I have been assigned writing an artists statement of myself for the purpose of including it with resumes and such.
So I researched how to write one of these things-it challenging, you see.
The process involves getting really introspective and evaluating how I produce art, what excites me about it, what I want to do with it. There is so much thought that goes into answering these questions.
My problem now, however, is this.
I’m a photographer, but I’m getting a degree as a graphic designer. I choose to do this mostly for job security, but fine art is much more my passion than graphic design. So how do I write an artist statement when I’m preparing myself to be a designer and that’s not ultimately what I want to do. And ministry is so much a part of what I want to do…but in the world of writing an artist statement, it’s not really a good idea to make it spiritual because it wont be taken seriously in our world. (and I’d much rather show my desire for the ministry side of my work in just doing it, and not talking about it-lead by example type philosophy). And I know that in the next year with participating in the world race, God’s is going to change the way I view ministry and how that relates to what I do.
When I’m still developing what I think about art, how school transcends into work, how God is going to challenge my view of ministering to His people-it’s frustrating to write this.
It will evolve so vastly in a relatively short time.
but the simple thought of this excites me more than I can express.
