From the Inspirational Thought Unit
From that article on Bontecou in the NY times I learned that at the height of her fame she left the New York art scene, disappeared from the art world, and moved to Pennsylvania to raise her daughter while making art in private.
I loved this bit towards the end of the piece:
She also objected to the notion that her retreat from the New York art scene constituted a disappearance from the art world — as if the art scene and the art world were one and the same. “I’ve never left the art world,” she told Ann Philbin, the director of the Hammer Museum. “I’m in the real art world.”
It is a reminder to me to check myself and see which art world I inhabit. Is the real art world I'm in the one of social media, portfolio sites, and online shops? Or is it the one at home and in the studio where life and creation are in harmony with each other?
Because the art you make is a product of the world you inhabit.
-Jake