Artist’s Life: The Merits of Insistence

Feb 13, 2018
2 min read

When people say to me…and mind you, only on occasion: “you are so talented”, they really mean to ask how did I find the time, how did I mastered the energy, and how did I manage to go on. Just the other day a friend commented such to the point and I made her laugh.

My response is that, talentless as I am, I am mostly insistent. Not only I don’t take “no” for an answer, but also, I made it an ongoing personal statement…, an act of rebellion against cruelty of life. Life, as I see it, wants to strip me of everything I have: my vitality, health and energy, my prospects for the future (since the time is ticking), my enthusiasm and freshness, and my curiosity at where my work can bring me to.

The system we live in is hard on the artist but I still master some verve to say no to it. Every day as I go to my studio it is an act of my own personal disobedience against the rigors of living. I will not so easily let go and give in to this standardized unrecycled plastic mold.

My friend just laughed "That's why I like you for!" ... and because of that it was a good day.