7 Big Lies

7 BIG Lies about Artists!

NOTE: THE FOLLOWING MISCONCEPTIONS

AND LIES ARE DANGEROUS TO THE HEALTH

AND WELL-BEING OF ARTISTS AND SOCIETY.

1) An artist’s success and happiness is measured only by a meteoric rise to celebrity status and money, and never by smaller victories or daily achievements.

2) Artists should never be involved in the arts of organization or finance, but devote 100% of their time being “immersed in the Muse”.

3) Artists do best as loners fully withdrawn from others.

4) Drugs and overindulgent lifestyles increase an artist’s self-worth, creativity and potential for great works.

5) Artists are strange individuals who cannot easily form social relationships.

6) Artists should not promote or sell their work, but allow it to “be discovered”.

7) Everyday people like students, housewives and businessmen should never consider they are artists or their activities creative.

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Thanks to Kenneth Olsson for permission to use his copyrighted image “Dragon.” http://w1.322.telia.com/~u32212030

The 7 Big Lies is available as an 11 x 17 Poster, suitable for hanging or framing in your studio to remind artists of all disciplines of these important stops to creativity!  Order yours below or as part of the Aha! Poster Set.

Item Name: 7 Big Lies Poster
Item Number: AHAP1
Price: $6.00

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