{"id":1991,"date":"2013-02-21T09:26:46","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T17:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?p=1991"},"modified":"2013-02-21T13:42:58","modified_gmt":"2013-02-21T21:42:58","slug":"create-toil-and-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/create-toil-and-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Create, Toil and Die"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?attachment_id=1992\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1992\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1992\" alt=\"photo\" src=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/photo.jpg\" width=\"493\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/photo.jpg 493w, https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/photo-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><\/a><strong>Why does an artist keep at it? It is the obsessive need to create along with the acknowledgement that one has deeply suffered-<\/strong>-living outside the &#8220;normal&#8221; society model of working 9-5 for an institution and receiving a paycheck. To stop creating, to attempt to join the long line of institutional work would be a slap in an artist&#8217;s face.<\/p>\n<p>Money is not the pay off. <strong>To die with a bank account overflowing would mean little to an artist.<\/strong> To die knowing that one has created a substantial body of good work&#8211;that is what soothes an artist&#8217;s soul.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, artists are not intentional martyrs. Artists appreciate money. <em><strong>Really<\/strong> <\/em>appreciate it&#8211;as they have put long hours of labour into their work and also their entire being.<\/p>\n<p>But in the end, on the bed of death,<strong> if one has sacrificed expressing one&#8217;s soul and toiled at nothing that truly made one&#8217;s soul sing, that is a sad day of suffering.<\/strong><br \/>\nAnd so, on that note I will announce I am committing myself to even more creative toil. I am focusing on \u00a0painting again after much time away from it. I took a substantial amount of time off to focus on writing. My writing tasks are still no where near complete <strong>(the digital revolution is still in its infancy and thus, the writing world is in a cyclone and the writer must find her own way<\/strong>); however, I am finding my way&#8211;two steps forward, one back. There is much more writing ahead for me, but I have accomplished much of the ground work so I have the time to also focus on my painting again.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be attending a workshop to learn the true renaissance technique of painting. This technique is not commonly used by today&#8217;s artists but I am combining that technique with my macro-style portraitures of nature for interesting results.<\/p>\n<p>I enjoy freelance writing and I will continue to keep at it for as long as it pays my bills; but in the end,<strong> it is fiction writing and painting that soothes my soul<\/strong>. And thus, I forge ahead, to toil&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why does an artist keep at it? It is the obsessive need to create along with the acknowledgement that one has deeply suffered&#8211;living outside the &#8220;normal&#8221; society model of working 9-5 for an institution and receiving a paycheck. To stop &hellip; <a class=\"kt-excerpt-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/create-toil-and-die\/\" aria-label=\"Create, Toil and Die\">Read 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