Blog Post #1

  1. The articles both talk about how artists have many characteristics and traits that are important for being an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs and artists have similar early stages of development in their careers and face similar challenges.
  2. Artists should “follow the lead of their entrepreneurial cousins and leverage the many resources available to remove the burdens of doing business as an independent artist.”
  3. I agree that artists are entrepreneurs because they both are very passionate about creating and sharing a piece of work or product. I think that any artist that makes a business out of their work is an entrepreneur because they can develop a style or technique that’s innovative and desirable. I would consider myself an artist and an entrepreneur because of the ways that I’ve applied by artistic ability and mindset in a way that can earn money or prestige in some way.
  4. I agree with all the 12 points in the article except for 4 and 8. I wouldn’t say that artists are children because I think that having the wonder and curiosity is a person to person thing even as a child. I don’t think that all kids are born having a certain mystical and artistic perspective. I would also say that as people grow up we can see the world in more interesting and feel things in more complicated ways. I don’t think it’s the same sense of curiosity that children have. I understand what point 4 is saying, I just personally can’t resonate with that. I also feel like 8 is a case to case basis because I know many artists who crumble under pressure. I on the other hand need a bit of pressure to keep creating things in a timely manner so I can personally say that number 8 applies to me.

 

  1. I would add that artists can sometimes be the brooding existentialist since they’re so in touch with themselves and their sense of space and reality. It’s funny how artists can become enamored with thoughts about very dark and real things and it’s considered dramatic. Many things in society can seem artificial to an artist as well.

 

  1. I loved reading the 12 points because a lot of those very well describe an enneagram 4. Over the summer I had to do RA training and we had to take the enneagram personality test to learn more about ourselves and how we interact with others. 4’s love to be different, and are seen as dramatic artists. Other enneagram 4s are Edgar Allen Poe, Van Gogh, and Kurt Cobain. There are only 2 people in all of the Residence Life staff that’s an enneagram 4, so I’d be curious to see the concentration of 4s in the visual studies program.

 

 

  1. My grit is 3.88 which is grittier than 70% of the US population. I don’t know accurate that result really is because I feel I may have answered more idealistically than realistically. I feel like I definitely do a lot more and accomplish a lot more than others, but I also feel like I’m a lazy person. During the Ted talks video, the presenter mentioned that talented kids tend to be lazier and apathetic, and I feel like that applies a lot to me.

 

  1. To increase my level of grit, I think the first thing I’d need to do is get my time management together. I feel like I spend time either doing nothing or frantically trying to do everything. I’d need to be more composed and calculated with how I spend my time in order to be grittier. Short term goal setting would also probably be a good idea for me because I spend a lot of time planning years and years out in my life and setting all the stuff that I’ll do in the future that I lose a bit of grip on the present.