Write Away

Those lit professors sound like idiots.

There's that whole myth as well that starving misery = good art. It's more of a theory beloved by art teachers and students than actual professionals, an idea with similar appeal to the drink/alcohol thing.

I think the general public wants to believe that artists/writers are somehow different or special, that their creativeness comes from thin air. That's why these myths are appealing.

I had one friend who used to ask how I made my art when I was an art student, yet every time I explained the practical processes she said 'I like the art less now, why did I ask?'

There was another family member who wanted to believe I used 'special' pencils for my sketching. Like magic pencils or something, to explain the magic process of the portraits appearing from blank paper. She didn't want to know really how it worked - ie practice, application and perseverence. Special pencils would have been a much better answer.