As a visual artist (who sings as my "secondary" practice), I found this good to think about. I'm never sure for whom I'm creating, but it gives me such a spark when someone connects with my work. I've also never found a way to connect my music with my sculpture, but perhaps I don't need to and they are connected at some creative level anyway.
So interesting. When I create - in writing and singing - I often feel like I'm confiding in someone, though maybe that comes along with the use of words as a medium.
I suppose our gut decides what we need to do for our work, what forms we're drawn to. I always want to understand it, but it works in mysterious ways. I do believe all creative practices are somehow linked.
Thanks for sharing this with us (especially Duparc's quote)! For me it's the other way around: I write "on the side", but struggle to find the time for it very often. But I feel like the fact that I write/have written nourishes me as a performing artist, especially when it comes to acting on stage and preparing a role.
Thanks, Christian! There must be something to writing and singing: both are practices of voice, both use language. Then again, Duparc painted and drew, so maybe the artistic impulse just tends to expand across different domains for some of us.
And maybe I'm wrong to think of them as "primary" and "secondary" practices. These limits may simply be determined by the struggle for time as you mentioned. If I had more time, I'd do a lot more of writing and singing!
I think you're onto something by comparing singing and writing in particular. Yet in a broader sense, I think the artist needs to play with their creativity by exploring different ways.
It's not completely on topic, but I really like the advice John Lithgow once gave to aspiring actors when it comes to creativity vs. the "business" of working as an artist:
As a visual artist (who sings as my "secondary" practice), I found this good to think about. I'm never sure for whom I'm creating, but it gives me such a spark when someone connects with my work. I've also never found a way to connect my music with my sculpture, but perhaps I don't need to and they are connected at some creative level anyway.
So interesting. When I create - in writing and singing - I often feel like I'm confiding in someone, though maybe that comes along with the use of words as a medium.
I suppose our gut decides what we need to do for our work, what forms we're drawn to. I always want to understand it, but it works in mysterious ways. I do believe all creative practices are somehow linked.
Thanks for sharing this with us (especially Duparc's quote)! For me it's the other way around: I write "on the side", but struggle to find the time for it very often. But I feel like the fact that I write/have written nourishes me as a performing artist, especially when it comes to acting on stage and preparing a role.
Thanks, Christian! There must be something to writing and singing: both are practices of voice, both use language. Then again, Duparc painted and drew, so maybe the artistic impulse just tends to expand across different domains for some of us.
And maybe I'm wrong to think of them as "primary" and "secondary" practices. These limits may simply be determined by the struggle for time as you mentioned. If I had more time, I'd do a lot more of writing and singing!
I think you're onto something by comparing singing and writing in particular. Yet in a broader sense, I think the artist needs to play with their creativity by exploring different ways.
It's not completely on topic, but I really like the advice John Lithgow once gave to aspiring actors when it comes to creativity vs. the "business" of working as an artist:
https://youtu.be/REfyEYZhE04?feature=shared