What Makes and Artist

In my mind an artist is someone who is brave enough to try and explore new concepts and methods of creating all sorts types of art. An artist is visual and interesting, open to share aspects of themselves with others, in unique and fun ways. Artist is somone who can accept failure, or cirisizm and move on without staying bitter. They don't let one negative comment keep them from painting another picture, or creating another sculpture.

I think that being creative means having the ability to be original and impress others with somthing new, but also creativity is the ability to still produce a quality piece through inspiration, reproduction or colabiration. Creativity is realizing that not everything has to be done single handly or without inspiration.

I think that in order to be productive and creative, an artist needs three major things. One, is focus, because like many other activities if your not focused on the task at hand the final product will either never get completed, or wont be nearly as good as it could have been. Number two is devotion. If you are devoted to something in this case art, it is almost natural to know what has to be done to complete that last painting. And finally, support. I have learned over the years that when going out on a limb, it is much more manageable when i can count on my friends to be honest and supportive of what I'm doing. If an artist has those three tings, they are in a good place