Chapter 7: The Art of Finding Yourself When You’re Lost

In this chapter Michael Kimmelman develops an idea that says as an artist, you should focus all your energy on your work and get rid of the distractions. While as an artist this idea can be helpful, I do not believe it should be taken literally. Many artists, especially these days, are diverse not only in the art they create, but also in the other aspects of art, the gallery and the curator. An artist could be a fine art creator as well curator of other artists. An artist can have a family, a second job, and still be a quality artist. He featured a photographer and their story in order to convey his point. I felt like the point was a little lost within the information. In comparison to the other reading, An Artist Guide, this reading had to be deciphered in order to completely(in which case I must not have understood it because I did not completely understand it) grasp the ideas behind the actual reading. In the other book was very up front and forward with her advice and information; in other words it was more practical.