A New York painter I know recommended the following as a tool for informing one’s artistic practice: Each week, keep track of what you are reading and what you are listening to. In addition, keep a running list of likes and dislikes. Apparently, patterns will begin to form that apply to the artist’s work. I am interested in other’s lists. Here is a part of my list for the past week:
Listening to:
Rodeo, Aaron Copeland
Music for Airports, Brian Eno
Morning Music, David Sampson
Colchester Fantasy, Eric Ewazen
Country Life, Roxy Music
All titles, Mat Lombardi
Reading:
The End of the Art World, Robert C. Morgan
The Poetry of Wallace Stevens
Likes
the smell of hot tar
sparrows
wet leaves stuck to wet black pavement
peonies
memory
antiques
the smell of a library
brown craft paper
mistakes
fog
cold milk
cobalt blue
blue blazers with brass buttons
art
buttered toast
Dislikes
split pea soup
mumbling
“antiqued”
smelly tree near the Washington Subway stop
undergrads
text messaging
self-righteousness
soy
personal drama
haiku
jack-hammers
nostalgia
transparency
hmmmn.
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