tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-362932321057027355.post2641671917093059893..comments2023-11-05T06:55:10.488-05:00Comments on Made In Brooklyn: CreativityDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10119941917321754796noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-362932321057027355.post-29407347652706238582007-08-15T16:36:00.000-04:002007-08-15T16:36:00.000-04:00That's funny. My work gets the same response and p...That's funny. My work gets the same response and people call me an artist (I am a writer and purveyor of t-shirts) :) <BR/><BR/>I got a fortune (cookie variety) recently that read "Every artist was first an amateur." Some of us may never get past that stage but it makes us no less artists.<BR/><BR/>Guess its all just semantic, really. As long as you enjoy creating, isn't that what matters?Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09092358911717447978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-362932321057027355.post-72297793649568539472007-08-14T08:06:00.000-04:002007-08-14T08:06:00.000-04:00I feel like 'artist' is a hard pill to swallow. I...I feel like 'artist' is a hard pill to swallow. It means I might have to be more serious about the whole thing. I like hiding behind 'crafter' because then people smile and nod and not ask to 'see your stuff sometime'. You are an artist, Kristen?Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10119941917321754796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-362932321057027355.post-7997778197612595072007-08-14T01:51:00.000-04:002007-08-14T01:51:00.000-04:00what?!?!? how can you say you are not an artist? y...what?!?!? how can you say you are not an artist? you created the most beautiful work of art ever (a child). your cooking, quilting, crafting...all of it is art! it might never hang in a gallery or be featured in a magazine, yet that doesn't make you any less a "real artist" than these people who sell stuff at craft fairs.Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09092358911717447978noreply@blogger.com