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My ideas for self-expression usually do not involve painting a gigantic abstract face with every sort of bodily fluid while intoxicated. What about if the proceeds from the sale of such a painting would help to “rescue” a girl from a war-torn region? Hardly.
Why do we make art?
As an outlet for anger, violence, disappointment, and possibly rejection according to this book.
We learn that all the characters in this story (a filmmaker, playwright, poet, painter, photographer, performance artist) use ...more
Why do we make art?
As an outlet for anger, violence, disappointment, and possibly rejection according to this book.
We learn that all the characters in this story (a filmmaker, playwright, poet, painter, photographer, performance artist) use ...more
Heavy.
Visceral.
I picked it up from the library, started it at lunch, finished it before dinner.
8 years later, I accidentally read this again and I’m glad. This is not something to rush through (see above). I want to read more of her work.
Visceral.
I picked it up from the library, started it at lunch, finished it before dinner.
8 years later, I accidentally read this again and I’m glad. This is not something to rush through (see above). I want to read more of her work.
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