When creating becomes Hard

As some of you may know I teach a couple of illustration and design classes at ACC. Today I had my favorite class, illustration, and only a few of the students showed up. Seems things have become hard and it is easier to stay home than come to class and face the work. I read a book once called "the war of art", where the author (can't remember his name) said that the difference between a professional and an amateur is that the professional shows up no matter what. Professionals are at their work even if they feel crappy, uninspired and uncreative. The amateur thinks about working but never actually does anything. I think when making art it is important to designate a time to work every day and stick to it. Even if it's just standing in front of your easel and making random marks on the paper. Something will happen. If you think the thoughts of how hard the work is or if it wouldn't be nicer to go watch TV, or even worse you go watch TV, then you have robbed yourself of the chance for the universe to help with your work. Beware of distractions! TV, video games, drinking, the list goes on and it will divert you from the art path. So back to my class. The ones that are here today are working hard. The ones that are not here i'm sure are not working hard on their projects. Period. Amateur or professional?
Thoughts anyone?

I really like Ryuichi Sakamoto's music

Hey all, I really like Ryuichi Sakamoto's
music to paint to. check it out. Music that is designed.
L

Rebecca Bennett

Hi All,
Welcome the newest curious artist, Rebecca Bennett. Her work is wonderfully minimal. Love it!
check it out on the site, www.curiousroom.com

Vanishing Austin!

Hey All,
Check out work from Jann Alexander's Vanishing Austin series. It's VERY cool and it reminds me of the old Austin days. I moved to Austin in the 1980's and there are times that I don't recognize my city anymore. sigh.....

anyway, there is no crying in art! So go to www.curiousroom.com now damnnit!!! ha

My New Design site

Hey All,
check out my new site for my graphic design business.
Any feedback is welcome!
cheers
Larry

www.larrygoode.com

The Tower

This is one of my new steel sculptures that I photographed. The photograph has become the art and the sculpture just the prop. Fun for all....
cheers

Judy Paul Fab Work!

Hey All,
I've very happy to have some of Judy Paul's fabulous work on the the site!
check it out NOW!.

On another note you may (or may not) have noticed that the navigation on the left side of the home page isn't linking correctly. I'm working on it but may have to call in the big programmer guns to fix it. Never buy a computer, It will ruin your life. Trust me..... Hopefully all these bugs and problem will be fixed when the entire site is redesigned. Actually I have the design part done, it's just the development bit that needs to happen next.

Jann Alexander

Hello All,
I'm very happy to have Jann Alexander's work on the Curiousroom.com site. (they should be up soon that is). Cool photos of old Austin landmarks that are passing into history as we speak. You can check out her site at AustinDetails.com .

metal work

Hey All,
It's been a long while since posting.... oh well.
In the mean time I've been doing some metal sculpture... Here is a piece I call "Nest".

Larry