Having something note worthy to post in a blog today was on my mind this afternoon. I finished no projects, although I did start a few and had brief thoughts about finishing others. I worked at the shop, got a haircut, and watched a movie that I did not expect to like. The name of the flick was "Art School", I believe, and there were the most amazing actors popping up all over the screen. John Malkovich, for one. And a plethera of others that I will let you uncover when and if you choose to watch it. One character is an aging, alcoholic who attended art school, but ended up with none of the fortune and fame that he had hoped for. In the film, he is always shown looking horrid, wearing stained clothes and drinking straight alcohol from a paper cup. One young art student comes to him for advice (I know, it sounds odd, but you just have to see it) and one tidbit the old man gives him is, "The only time you will be able to create something great is when you don't care if you live or die."
He further points out that a real artist doesn't do it for the parties or the people or the wine, but for those "narcotic moments" when you know you are creating something good....those moments might happen every week or just once in a lifetime.
As silly as the movie is, it is a diamond bag full of quotes. And there is nothing I appreciate more than a movie full of quotes worth repeating and in this case, worth living by.
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