An Artist Admission: Essay

An Artist Admission: Essay

Why does an artist want to present his work to the world? I sometimes think about this question. Do I want to know? Do you want to be applauded? Tell me how talented I am. I sure do. But is that the whole story? Or maybe trying to present my work in the world is the desire to feel that I have a place in it?

In some way majority artist is a lonely person, the creation process is personal and there is a lot of loneliness. Perhaps an artist's desire to share his work with the world is out of a desire to feel understood, to feel smooth. To feel that he is seen. When the audience out there appreciates the artist's work it's like saying, "You have a place here, you are important." Creating without presenting is a bit like living in a cage. Like writing poems for a drawer. When the world meets my creation, it gives it some meaning. On the other hand, this is tricky. Because the crowd out there too, it does not have any real essence, it transitions and changes and it is even fictitious. And the fact that some people looked at my work is not a measure of its value or quality. Really, creation has its own existence. Even if it is a poem that stayed in the drawer and no one ever reads it. The inner creative processes that take place in the artist's mind have value, existence, and fulfillment even if no one outside will ever know about them. And deep down the artist does not need external approval, or recognition. The creation itself has truths even without the applause of the audience.

So, this is the kind of dance that the artist dances, between the desire to feel like he belongs to the world, the desire to be seen, and to remember that deep down he does not depend on it, and there is always value for his existence.

I love being an artist. I put things in the local gadget on a regular basis. Art is an expression of self. I am so grateful to live, and work, surrounded in such a great artistic community!

Tomshinsky@2026