Lindsay's Discussion to Reading 1

I would like to respond to some of Megan's and Caitlin's questions. If a critic had nothing nice to say about my work I would still want to hear what they think. If they just left without saying anything I would be confused and not know what to think about my work. Obviously no one likes to hear negative feedback about our work but it is a part of being an artist. You have to listen to what others say and to be open to new ideas and suggestions. Sometimes we may like them and listen and sometimes we will keep doing what we want to do. But being an artist is all about expressing yourself and finding the best way to do that sometimes involves listening to critiques. In the article it talks about how we need to be able to talk about our work and be comfortable with it and I agree. Which is why I feel that it is very helpful that we have critiques in studio class so we can get more used to doing this. This goes along with what Caitlin said about critiquing artists work of the same age and having opportunities to steal ideas presented and if it is something we have to worry about in Advanced Studio. At a young age where we are all trying to figure out what we want to do as an artist it may be easy to use someones idea because it sounds really good to you but so far my experience in our class we have not had a problem with this.