for them:) Someday soon I hope to be able to give you the opportunity to shoot fashion! Love you!
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