[Jewelry making - Article 01057] - Re: [Orchid] Why is it so hard?

[Trevor F]

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>     Furthermore, how does a young person go about finding their
>     artistic voice? Or does one simply have it or not? 

Hello Elaine,

    I'm certainly no expert and offer these words only as the opinions of
    an enthusiastic amateur. 

    Having failed in a number of other artistic fields before I came to
    jewellery making and metalwork I'd say the finding one's voice
    applies to everyone, young and not-so-young alike. And the other arts
    are "so hard" too. For every successful --as in making a living at
    it-- artist I know, in whatever field, I've met hundreds who are not. 

    As to how to find that voice I think it only comes through great
    effort, it emerges from that effort. Let me offer a few examples. 

    A friend of mine is in the movie biz, as a writer/producer, in both
    TV and film.  He's probably written 20 or more feature length scripts,
    dozens of TV episodes, and probably assisted on hundreds of others. 
    He's just getting there now. 

    Another friend is a reasonably successful novelist. Basically the
    same story. 5 published books now reprinted in several languages,
    several others unpublished, dozens and dozens of shorter works stuffed
    in drawers, etc etc. Just getting there now. 

    From what I've seen no matter how much natural talent one has it
    doesn't become a "voice" until it's been used a lot. Work, work,
    work. Produce a dozen things and you're a dabbler. Produce a hundred
    and you're an experienced amateur. Produce a thousand and you're
    getting there, if you've got a "voice" in your art it'll probably be
    showing up at this point. Produce ten thousand and you've arrived,
    whether you like the results or not. 

Cheers,
Trevor F.

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