From the Inspirational Thought Unit
A little more on what I opened the newsletter with about what your art is supposed to be.
Your art is to be the praise of something that you love. It may only be the praise of a shell or a stone.
- John Ruskin
I like that. Your art is praise. Your job is to show someone why something should be praised. The act of praising it teaches people to appreciate that thing. I can tell you I didn't appreciate rocks that much until I read Calvin and Hobbes. The way Watterson drew canyons and landscapes in the Spaceman Spiff strips made me realize how fun and beautiful the shapes were in the deserts I grew up in.
As you can tell from my own art and the landscapes I post about here that my appreciation for rocks has continued to grow.
Think about that the next time you're stumped about what to create.
-Jake