Making Work Visible

Making art requires intense mental, emotional, and physical labor. An artist often feels like her work is never complete because many of us are perfectionists and as the cliché goes, we are our own worst critics. While we do need to develop this inner critic to improve our work and grow, sometimes the criticism can be excessive and counterproductive. Although tongue-in-cheek, this piece gives a glimpse of art criticism either from a teacher to a student, or from within an artist’s own mind.