Comments on: Posting New Artwork on my Blog http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/08/posting-new-artwork-on-my-blog.html Images and writing about my abstract contemporary textile art by Lisa Call. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:20:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Helen Harris http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/08/posting-new-artwork-on-my-blog.html#comment-13489 Helen Harris Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:15:37 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/07/posting-new-artwork-on-my-blog.html#comment-13489 Dear Lisa, I had just finished writing my own blog tonight, "a tongue in cheek" reaction to a recent incident, when I decided to check in on your blog. I also read Robert Genn's letter and used its ideas to help get back on track after I made the mistake of letting a comment by a customer throw me off course on my painting . Usually I'm pretty good at listening while learning from comments as people pass through my tent to view my work. I guess this time the comments came at a time when my work is changing ,making it vulnerable to the opinions of others. Julia Cameron ,author of The Artist"s Way, also gives a great deal of attention to the idea of "holding" our early creative thoughts so that they have time to grow. I have seen your work on line and then read your blogs. The quilts ARE the visual form of what you express in your writings.I look forward to both. Heln www.helenharrispaintings.com Dear Lisa,
I had just finished writing my own blog tonight, “a tongue in cheek” reaction to a recent incident, when I decided to check in on your blog. I also read Robert Genn’s letter and used its ideas to help get back on track after I made the mistake of letting a comment by a customer throw me off course on my painting . Usually I’m pretty good at listening while learning from comments as people pass through my tent to view my work. I guess this time the comments came at a time when my work is changing ,making it vulnerable to the opinions of others. Julia Cameron ,author of The Artist”s Way, also gives a great deal of attention to the idea of “holding” our early creative thoughts so that they have time to grow.
I have seen your work on line and then read your blogs. The quilts ARE the visual form of what you express in your writings.I look forward to both.
Heln
http://www.helenharrispaintings.com

]]> By: cynthia http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/08/posting-new-artwork-on-my-blog.html#comment-13488 cynthia Sun, 26 Aug 2007 21:26:32 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/07/posting-new-artwork-on-my-blog.html#comment-13488 I like showing work in progress, because it holds me accountable to finish it! Though I'm not really sure anyone really cares... I also don't think anyone has ever truly given me negative or even constructive criticism when I do show my work on my blog. I think they're afraid of hurting my feelings - though I've only ever met a few people from blogging land in person. Though, maybe I've never asked for a critique. Hope you're easing back into your family's back to school routine. We're surely trying around here. I like showing work in progress, because it holds me accountable to finish it! Though I’m not really sure anyone really cares…

I also don’t think anyone has ever truly given me negative or even constructive criticism when I do show my work on my blog. I think they’re afraid of hurting my feelings - though I’ve only ever met a few people from blogging land in person. Though, maybe I’ve never asked for a critique.

Hope you’re easing back into your family’s back to school routine. We’re surely trying around here.

]]> By: Mimi http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/08/posting-new-artwork-on-my-blog.html#comment-13460 Mimi Sat, 25 Aug 2007 03:19:34 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/07/posting-new-artwork-on-my-blog.html#comment-13460 I was just thinking about this very subject! I LOVE to get comments on work-in-progress, because I love a strong reaction, even when it is negative. "Whoa, those are some BRIGHT colors!", "I don't get it", "I love it" "It reminds me of..." or even "That's really not my taste" jazzes me to continue, and yes, sometimes to change direction. The reason for this is because I can show something in progress, which you might really hate, and when it is completed, it may take your breath away. Only we can see what the work in progress is becoming; other people are seeing an entirely different item. That is exciting to me. I was just wondering to myself why people hesitate to share their works-in-progress - but I do see, depending on your process, how it could (negatively) affect the outcome. I was just thinking about this very subject! I LOVE to get comments on work-in-progress, because I love a strong reaction, even when it is negative. “Whoa, those are some BRIGHT colors!”, “I don’t get it”, “I love it” “It reminds me of…” or even “That’s really not my taste” jazzes me to continue, and yes, sometimes to change direction. The reason for this is because I can show something in progress, which you might really hate, and when it is completed, it may take your breath away. Only we can see what the work in progress is becoming; other people are seeing an entirely different item. That is exciting to me.

I was just wondering to myself why people hesitate to share their works-in-progress - but I do see, depending on your process, how it could (negatively) affect the outcome.

]]> By: Ann http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/08/posting-new-artwork-on-my-blog.html#comment-13449 Ann Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:25:53 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/07/posting-new-artwork-on-my-blog.html#comment-13449 I just started reading your blog, and I have to say that I never thought about this in relation to my quilts. But I realize now that I always feel uncomfortable when people (both quilters and nonquilters) stop to look at my design wall and start making comments. Whether the comments are good or bad doesn't seem to matter, but I feel like it is an unwanted interruption in the process of creation. I wrote my first novel last year, and quickly learned not to talk about it no matter how much people badgered me. Their suggestions about better endings or new characters irritated me and for some reason made me less interested in the project. I only show almost finished or finished work of any kind these days. P.S. Haven't read all the archives, but plan to today. Love your blog! I just started reading your blog, and I have to say that I never thought about this in relation to my quilts. But I realize now that I always feel uncomfortable when people (both quilters and nonquilters) stop to look at my design wall and start making comments. Whether the comments are good or bad doesn’t seem to matter, but I feel like it is an unwanted interruption in the process of creation.
I wrote my first novel last year, and quickly learned not to talk about it no matter how much people badgered me. Their suggestions about better endings or new characters irritated me and for some reason made me less interested in the project. I only show almost finished or finished work of any kind these days.
P.S. Haven’t read all the archives, but plan to today. Love your blog!

