{"id":626,"date":"2020-01-03T10:05:53","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T10:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lauraboswell.co.uk\/studiodiary\/?p=626"},"modified":"2020-01-03T10:19:03","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T10:19:03","slug":"take-the-plunge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lauraboswell.co.uk\/studiodiary\/?p=626","title":{"rendered":"Take the Plunge"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week\u2019s blog will have to serve for two weeks of podcasts. I took Christmas week off writing to indulge in cooking. The cooking was huge fun, the post-visit laundry less so, but hey it was a good Christmas and I hope your Christmas was a good one too.<\/p>\n

We covered criticism on Ask an Artist<\/a> last week and I hope you listened. Dealing with critics is not just for art, but for Christmas too. A graceful fielding of family critics is always a good skill to possess. I used to get wildly angry with a Christmas relative who added \u2018little\u2019 when referring to anything I did. It was a clever ploy; even a NATO accord is belittled by \u2018little\u2019. I\u2019d love to tell you how I managed to defuse the situation with witty words, but in reality I learned the wise lesson to let go and that some little things can be dismissed with a little smile.<\/p>\n

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Come on in – the water’s lovely!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This week the podcast is about finding your own style. It\u2019s something we all need as artists, but I\u2019m beginning to believe that it\u2019s one of those elusive things that arrive the more you do and the less you think. Bit like my swimming lessons. Swimming I\u2019ve always found easy, thanks to my brother who, in the name of \u2018teach your small sister to swim\u2019, tipped me into the deep end of the swimming pool and saw to it that I didn\u2019t actually drown. The after-swim flake from the vending machine and the attention of a heroically older brother was more than enough reward for me to embrace the whole proceeding with gusto and to clamour for more.<\/p>\n

Artistic identity is a little the same I think. More about jumping into the deep end and paddling hard, less about thinking things through. Individuality will out and, as skills develop, will become more pronounced. A case of loving what you do and following where your interests lie. My initial interest in swimming lay in impressing my brother and eating chocolate, but ended up resulting in a strong and confident swimmer with what I would certainly describe as an \u2018individual\u2019 style.<\/p>\n

As mentioned, this week’s Ask An Artist<\/a> is all about individual artistic identity; how to develop your unique style, how to keep it fresh and how to avoid the pitfalls of becoming a one trick pony. Don’t forget to subscribe on your favourite podcast provider!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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