because it is not easy
it is a nice fantasy to indulge in other people's success or masterpiece with "oh, he is so lucky," or "what a talent!" That other people's success and masterpieces are due to factors that are out of our reach. And that utterly justifies why they have success and, well, why we do not.
if anything, one of the things i came back with from THAT MANY museum visits in NYC and DC is this: there are no one great masterpiece done at one sitting.
period.
behind every piece branded "masterpiece" or "great" by the masters of art, be it painting or sculptures, there are many many many trial pieces behind them. they can be sketches, practice pieces, trial pieces. whatever names you called them by, and the truth is, for every art piece the artists took on, there are many working proofs behind them, before the art is finalised and presented. on such proofs, different materials, placements or concepts are experimented. from one perception, these can be viewed as "trying through as many approaches as possible".
does oil on canvas works better, or does pencil sketches show the story i want to tell more? should i add wood dust to the oil, use canvas or paper? copper or stone?
many many trials and errors before 1 masterpiece is done. much much time and effort spent before it is done.
and yet, we still like to attach luck and talent to their masterpiece, not knowing the effort and time spent hidden behind the shadows.
because we attributed their success to the wrong elements.
blocking us from the masterpiece that could have been of our lives.
if anything, one of the things i came back with from THAT MANY museum visits in NYC and DC is this: there are no one great masterpiece done at one sitting.
period.
behind every piece branded "masterpiece" or "great" by the masters of art, be it painting or sculptures, there are many many many trial pieces behind them. they can be sketches, practice pieces, trial pieces. whatever names you called them by, and the truth is, for every art piece the artists took on, there are many working proofs behind them, before the art is finalised and presented. on such proofs, different materials, placements or concepts are experimented. from one perception, these can be viewed as "trying through as many approaches as possible".
does oil on canvas works better, or does pencil sketches show the story i want to tell more? should i add wood dust to the oil, use canvas or paper? copper or stone?
many many trials and errors before 1 masterpiece is done. much much time and effort spent before it is done.
and yet, we still like to attach luck and talent to their masterpiece, not knowing the effort and time spent hidden behind the shadows.
because we attributed their success to the wrong elements.
blocking us from the masterpiece that could have been of our lives.
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