Chapter 2

Quotes:

- "The work you do as an artist is really play, but it is a play in the most serious sense...You are materializing-taking something from the inside and putting it out into the world so you can be relieved of it." pg 52

*thats exactly the kind of feeling i feel when am doing a work am really into, i can really identify myself in this quote.

"When artist are put on the spot, Jones feels, it helps them 'develop thick skins and come to see criticism as rhetoric rather than personal attack." pg 55

*Yea as first it really feels like an attack but when 2 or 3 people mention the same exact thing you start to appreciate the feedbacks your getting.

- "Critics can also be painful rituals that resemble cross-examinations in which artist are forced to rationalized their work and defend themselves from a flurry of half-baked opinions that leave them feeling town apart." pg 47

*Yes some times i feel its not necessary for me to explain my work it basically what you see is what you get, being force to put a meaning to something without a meaning just feels like am cheating myself.

"Asher maintains that his critic has no rules except that students have to 'listen to and respect each other.'"
"Many believe that artists shouldn't be obliged to explain their work. As Hickey declares, 'I don't care about an artist's intentions. I care if the work looks like it might have some consequences.”

*sometime the critic can get out of hand good to keep order or we all be there longer than where suppose to.