Subject: confused young artist seeks advice
| Posted By: cookiebee123
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| Posted On: 2/10/2006 9:44 AM
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38 Replies
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Hello, I'm new here and I am stuck in a rut.
I am currently attending art university, am in my third year, and I am on the verge of leaving it. For lack of a better term, I am just too different from everyone else, and my entire uni life I've gotten C's because they dont know what to do w/me. I've gotten little help, and think it may be more beneficial to study on my own.
This is where the dreaded money word comes in. I have no problem working hard, in fact if I were just given a space, and some time, I would probably work all day everyday and do little else. The problem is I was raised in an upper-class family who has my whole life mapped out for me. I am not sure if I have the inner fortitude to just 'rebel' like this and go off on my own. I know that a part of me would get scared and maybe come crawling back.
All I know is that when I am in the creative zone, there is nothing else... When I take these uni-classes it is so alien; like a giant boulder planted in front of me. Why is it so wrong to just want to work?
I am also unsure as to how exactly to 'make it' as a working artist. I am unsure as to how one goes about getting the work out there. Submissions processes and things like that. I could greatly use some advice from fellow artists , because now everyday is a confusing state of limbo.
Sometimes I wish I didn't have this creative engine, sometimes I wish I was just a computer scientists or some rubbish like that. I know my family would probably wish that...
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38
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In defense of bowling trophies...
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contemporary
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10/31/2009 9:12 AM
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37
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do it for you
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dots
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10/29/2009 6:54 PM
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36
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an update about my life
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cookiebee123
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10/25/2009 2:25 AM
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35
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your words ring true...
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LVH
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10/10/2006 11:16 AM
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34
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Garbage In, Garbage Out (nt)
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missie
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10/9/2006 3:31 PM
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33
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Art School- garbage in garbage
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missie
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10/9/2006 3:29 PM
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32
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Don't worry!
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glasgow
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10/6/2006 10:12 AM
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To cookiebee 123 or not to cookiebee 123............
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someguy
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5/1/2006 6:55 PM
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forget it
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cookiebee123
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4/30/2006 4:19 PM
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post-script
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cookiebee123
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4/30/2006 3:21 PM
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gilnv, . . . painting shoes
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someguy
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2/15/2006 4:54 PM
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yes, you are all right and alright
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cookiebee123
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2/14/2006 8:17 PM
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Impressionist shoes, Abstract shoos,
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gilnv
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2/14/2006 8:01 PM
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My advice stands, . . . even if it makes you fall
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someguy
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2/14/2006 6:08 PM
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you are not alone . ..
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LVH
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2/14/2006 3:14 PM
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cburgess and someguy --- angel / devil (or devil / angel) tug of war?
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cookiebee123
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2/14/2006 2:02 PM
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conflicting views
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cookiebee123
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2/14/2006 1:37 PM
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loose strings...
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cburgess
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2/14/2006 10:50 AM
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No, no, no meds,.... Cookie Bee.... Time to take charge of your life
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someguy
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2/13/2006 4:25 PM
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well, I'm out
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cookiebee123
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2/13/2006 9:13 AM
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painter's block is like writer's block...the white canvas
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cburgess
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2/12/2006 1:57 PM
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I'm a stupid, walking paradox; meds it is ;-/
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cookiebee123
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2/12/2006 11:36 AM
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go to school and have a face to face . ..
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LVH
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2/12/2006 10:58 AM
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Dear Oreo,
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gilnv
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2/12/2006 7:51 AM
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update
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cookiebee123
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2/11/2006 4:41 PM
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I like !
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naatu
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2/11/2006 3:17 PM
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You might not want it, but . . .
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someguy
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2/11/2006 12:44 PM
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Oh Cookie Bee
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photogmary
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2/10/2006 6:39 PM
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what an imagination . ..
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LVH
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2/10/2006 5:24 PM
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Cookie Bee's Art
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someguy
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2/10/2006 3:50 PM
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re: counseling
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cookiebee123
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2/10/2006 3:32 PM
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Priorities
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someguy
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2/10/2006 3:32 PM
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Okay, let's get a grip cookiebee
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photogmary
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2/10/2006 2:18 PM
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Stay the course...
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cburgess
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2/10/2006 1:22 PM
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-- No Subject --
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cookiebee123
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2/10/2006 12:52 PM
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hello cookiebee123 . . .
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LVH
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2/10/2006 11:43 AM
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? well
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Curits
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2/10/2006 11:13 AM
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problems with stereotyping of ARTISTS
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cburgess
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2/10/2006 10:43 AM
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