Friday, February 13, 2009

Letter To A Young Artist: Big Cities

I've always been fairly concerned with getting out into the big world. Sure, there are the connections and the constant involvement, but it's really big. A lot bigger than anything I've experienced here. There are thousands more people with even more diverse opinions and biases I could even imagine. Thus, it was pretty interesting to see what the letters had to say about the biggest city, or the Big Apple. While their words were still a little discouraging, it did bring some new hope. It also pushed that ever-constant theme that success in art involves a lot luck, (something I don't have much of). Still, the letters confirmed some fears I had, thus making them more like obstacles instead of scary monsters. I guess the next step is just to win the lottery and go live as some revered recluse in the Andes. It'll be great.

-Aerica Van Dorn

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