Posted by: tanjaahlers on: February 11, 2009
Self-discipline is the ability to control one’s feelings and overcome one’s weaknesses. It is the ability to get yourself going regardless of your emotional state. Have you ever made passionate goals and plans about what you want to achieve in your art career? And then disorder and procrastination set in? Procrastination can be overcome, and [...]
Posted by: tanjaahlers on: February 10, 2009
To innovate means to introduce new methods, ideas or products. An innovative person is original in his/her thinking, a discoverer and experimenter. An innovative creative person is one that experiments with new ways of combining concepts and applying and combining materials. Being innovative will result in growth and new interesting, original works. As an artist [...]
Posted by: tanjaahlers on: February 8, 2009
To change means to adapt, adjust, improve, modify, refine, transform, accommodate, diversify or rearrange. It is in the human nature to resist change, but if you want to grow as an artist you need to learn to embrace change, otherwise you won’t be able to develop and improve your art talent and you will stagnate. [...]
Posted by: tanjaahlers on: February 5, 2009
The combinationof knowledge and creativity goes hand in hand with richness in people’s lives. Knowledge and creativity are inseperable and interrelated. Knowledge is developed by creativity and creativity is enhanced by knowledge. “The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge.” Adolf Berle Truly successful creatives are always willing to learn [...]
Posted by: tanjaahlers on: February 4, 2009
Invention can be defined as the intuitive process to discover and formulate something which has not existed before. Inventiveness is the quality of having or showing creative ability or the capacity for original thought. The invention of an artist is the creation of a new work of art which have not existed before. Invention happens [...]
Posted by: tanjaahlers on: February 3, 2009
Express means “to push outside”. To express yourself means to articulate your emotions and opinions in vocal, visual or musical terms. Even if you make a copy of someone else’s creation, you still unwittingly express yourself by your choice of subject. Expressionism is the style in which an artist attempts to meaningfully express concepts from [...]
Posted by: tanjaahlers on: February 2, 2009
In order to have a high tolerance for uncertainty you have to be able to accept and endure things you dislike or disagree with in a neutral and open way. A low tolerance for uncertainty might be expressed in denial or creating your own certainty (which might not accurately reflect reality). Both of the last [...]
Posted by: tanjaahlers on: February 1, 2009
“In the confrontation between water and the rock the water always wins. Not through strength but through persistence”. Anon To be persistent means to continue to do something in spite of opposition, difficulty or obstacles. If you want to be persistant you need to develop a dogged determination to keep going no matter what setbacks [...]
