Reading what the ‘experts’ on art have to say will open your eyes to the difference between intellectualizing and intuitive knowing.

If you would like to educate yourself a bit about the art market, see the November, 2007 issue of New York Magazine.

With such articles pitched as Is Money Killing Art? or The Artists Who Matter Now, you will appreciate how art is turned into a commodity, which isn’t inherently a vice.

Art that sells for hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars has entered the world of merchandising to a certain art buying clientele. Keep in mind that an artist can do quite well selling to patrons with smaller pocketbooks—but such acquistions doen’t make for outrageous headlines.

Money is not killing art; I would be tempted to say that if anything, greed is the culprit. But keep in mind that such articles are not about art; they are spinning about the high end art market, which is a business, not an ashram. 

And as for which artists matter, you will have to make up your own mind.

We note the cliche: opinions . . . everyone has them.

When your opinion about something is questioned, accept the challenge.

Is this other thought more open with no integrity lost? It might be another jewel in the crown that will elevate your standard. If so, adopt it immediately, keep it alive, and make it your own.

This is a blessing from above.

Who says what art is excellent and what art is not?

When you dig deeper into this question you must confront your own self: I know the process, quality, and value of my work—everything else is hearsay.

The next time your work gets overlooked, remember that one of Kandinsky’s masterpieces was rejected from an exhibit because it was too big. 

Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.

Pablo Picasso

Do you have an understanding of what he meant? Was Picasso being merely provocative, or is there a deeper meaning to mine here?

Is the art itself the truth, or an artifact of truth? 

Whether someone accepts or rejects any theory of the mind, one must add the divine self to a list of psychological constructs in this inner world where you are host to a myriad of forces that no one can fully explain.

It is, after all, art from the unconscious that flows from a cornucopia of intuitive emotion. If you make art from thinking, then you have to calculate by design. 

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