I don't believe he's talking about enjoyment at all
yet rather talking chicken or the egg
You cannot have the chicken before you have the egg
Therefore
Egg is vital. Chicken is not vital. Chicken is just chicken. Chicken is because chicken has matured
Final print is matured skill
You cannot have chicken if you try to skip steps along the way
You cannot have final print before knowing how to print in the first place
Process leads to product
Practice makes perfect
Perfect does not make itself in photography
You must create it. In creating it you draw on your experience with every move you make
I would say it is the process that Got you to where you are at that is the most beautiful aspect of the art
Not the print
Do we love paper with nice-looking image on it
or do we appreciate the skill, intelligence and perserverance it shows of the artist?
You could go on and on and on
Do we love our children because we made them and think we have done a great job in raising them (print)
Or do we
-No- Not do we just love the process of makin' babies
Do we create life because life is beautiful ..and must love that of which is living (process)
Several others have said the same thing in different ways
I just wanted to add my way
You can be an artist without ever producing a single product
Cant you?
I imagine plenty would say no, you cannot be.
What about the whole pre-visualization thing then?
If you cannot be an artist without producing something
How would an artist create?
If pre-visualization is real
If you can pre-visualize the way you want your print to appear
You have already created it
But have you?
Sure you have. All that is "missing" is the stuff you hold in your hand -and the necessary experience to produce what you need on paper to reach your goal
The rest of that stuff is just ..Evidence. |