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Art class killed my creativity!

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Dr.Tongue

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Ok I feel i need to tell someone this because it's really getting to me. tell me if you think i'm crazy. I used to love art class, drawing and painting...all the cool stuff. People said i was a fucking awsome artist and shit. I wanted to go into a University class that required a portfolio of all the art i have done in the past so they could see how good I am. The problem was that i haven't been in a single art class for like five years so i was kindda behind with the art stuff. I took art this semester for the first time hoping that i could crank out some great stuff in a couple of weeks, unfortunatly the opposite happened. Being forced to work for marks and having a due date for everything is just added pressure, my teach wants me to paint....i want to draw.
i can't think of anything now, i just sit in class E-tarded, staring at the paper. i'm not getting any work done, and i'm going to fail, funny thing is i don't really care anymore. I think art class killed my creativity for good. i wish i could like finger paint or something. Now i know your probably reading this and going "what a Putz" because i know that there are people out there with way worse problems than a loss creativity, and i'm not saying i want you to feel bad for me or anything, in fact go help someone with a love or drug problem right now because they need it more than me. I just want to say that i'm feeling stupid, and my sketch book is empty,thats all.
thanks for stopping by,
peace,
 
I know what you mean doing art for grades is a completely retarded system on rating someones creativity. Im sorry that you feel that youve *lost* your creativity, I dont think that you have
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I think that art class has discouraged you and that you need to do it on your own time. Forget the due dates, what the teacher wants you to do and focus on you and what you want! PEAS <3333
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The same thing happened with myself and soccer. At one point in time I may have been good enough to get a scholarship but a bad 2 month experience with a coach left me without the passion I once had. But this year I am getting that passion back. I once again love going to the park to kick the ball around just for the sake of kicking the ball around.
Taking something from my own experiences, I don't think you have lost your creativity. I think that what this art class has done is impede your love for art.
Something that you love to do, requires passion.
Once you are forced to do draw, paint, write,ect., it can sometimes lose it's fun, and what it means to you.
My advice, forget about forcing something out of you. One day it will return. And you'll once again get to do something that you love to do.
Peace
Joe
 
Ohhhh man. I feel ya.
I have seldom taken art classes in or outside of school. The last time I took it was in grade 10, and it wasn't too bad then because the teacher was really cool about things. He didn't give us due dates, he let us start and finish things at our own pace. I dropped out eventually, because I hated school. All the years before that, though... I got bored, and discouraged because the teachers were paying much more attention to those who were 'acting up' rather than those who were trying to produce something meaningful.
I've never taken another art course after that, and I'm afraid to... especially after what you've said. I want to one day get into computer generated art and possibly web design, which I'm already learning on my own right now. But I'm afraid that actually going to school for something I enjoy will ruin it. I won't enjoy it anymore. I love learning, but I love learning on my own accord. I've delayed college because of this, arghh...
I also was propositioned by a friend of mine who runs tons of porn sites to start drawing hentai pics for his sites for some nice ass cash. I was excited at the opportunity, but once I started drawing the pics... I felt as if they were being forced and I wasn't enjoying it at all. I got discouraged because since there was money riding on them, they might not be good enough... my friends thought they were great, but I just couldn't follow through and never did send even one pic to him. I got way too overcritical of my work since it was for someone else, and not just something I'm doing for myself... for fun.
I don't feel that I've lost my creativity, though... I'm afraid I'm losing my drive. Once it becomes professional, I won't wanna do it anymore. I dunno if it's a risk I wanna take.
Well, just wanted to say I feel ya, in a sense. That's all. I'm taking a break from drawing and I just hope I feel it in me once again. Writing this helped a little, I've never really said anything about it before...
I also very much hope you find your creativity once again, as I'm sure you will. I don't think you've lost it... I think it's just hiding, waiting for a spark of something to bring it back out.
 
Don't worry about creativity. With the state of art today you can sculpt a monkey out of potato salad, call it a work, and it'll pass as one. Or just take pornographic pictures in black and white. Anything goes.
Long live Duchamp.
 
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