]]> By: Juanita http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/08/posting-new-artwork-on-my-blog.html#comment-13448 Juanita Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:24:31 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/07/posting-new-artwork-on-my-blog.html#comment-13448 I agree with you. I have wondered why I get derailed or lose interest once I have shared my thought with others, its as if I have colored in all the spaces of a line drawing with crayons and once done there is no need to do it again in fabric. I agree with you. I have wondered why I get derailed or lose interest once I have shared my thought with others, its as if I have colored in all the spaces of a line drawing with crayons and once done there is no need to do it again in fabric.

]]> By: Karoda http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/08/posting-new-artwork-on-my-blog.html#comment-13447 Karoda Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:51:53 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/07/posting-new-artwork-on-my-blog.html#comment-13447 Was the person who asked the question trying to reconcile the content and the title of your blog? The question appears an odd one otherwise and the answer makes you sound apologetic. This seems again to beg the issue which has posed a small dilemna for me...when I write a blog entry who am I writing for? to? Entries vary depending on how I anwser. Was the person who asked the question trying to reconcile the content and the title of your blog? The question appears an odd one otherwise and the answer makes you sound apologetic. This seems again to beg the issue which has posed a small dilemna for me…when I write a blog entry who am I writing for? to? Entries vary depending on how I anwser.

]]> By: Diane Clancy http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/08/posting-new-artwork-on-my-blog.html#comment-13440 Diane Clancy Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:39:16 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/07/posting-new-artwork-on-my-blog.html#comment-13440 For me it very much depends. If I feel shakey - and I certainly do often, then I am very selective who I show work in progress - to not get thrown and diverted. With the digital images lately, it has felt very useful to be showing new work to my blog - it is relatively new for me this particular work and it is helpful seeing reactions. But I have to be ok enough in myself about the work to show it. I think it is very individual ... and sometimes for individual to the circumstances, ~ Diane Clancy www.dianeclancy.com/blog For me it very much depends. If I feel shakey - and I certainly do often, then I am very selective who I show work in progress - to not get thrown and diverted.

With the digital images lately, it has felt very useful to be showing new work to my blog - it is relatively new for me this particular work and it is helpful seeing reactions. But I have to be ok enough in myself about the work to show it.

I think it is very individual … and sometimes for individual to the circumstances,

~ Diane Clancy
http://www.dianeclancy.com/blog

]]> By: Angela Rockett http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/08/posting-new-artwork-on-my-blog.html#comment-13439 Angela Rockett Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:37:33 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/07/posting-new-artwork-on-my-blog.html#comment-13439 While I don't really mind showing newly completed work, showing work in progress has often meant the death of that piece. Basically I've learned that I have to be very careful about who I show in progress work to, because even the highest praise from the wrong person can send it down the drain. Don't know why that is, but there you have it. That's why I so rarely show step-by-step photos on my blog (I think I've only done it once), and why my studio space is open by invite only. It's kind of strange because in art school I sat through several critiques a week of my work in progress and that didn't make a difference (except for improvement), but now that I work on my own, that's how it is. Now that I'm thinking about it, I treat just about any project or idea or goal this way. It seems that talking about some things gives away their power, or at least my power to achieve them. I think Julia Cameron talked about this in The Artist's Way too. Anyway, great topic for discussion, and good to know I'm not the only one who feels this way. :) While I don’t really mind showing newly completed work, showing work in progress has often meant the death of that piece. Basically I’ve learned that I have to be very careful about who I show in progress work to, because even the highest praise from the wrong person can send it down the drain. Don’t know why that is, but there you have it. That’s why I so rarely show step-by-step photos on my blog (I think I’ve only done it once), and why my studio space is open by invite only.

It’s kind of strange because in art school I sat through several critiques a week of my work in progress and that didn’t make a difference (except for improvement), but now that I work on my own, that’s how it is.

Now that I’m thinking about it, I treat just about any project or idea or goal this way. It seems that talking about some things gives away their power, or at least my power to achieve them. I think Julia Cameron talked about this in The Artist’s Way too.

Anyway, great topic for discussion, and good to know I’m not the only one who feels this way. :)

]]> By: Karen Christensen http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/08/posting-new-artwork-on-my-blog.html#comment-13436 Karen Christensen Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:51:04 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/07/posting-new-artwork-on-my-blog.html#comment-13436 When I read the Robert Genn article my first thought was something like oh phooy, dont be so sensitive. I share work that has just barely begun and its progress. I go in with an idea and find my way through it. I enjoy the feedback both good and bad but it doesnt deter my path. Everyone is different with different ideas and tastes. I make the art I do to please myself, anything less than that would not be worth doing for me. When I read the Robert Genn article my first thought was something like oh phooy, dont be so sensitive. I share work that has just barely begun and its progress. I go in with an idea and find my way through it. I enjoy the feedback both good and bad but it doesnt deter my path. Everyone is different with different ideas and tastes. I make the art I do to please myself, anything less than that would not be worth doing for me.

]]> By: Mary Ann Tipple http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/08/posting-new-artwork-on-my-blog.html#comment-13429 Mary Ann Tipple Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:01:56 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2006/07/posting-new-artwork-on-my-blog.html#comment-13429 I often wonder about people that go to critique groups. I don't think I could do it. For me the best part of working on a piece of art is working through the problems or questions it poses. The road to discovery is a personal one for me. I often wonder about people that go to critique groups. I don’t think I could do it. For me the best part of working on a piece of art is working through the problems or questions it poses. The road to discovery is a personal one for me.

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