tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5823542700069005194.post1345246273570590036..comments2024-03-26T14:02:29.331+01:00Comments on PETAR MESELDŽIJA ART: NewsPetar Meseldžijahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07458069410674859739noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5823542700069005194.post-19000009733963321992011-05-06T00:29:00.831+02:002011-05-06T00:29:00.831+02:00Hi Nate – Yes, I like creating very much. As I sai...Hi Nate – Yes, I like creating very much. As I said, it is my life. I have a wife (my best friend), no children, and my family is in Serbia, 2000 kilometers from where I live now – I see them only once or twice a year. So, I spend my days creating pictures, beside a few other things like reading and writing…Petar Meseldžijahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07458069410674859739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5823542700069005194.post-11137125469651951062011-05-02T01:42:11.983+02:002011-05-02T01:42:11.983+02:00Love the emotional clarity you have when it comes ...Love the emotional clarity you have when it comes to your work. Only the people who truly love creating can put enough of themselves into the process to succeed time and time again for decades at a time :)Furmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08238759078079445102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5823542700069005194.post-81964555410014768932011-05-01T20:40:18.309+02:002011-05-01T20:40:18.309+02:00Hi Dragan, nice to hear from you again!
How to p...Hi Dragan, nice to hear from you again! <br /><br />How to preserve joy and playfulness during the process of creation – this is a very interesting, complex and tricky question! I am afraid I am not competent enough to talk about it, because I am still wrestling with that issue, and therefore, in a certain sense, I have not become a master when it comes to this. The only thing I can share is my own experience with this problem.<br /><br />As I already mentioned in the podcast interview, the technical side of painting is not a problem for me anymore, but my high expectations, or high standards, as you would say, and my perfectionism. These things are causing me troubles. And, YES, I did experience many times that feeling of not having joy anymore while painting. But somehow, that unpleasant feeling did not stay within me for a long time. Most of the time, after a few days of rest, I was fit enough again and eager to go on wrestling with my painting’s demons . These days, after having been working very hard on a painting for a whole week, I get tired, sometimes even exhausted, but generally speaking, I do not lose the joy of painting or the enthusiasm. I have come to realize that painting has become my second nature, and creating art my life. To reject painting, or the joy of it, would be the same as rejecting myself. It makes no sense. Secondly, as I grow older, it becomes more clear to me that finding yourself and genuinely and profoundly living yourself (also through art), is the safest and swiftest way to happiness. Striving to become the best painter or illustrator of the world, is not something I am spending my energy on any more ( Although I must admit that there was a time when this was an issue and it almost killed me). This notion is a privilege of youth, and I am not young any more…fortunately, in a certain sense…<br /><br />But, there is one thing I am quite convinced about when it comes to losing joy of painting or creating – a true MASTER never creates without joy, elation or playfulness. Creation and joy are the synonyms on that level. I only can hope that I will one day be able to climb to that level and enter that realm.Petar Meseldžijahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07458069410674859739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5823542700069005194.post-8812800997869180942011-05-01T17:16:41.497+02:002011-05-01T17:16:41.497+02:00Hi Petar, I really enjoyed your interview. It remi...Hi Petar, I really enjoyed your interview. It reminded me of our conversations we had about similar subjects over the last few years. <br />I am looking forward to the next podcast Interview. I would really appreciate your thoughts on a subject of preserving joy and playfulness in art making process. Have you ever lost the joy of painting because of impossibly high standards you have set for yourself, or any other reason?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12558351191888421816noreply@blogger.com