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It’s weird to post/ share this here, but I felt people here can provide insight.
I’m an artist and at a point in my life where I want to switch my art style to more abstract. I’ve been painting more realistic/ representational styles and have been selling them well in galleries. It is my greatest skill and have been drawing since I was 4 years old.
Striving for realism in paintings is extremely time-consuming. The process is grueling and boring; I hate every moment of it. One painting usually takes me 15-20hours to complete. It doesn’t purely meet MJ’s commandment of Time, but I think if I continue in 3-5 years and have more status, I could just put out a few paintings a year and still earn enough to focus on my lifestyle.
I have recently realized that my greatest virtue is Efficiency (based on Jordan Peterson’s Present Authoring Program), and I think that I can be more efficient by adopting a more abstract style. I feel that I can still succeed with a more abstract style (thinking of abstracted portraits), but I am fearful that if I don’t use my strength, I’ll fail (especially in the arts, where only the best of the best win).
Any insight is appreciated! Thank you for your time.
Currently reading Managing Oneself by Drucker, and this is what he has to say:
* “What one does well-even very well and successfully - may not fit with one's value system. In that case, the work may not appear to be worth devoting one's life to (or even a substantial portion thereof).”
* “If I may, allow me to interject a personal note. Many years ago, I too had to decide between my values and what I was doing successfully. I was doing very well as a young investment banker in London in the mid-1930 ́s, and the work clearly fit my strengths. Yet I did not see myself making a contribution as an asset manager. People, I realized, were what I valued, and I saw no point in being the richest man in the cemetery.”
I’m an artist and at a point in my life where I want to switch my art style to more abstract. I’ve been painting more realistic/ representational styles and have been selling them well in galleries. It is my greatest skill and have been drawing since I was 4 years old.
Striving for realism in paintings is extremely time-consuming. The process is grueling and boring; I hate every moment of it. One painting usually takes me 15-20hours to complete. It doesn’t purely meet MJ’s commandment of Time, but I think if I continue in 3-5 years and have more status, I could just put out a few paintings a year and still earn enough to focus on my lifestyle.
I have recently realized that my greatest virtue is Efficiency (based on Jordan Peterson’s Present Authoring Program), and I think that I can be more efficient by adopting a more abstract style. I feel that I can still succeed with a more abstract style (thinking of abstracted portraits), but I am fearful that if I don’t use my strength, I’ll fail (especially in the arts, where only the best of the best win).
Any insight is appreciated! Thank you for your time.
Currently reading Managing Oneself by Drucker, and this is what he has to say:
* “What one does well-even very well and successfully - may not fit with one's value system. In that case, the work may not appear to be worth devoting one's life to (or even a substantial portion thereof).”
* “If I may, allow me to interject a personal note. Many years ago, I too had to decide between my values and what I was doing successfully. I was doing very well as a young investment banker in London in the mid-1930 ́s, and the work clearly fit my strengths. Yet I did not see myself making a contribution as an asset manager. People, I realized, were what I valued, and I saw no point in being the richest man in the cemetery.”
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