I stumbled upon this really great video by Shane Pearlman creator of Modern Tribe , the other day and thought that this would be the perfe...| theartabyss.blogspot.com
I've been wanting to do an action post on the vlog for a few weeks now. I hadn't realize that it would end up featuring extended footage of me shoving paper into my facehole.| The Art Abyss: Art School Never Prepared You For This
Happy 100th post, everybody!!| The Art Abyss: Art School Never Prepared You For This
Image from awesome talk on Talent + Passion here.| The Art Abyss: Art School Never Prepared You For This
Here's the thing. Passion is a lot like love. At first you fall in, head over heels, you can't help but be consumed with it. Then slowly, over time, and with every obstacle you are forced to cross during your career, the feelings that were once so strong start to diminish and fade. Then one day you wake up and have zero desire to have anything to do with what you were once so passionate about.| The Art Abyss: Art School Never Prepared You For This
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Humble Brag Challenge Badge.| The Art Abyss: Art School Never Prepared You For This
Being sick sucks. Trying to make a vlog while being sick . . . well, let's just say it leads to some interesting results.| The Art Abyss: Art School Never Prepared You For This
Since Monday was a| The Art Abyss: Art School Never Prepared You For This
The Face of Temptation.| The Art Abyss: Art School Never Prepared You For This
Christo + Jeanne Claude| The Art Abyss: Art School Never Prepared You For This
First, a little fictitious artistic difference, to set the tone.| The Art Abyss: Art School Never Prepared You For This
One night a week, I bartend. While I can't do any fancy bottle twirls (yet!), I have had the chance to hear my fair share of funny bartending, bar attending, or needing-attending-to-while-in-a-bar stories. Last night, I heard a pretty funny one: a new girl was working behind the counter a few years back, and one of the more experienced bartenders was hanging out and enjoying his employee discount. When a customer ordered a shot of sloe gin, the new girl grabbed the bottle of regular gin and p...| The Art Abyss: Art School Never Prepared You For This
Put on your PJs, lose the make up and grab the Ben & Jerry's people, things are about to get real.| The Art Abyss: Art School Never Prepared You For This
Brothers Matt and Jesse Brass are working on an amazing series of films right now entitled "Making Art". I just had to share part three of their series entitled "Pressure" where they interview artist Preston Farabow about the pressure of making art for a living. If you like this one, make sure to check out the other videos in their series!| The Art Abyss: Art School Never Prepared You For This
Shut up, chalkboard.| The Art Abyss: Art School Never Prepared You For This
Whenever somebody asks me "Hey! How's life going!?" I almost always without fail reply. "Super busy, but great!"| The Art Abyss: Art School Never Prepared You For This
Last week, we pondered the question, "Is an artist still an artist if they're not creating?" While I don't pretend to have the answer to that, I do have an answer to the general feeling of malaise and confusion about life that may result from a failure to make art -- and it's GENIUS! Are you ready??| The Art Abyss: Art School Never Prepared You For This
The lights have been out at the Abyss since last Monday, in the name of detoxing from our constantly-connected world. I'll be honest -- I haven't been the best patient. In my defense, our detox week coincided with my attempt to buy a house (to all you homeowners out there, I don't know how you did it without going insane, but hot dang I applaud you for it), so the interwebbies became even more present then usual in my life.| The Art Abyss: Art School Never Prepared You For This
Can I just exchange lives with this person please?| The Art Abyss: Art School Never Prepared You For This
Guest Post Time!| The Art Abyss: Art School Never Prepared You For This
What do impressionist paintings and a successful life have in common? They both become much clearer when viewed from far away.| The Art Abyss: Art School Never Prepared You For This
"What I want to argue for is not that we should give up on our ideas of success, but we should make sure that they are our own. We should focus in on our ideas, and make sure that we own them, that we are truly the authors of our own ambitions. Because it's bad enough, not getting what you want, but it's even worse to have an idea of what it is you want and find out at the end of a journey, that it isn't, in fact, what you wanted all along."| The Art Abyss: Art School Never Prepared You For This
Dear peoples of the interwebs, let's get real with one another for a moment.| The Art Abyss: Art School Never Prepared You For This
That's right, the vlog is back -- and this time, I'm actually starting to understand editing!| The Art Abyss: Art School Never Prepared You For This
Epic Leap of Faith Is Epic| The Art Abyss: Art School Never Prepared You For This
