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came across this interview this morning ~ good food for thought.

Walton: People nowadays are made to feel self conscious about drawings, about singing, about being different. And professionals are to blame for mystifying the role of the artist to the point that people feel stupid if they don't understand things. And there is no attempt to educate people as to why the things that they may not understand right away are worth understanding. And then there's this tortured pathetic version of an artist. Ed Harris showing Jackson Pollock as an inarticulate bastard, Kurt Cobain blows his brains out. All this stuff adds up and people don't want to be involved in this kind of thinking or being or making stuff. They're interested instead in Hollywood people who aren't that interesting but who corporations make money out of.

Danny:So is it worth it? Would your recommend that people try to make a living as an artist?

Walton:The advantage I have over people who don't do this for a living is that I get to do it to think about it all day, every day. I get to wake up each day and just think about making some thing cool.

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~> from Danny Gregory ~ and you can see more of walton ford's cool work here at PBS <~

Nila (Crack of Dawn) by Walter Ford
Detail, 1999-2000
Watercolor, gouache, ink, and pencil on paper
144 x 216 inches

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off to get my day going ~ lots to do. first day of school and all. gotta get that new pencil box.

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