The new official TOJ thread, 2011 - Page 862

honestly, the TOJ thread is just a world of it's own, it is an absurdist reality. I mostly like it this way too, actually. Sure, there are some annoying things, even for me, but overall I think it's a nice way to keep it moving forward.

Past couple months have been weird as fuck, but yeah, I am still okay, what about you guys?

official looking photo.

You know, this isn't the be all end all of something...it's hard for me to relate to that personally, because I only know life as myself, but I don't really feel I'm the most creative person either at times. I do know I lack certain creative talents that would be to my benefit right now if I did have them, because I went to an art academy once and I just couldn't put anything decent out, it was frustrating, and I feel the same way now sometimes. i was stuck there with a bunch of super talented kids who were ready to show off, and I was there just pushing the paint around, proverbially and literally.

Honestly though, the best way to do something in the practical arts is just to do what you want to do, stop thinking about other people for just a moment and think about what you like. Then ask why you can or can't do something, usually it's just some sort of precedent or convention in your way, some perceived block. Problem solve. I know that both Korea and America, the two cultures kinda whirling around in your head, are both cultures full of suffocating stigmas and weird nonsensical agendas that stop a lot of free thinking and creativity from happening, it's part of the cultures. Both countries give you educations that teach you to not question why you're doing something, they teach you to fear and forget.... so just asking 'why?' is a good start sometimes.

Plus, practical arts are messy man, there is no glamour behind to scenes when getting to a point, IMO. You should do what you need to, to find your methods, your voice, something like that. There are lots of old conventions with these things but there's no reason one needs to keep them in the year 2011. I don't have a beautiful atelier fileld with Stockmann mannequins wearing samples, and i dont draw up dramatic fashion drawings replete with chiseled looking 1980's esque fashion men - I just have my own way of working and so should anybody else.