My thoughts on a letter to a young artist...

One of the letters written to "a young artist" that I responded the most to was John Baldessari's. I appreciated the fact that the letter was direct and made an excellent point. Mr. Baldessari didn't feel the need to flower his writing with pretensions and he conveys a lot of wisdom with his words. I agree with him on the purpose of becoming an artist and I can relate to the idea of having to work a job or jobs to pay your bills, yet still pursuing the things that you like and achieving success artistically.

 Jordon May