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For someone who has undergone tedious art studies, there is something almost irritating about listening1 to Henry Miller brag about his incompetence as a painter, and how envious his painter friends are of him.
"Painters seem to be intrigued by my easygoing devices. Now and then, one will say to me: 'I wish I had the courage to do that', as if it had taken courage on my part. When I explained that it was because of sheer ignorance, sheer inability that I made the houses as I did, the answer usually is: 'No matter, you had fun. It makes a picture just the same.' "2
Fun is important. I can see that my own paintings become worthless when I’m not having fun, if the work becomes a chore instead of a happily devoted focus, a childlike absorption in the task.
"How many, many times I have tried to imitate or copy the work of a child! (…) Time and again someone has walked in on me during a painting jamboree and exclaim: 'What joyous colors! What freedom! You must be having fun!' But is the joy of…
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For someone who has undergone tedious art studies, there is something almost irritating about listening1 to Henry Miller brag about his incompetence as a painter, and how envious his painter friends are of him.
"Painters seem to be intrigued by my easygoing devices. Now and then, one will say to me: 'I wish I had the courage to do that', as if it had taken courage on my part. When I explained that it was because of sheer ignorance, sheer inability that I made the houses as I did, the answer usually is: 'No matter, you had fun. It makes a picture just the same.' "2
Fun is important. I can see that my own paintings become worthless when I’m not having fun, if the work becomes a chore instead of a happily devoted focus, a childlike absorption in the task.
"How many, many times I have tried to imitate or copy the work of a child! (…) Time and again someone has walked in on me during a painting jamboree and exclaim: 'What joyous colors! What freedom! You must be having fun!' But is the joy of…
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