tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31105169.post44784330256536705..comments2023-04-26T01:41:20.718-07:00Comments on Stephanie Forsyth: Growing Pains: Growing as an ArtistStephanie Forsythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10301211809927995644noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31105169.post-58095791449170143902011-03-12T07:05:19.886-08:002011-03-12T07:05:19.886-08:00This is a very honest and thought provoking post. ...This is a very honest and thought provoking post. <br /><br />I think it's important to figure out who you are and what you want to communicate. Just writing that down sometimes helps. Figuring out how to do that visuallly is something else. <br /><br />Good luck with it all. This is a life long quest. Robert Genn's most recent newsletter talks about it quite well.Judy Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00619951031502775381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31105169.post-80562178867634405712011-03-11T05:37:11.912-08:002011-03-11T05:37:11.912-08:00I was at an Els Van Baarle workshop recently. One ...I was at an Els Van Baarle workshop recently. One of her favorite quotes is:<br /><br />"It's an artist's job to get lost. If you always know where you are, you have missed the point."<br /><br />I like that. Sometimes getting lost is exactly the right place to be.<br /><br />Enjoyed your blog!<br /><br />Jill RobinsonJill Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11689594986715599828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31105169.post-5488245118220213762011-03-01T09:17:42.811-08:002011-03-01T09:17:42.811-08:00Hi Stephanie. Thanks for writing about my work in ...Hi Stephanie. Thanks for writing about my work in your post about finding your balance and voice for social commentary in your art.<br /><br />I think it's just luck that my work hasn't been protested yet in a big way. I think I hide the political stuff pretty well in my work, by making it all in the small writing and having the images, except for obvious peace symbols, etc, be pretty non political. My idea is to not hit people over the head with my opinions, but if they READ what I've written, they'll find lots of strong comments and historical facts there.<br /><br />I've been censored twice that I can think of. One of those times I won the argument by putting a peace symbol over a swastika (which was there to protest George Bush.) It started my Peace Cozy series, which means I put one of those tiny peace symbol patches on each piece I finish, and may do that the rest of my life.<br /><br />Anyhow, we ARE between the art world and the quilt world, and it's a good place to be in a radical sense. Just not in a money sense.<br /><br />Keep the faith. You'll find your own way to express what you need to. Good luck. And thanks again, SusanSusan Shiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04989393552017463569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31105169.post-14294728821149575222011-03-01T08:44:58.784-08:002011-03-01T08:44:58.784-08:00I'm there too! Artist they say to me? What abo...I'm there too! Artist they say to me? What about food? And yet, I can't bring myself to go back to the corporate world. I wish it were less of a challenge and more "come as you are". Thanks for "putting it out there".<br />Signed another fabric friend who totally gets you.<br />Cindycindyrquiltshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09256132893951765712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31105169.post-54874803428042026632011-03-01T07:57:17.425-08:002011-03-01T07:57:17.425-08:00i am so with you on this feeling.
not knowing the ...i am so with you on this feeling.<br />not knowing the next step or where exactly i fit in in the art world<br />hopefully the fog will clear soon for us both!maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08115324457014211574noreply@blogger.com