Back To The Artist and The Craftsman
We're circling back to our discussion of the artist and the craftsman at work. Our little break to refresh our sense of balance in our own work serves as our launch pad. The artist and the craftsman both need balance, in the same way we do. We might easily see this in the craftsman's work. But what of the artist? Do we have an impression that the artist by his or her very nature is more mercurial, sometimes even emotionally unbalanced, even crazy? It's certainly possible that some are. Immediately the image of Van Gogh's "Starry Night" pops up, along with the fact that he apparently cut off his own ear, and ultimately committed suicide. But such facts are not essential to him as an artist. He did have emotional problems, but that wasn't some singular motivator for his art. Look at his body of work, and you can see variety, albeit an unusual perception of color and shape that did unfold in his later years. Switching to music - first classical - let's c...
