tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420698270890575860.post7047866776308245532..comments2013-10-03T12:18:36.070-05:00Comments on Sarah Baranski: CommunitySarah Baranskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16972650704469827499noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420698270890575860.post-51862662855187894142009-11-05T13:12:15.359-06:002009-11-05T13:12:15.359-06:00Hi Sarah,
Came across these thoughts on community...Hi Sarah,<br /><br />Came across these thoughts on community. They are by an existential philosopher by the name of Jaspers:<br /><br />"The thesis of my philosophizing is: The individual cannot become human by himself. Self-being is only real in communication with another self-being. Alone, I sink into gloomy isolation--only in community with others can I be revealed in the act of mutual discovery. My own freedom can only exist if the other is also free. Isolated or self-isolating Being remains mere potentiality or disappears into nothingness."<br /><br />BGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420698270890575860.post-84571156422756866242009-10-23T12:06:16.984-05:002009-10-23T12:06:16.984-05:00Hey SB,
I've always thought that the thematic...Hey SB,<br /><br />I've always thought that the thematic "hook" for your work was community and human relationships. Both your relationship with the people in your photographs, and the relationships of the people in your photographs.<br /><br />Working a lot is tough. Especially when you work so much and still struggle to pay the bills. But were not alone in that. Almost everyone coming out of Art school goes through similar struggles. Many have it even harder than we do. So while I certainly understand where you are coming from (last night I was so tired that I fell asleep in my rocking chair), we have to keep plugging away. After all, Mrs. Huxtable says paying dues comes <i>after</i> you went to school. You work hard, pay dues, and <i>hope</i> that you get to do what you want to do.<br /><br />In the meantime, we have to be "creative about being creative." Graduate school was a privileged time where we had lots of time to do our work. Now, not so much. But you have to make it work somehow. How about self-portraits? Pictures of your students? It might not be exactly what you want to do, but you have to make it work. <br /><br />Believe me, I'd rather be walking around the Forest Preserves than downtown...<br /><br />BGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com