At a 12-year-old’s birthday last weekend, I drew all the kids. Since we had time left over, I drew one of the girl’s aunts. She was not very auntie-like, more like a very self-assured, stylish 23-year old. Part of my job is to make people comfortable and I know sitting there and being stared at isn’t sociable. So, I chat and ask every day sorts of questions. In fact, I had been asking kids for their age all evening and so, out of habit, I asked her too; that was awkward, but she was gracious. Anyway, I asked my usual stuff, like…and what do you do, Emily. Oh, she said, she was working for an investment company now, to cover her tuition so that she could go back to school. She was going to study public health at George Washington U. Very serious work, very honorable, I said, or something like that. Then she said, she wished she could do something creative like me. She seemed very serious about that. Well, I said, you probably do something creative. No, she said, nothing, nothing at all, can’t do anything. I’m drawing all the while this little conversation is going on. She had perfect makeup and a smart, magazine-worthy haircut that I needed to get down. Without interrupting my work, I said very softly, what’s it like, not being creative. Boring, she said.
Not Being Creative
February 9, 2011 by katherinehilden
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I'm an artist, living and working in Evanston, IL, and I teach drawing and painting at the Evanston Art Center. Initially, this blog was only about drawing, because that's my great passion. But I soon branched out into all topics related to art. Now I talk about discoveries in my drawing and painting classes, as well as museum and gallery visits, the art scene, my own work and whatever I think will tickle your art-mind because it tickles mine...as if there were another kind of mind.----------------- Your comments are welcome!-
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Boring… that is so sad. She needs to hang out with some artists to spark her creative juices!
Exactly.