Comments for (just another) distraction http://justanotherdistraction.com whatever has my attention at the moment Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on On being an artist by Annie Boccio http://justanotherdistraction.com/on-being-an-artist/#comment-405 Annie Boccio Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:46:00 +0000 http://justanotherdistraction.com/?p=4880#comment-405 I remember a few things I did that I allowed my friends to see- one was a short story I wrote at 13 that included a "sex scene" (the couple were seen to retire to the bedroom together.. that was it) and somehow one of my teachers was made aware, so embarrassing! Maybe that scarred me lol! I remember a few things I did that I allowed my friends to see- one was a short story I wrote at 13 that included a “sex scene” (the couple were seen to retire to the bedroom together.. that was it) and somehow one of my teachers was made aware, so embarrassing! Maybe that scarred me lol!

]]> Comment on On being an artist by Annie Boccio http://justanotherdistraction.com/on-being-an-artist/#comment-404 Annie Boccio Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:43:00 +0000 http://justanotherdistraction.com/?p=4880#comment-404 Instead of using the term "artist"- what about people who describe themselves as a painter, a composer, in my case, a photographer? Those terms describe a specific activity but by using them you can be perceived as having some kind of skill/ability beyond the average.  The question, for me, comes down to this- how do I accurately describe what I do, without either sounding like a dilettante or cheating myself? I've created something or other all my life, I work as a web designer, but it's only since I've decided to really learn photography that I've wondered about whether I can claim "artist." Instead of using the term “artist”- what about people who describe themselves as a painter, a composer, in my case, a photographer? Those terms describe a specific activity but by using them you can be perceived as having some kind of skill/ability beyond the average. 

The question, for me, comes down to this- how do I accurately describe what I do, without either sounding like a dilettante or cheating myself? I’ve created something or other all my life, I work as a web designer, but it’s only since I’ve decided to really learn photography that I’ve wondered about whether I can claim “artist.”

]]> Comment on On being an artist by Susanna King http://justanotherdistraction.com/on-being-an-artist/#comment-403 Susanna King Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:35:00 +0000 http://justanotherdistraction.com/?p=4880#comment-403 When I was a teenager, I also used to stay up 'til the wee hours making elaborate notes,  complete with illustrations, which I would pass to my friends the next day between classes. Other kids often grabbed them from my friends & they got passed around the whole class. One particular series of notes titled "Us 10 Years from Now" nearly started a melee.  Thank goodness blogging lets me continue passing notes to my friends all these years later. When I was a teenager, I also used to stay up ’til the wee hours making elaborate notes, 
complete with illustrations, which I would pass to my friends the next day between classes. Other kids often grabbed them from my friends & they got passed around the whole class. One particular series of notes titled “Us 10 Years from Now” nearly started a melee. 
Thank goodness blogging lets me continue passing notes to my friends all these years later.

]]> Comment on On being an artist by marybaum http://justanotherdistraction.com/on-being-an-artist/#comment-402 marybaum Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:11:00 +0000 http://justanotherdistraction.com/?p=4880#comment-402 In my experience only dilettantes refer to themselves as artists. The fact that you don't claim the term is one measure of your talent - that and your actual output - this blog, for example. I say that knowing only this post - though I follow you on Twitter. My experience, for what it's worth - I'm a 51-year-old degreed (BFA) independent creative director. The good news: In my miles around the track, I've met more real talents than dilettantes - but, boy, do the latter make life miserable! In my experience only dilettantes refer to themselves as artists.

The fact that you don’t claim the term is one measure of your talent – that and your actual output – this blog, for example. I say that knowing only this post – though I follow you on Twitter. My experience, for what it’s worth – I’m a 51-year-old degreed (BFA) independent creative director. The good news: In my miles around the track, I’ve met more real talents than dilettantes – but, boy, do the latter make life miserable!

]]> Comment on Three words: Drop, Deepen, Frame by Three more words – 2012 http://justanotherdistraction.com/three-words-drop-deepen-frame/#comment-401 Three more words – 2012 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:30:27 +0000 http://justanotherdistraction.com/?p=4034#comment-401 [...] year I came up with three words to help me define and progress through my year (you can read about them here, and about the idea itself from the man who came up with it, Chris Brogan, [...] [...] year I came up with three words to help me define and progress through my year (you can read about them here, and about the idea itself from the man who came up with it, Chris Brogan, [...]

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