The artist life is an act of resistance
Observation takes stillness, awareness and thoughtfulness, it makes time disappear for a while. It quiets the mind and hones the focus on the subject. Peripheral distractions are easily shrugged away when the artist connects to the cosmic source of creativity, the pure intrinsic automatic reflex of pencil to paper, aerosol to brick, oil to canvas, fibre to fabric etc etc.
Connecting to this part of ourselves and the unconscious energy that drives us to create and alchemizing thought to tangible image is a gift, it is magic and no value can be ascribed to it because it is priceless. It cannot be mined, simulated, extracted, processed, or diluted. The artist process is resistance of capitalism, of societal pressure, of consumerism and commodification. It exists in a liminal space from which all creativity lives.
If you have access to this, you are abundant. Perhaps not always monetarily, but in spirit, life and freedom.
