Comments on Working Artist: Bizzilions of Hours

I love this post. I love the discipline, to become...

2009-03-25T14:56:00.000-07:00

I love this post. I love the discipline, to become good at something.

Thanks Mari, It just occurred to me about those ma...

2009-03-23T08:34:00.000-07:00

Thanks Mari, It just occurred to me about those many hours, and the fact that it is about learning the basics very well before getting all fancy. I am going to take a beginner workshop with Alicia Pons in a couple of weeks...just to ratchet back to the basics. Can't wait!
Michael:
I am currently interested in Gladwell. Have you seen the interview on Charlie Rose (you can find it and watch on your computer) He is a very interesting guy. I agree about it being about the work.
Thanks Johanna, for kind words about the art.
XO to all,
E

Putting in the hours ALWAYS shows. Great stuff he...

2009-03-22T23:37:00.000-07:00

Putting in the hours ALWAYS shows. Great stuff here. Both artistically and uh, tangoically...

interesting you should mention this now :)... I'm ...

2009-03-22T22:28:00.000-07:00

interesting you should mention this now :)... I'm just reading Malcolm Gladwell's "Outliers" where he posits a few interesting ideas:

1. virtually anyone who has mastered anything has put in over 10,000 hours of time practicing/learning the craft. He finds this to be almost immutable across disciplines: art, computers, music, sports etc.

2. the succesful people are indeed talented but mostly just work waaay harder on whatever it is they love than the averag person would :).

best - Michael

Thank you for this post. I hadn't remembered all t...

2009-03-22T15:27:00.000-07:00

Thank you for this post. I hadn't remembered all that time in art classes (and after art classes) just drawing, and drawing, and drawing - without judgment. Just to keep the hands doing what they need to be doing.

It is like tango. Even dancing my awkward, clumsy tango, my body is learning with the hours put in on the milonga floor what it needs to be doing - learning from, but ultimately letting of, the constant chatter of self-judgment.