Did a day Graphic Recording yesterday. A day of listening intently and drawing out the story in public is always very tiring. But I did managed to get three collagraph plates started today and am looking forward to proofing at least one tomorrow.
I found two quotes which feel appropriate to the place I find myself in:
“There’s a myth among amateurs, optimists and fools that beyond a certain level of achievement, famous artists retire to some kind of Elysium where criticism no longer wounds and work materialises without effort”
Mark Matousek
and
“Artists don’t get down to work until the pain of working is exceeded by the pain of not working”.
Stephen DeStaebler.
