Debunking the Crazy, Lazy, Hazy Artist Myth

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A friend made a comment to me, though somewhat in jest, that she thought I was too “organized” and “level-headed” to be an artist. I brushed off the remark; she has seen some of my paintings – and likes them – so I know it wasn’t a statement about the quality of my work. I also admit freely that my training, education, and focus on a professional career gives me a different skill set than some of my pure artist colleagues. But that doesn’t mean that full-time artists aren’t organized, capable, and productive human beings.

Why is it that people think that in order to be an artist, you have to be this crazy, lazy, ungrounded person that lives in a hazy do-what-you-will, when-you-want state?…