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When is the Work Complete? Setting, Creative Process, and Freedom in Art and Writing
Adam Wolpert is a painter who blogs beautifully about the creative process, and our conversation began by looking at the moment when you’re shifting out of a big a long extended project and finding the next one–something writers certainly face as well. This led into an exploration of the powers of creative constraints, of setting limits on your projects–and the unexpected and deep freedom that produces. Come Out of Your Artist’s Closet! We talked about the kind of breakout work you might hold yourself back from doing because it doesn’t fit your “brand” or the vision the world has of the work you do. We talked about nature and culture, self and connection, and fame: desire for immortality or a backstage pass? We dug into setting–the use of landscape in painting and in storytelling and the ways that what settings gives us is the observer rather than or as much as the observed. We talked about the art world, diversity and intimidation, and the dangers of comparing yourself to “the masters.” We discussed metrics for judging when the work is done, and ways to look at the work that give you distance and perspective on it. And we talked about the process of writing a blog that captures the authentic process of creativity.
Links Discussed:
India, by Stanley Wolpert: http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520260320
A New History of India, by Stanley Wolpert: http://www.amazon.com/New-History-India-Stanley-Wolpert/dp/0195337565/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1464908114&sr=1-3&keywords=stanley+wolpert
All Stanley Wolpert books in print:
Jeff Koons Michael Jackson balloon art:
The Bonnard show at the Legion of Honor:
Adam Wolpert
Employing a range of techniques and motifs, the work of painter Adam Wolpert reflects a lifelong engagement with Nature.
His varied imagery explores the themes of cycles, relationships and balance, and investigates the subtle distinction between the representational and the abstract. His earlier naturalistic outdoor work speaks of his relationship with the land, in particular his home in West Sonoma County at the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center (OAEC).
A passionate artist from an early age, Wolpert explored the media of performance, ceramics, sculpture, and collage before turning seriously to painting while earning his BFA from the University of California Santa Barbara. After a rigorous 2-year training in classical realism at Studio Cecil-Graves in Florence, Italy, where he immersed himself in the work of the great European masters, Wolpert completed an MFA at UC San Diego. He has had major gallery representation since 1988, including many solo exhibitions and group shows and 18 years with the Jan Baum Gallery in Los Angeles. Wolpert co-founded the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center in 1994 and has taught and lectured extensively throughout California.
Story Makers is a podcast that features in-depth conversations with accomplished writers, filmmakers and industry experts about story craft, technique, habit and survival–everything you need to know to stay inspired, connect to your creativity, find others’ wonderful stories and your own success.
The hosts:
Elizabeth Stark is a published, agented novelist and distributed filmmaker who teaches and mentors writers at BookWritingWorld.com.
Angie Powers is a distributed filmmaker and published short story writer with an MFA in creative writing and a certificate in screenwriting from UCLA who teaches story structure at BookWritingWorld.com.
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