{"id":1559,"date":"2014-06-06T15:07:01","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T20:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=1559"},"modified":"2014-06-06T15:07:01","modified_gmt":"2014-06-06T20:07:01","slug":"poem-suffering-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/06\/poem-suffering-artists\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Suffering Artists"},"content":{"rendered":"

I heard that<\/strong>
\nArtists are supposed to suffer<\/strong>
\nFor their work<\/strong>
\nNo matter how hard<\/strong>
\nBeaten<\/strong>
\nTheir head against a wall<\/strong>
\nSo trying<\/strong>
\nI have failed<\/strong>
\nMiserably<\/strong>
\nOnly finding my work<\/strong>
\nAdore<\/strong>
\nI am through<\/strong>
\nAnd not<\/strong>
\nWell<\/strong>
\nDone<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am not much into suffering.\u00a0 Of course, some may not consider my a truly devoted artist.\u00a0 Anyone who knows me knows that I have an ascetic streak.\u00a0 My values of living simply and for social justice drive such asceticism.\u00a0 Also, I have a level of detachment from many hedonistic pleasures where I can enjoy such experiences without unduly relying upon them (see guacamole<\/a>).\u00a0 Surely, life brings with it enough suffering and pain that we never ought to seek it out!\u00a0 As I like to say: just because you can learn something from being hit across the face with a 2-by-4 is no reason for hitting people across the face with a 2-by-4!\u00a0 I consider the so-called suffering intrinsic in the creative artistic process as a form of passion that is not fully under control.\u00a0 This process is analogous to love, in which the sickness and the cure are one.\u00a0 Experiencing art, like love, demands something from us.\u00a0 Inasmuch as we are lazy, this can bring suffering.\u00a0 Yet, inasmuch as art enhances our response-ability, life grows deeper and richer.\u00a0 This is adore in which we are never through…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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