Old Rules

I have a thing about old rules.  Too often, we keep them around out of convenience more than anything else.

Old rules let us move through our day without questioning the status quo.  And heaven knows we're busy enough with all the demands on our time.  Who really wants to question whether an old rule still applies in the new economy when it's hard enough dealing with the stock market these days?  Let alone the art market.

And, most of the time, old rules allow us to be lazy where our art is concerned.

lazy without really noticing because, after all, the old rule wouldn't be a rule if it wasn't true.  Except that circumstances change, buying habits change, even the motives people have for buying art change over time while the rule, well, it's pretty well stuck in concrete.  That's why they call it old. 

So what old rules are you allowing into your creative space without challenging their validity first? 

 

 

Comments

[sue smith]

you're so right, Tracy! It's funny how we aren't even aware that we're following some rule like that because it slipped our notice. There are times I run in to the studio for five minutes while I'm cooking dinner just to fix some brush stroke that I had been thinking about. It's far more productive this way.

[Tracy Wall]

Isn't that true (staying firmly entrenched in previous beliefs)!

I used to think I needed a full block of over an hour to really paint. I had limited time I painted. Now I tell myself I can use even 20 mins chunks of time. And I'm so much more productive!