Comments on: youth and talent

By: The Master Smiled

The Master Smiled — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 09:28:12 +0000

Burning Both Ends

This pic was inspired by the post Youth and Talent at Gapingvoid.com.
I admire and respect Hugh MacLeod, yet I don’t share all his views. He strongly suggests that an artist should always have a daytime-job which he can fall back upon when ar…

By: Eugen Erhan

Eugen Erhan — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 16:40:50 +0000

well this one made my day.
I’ve been around my share of ‘un-understood artists’ and aside from their personal failure, i think the contents of their mind is highly over-rated. And their life philosophies (usually plain pessimism) — seems to be based on Heineken rather than Heidegger.
(blink-blink )

By: Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 15:11:21 +0000

RE: Chris/Hugh Comments
And a bloody shame about the nine pretenders for the one living their dream?

By: Beck

Beck — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 10:51:44 +0000

The face really is freakishly perfect on this one.

By: hugh macleod

hugh macleod — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 09:38:43 +0000

I certainly can see your point, Chris. And a very appealing point it is.
Which is exactly what makes it so bloody lethal, nine times out of ten.

By: Nia

Nia — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 07:32:36 +0000

Can we have the “loser toiling away in obscurity” some time soon? I think I need some of your best bitter humour to help me out of a very dark mood. Thanks.

By: Chris Ibsen

Chris Ibsen — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 07:04:49 +0000

I like your blog Hugh but I have to disagree with you on this. If you are a true artist and not someone just adopting aesthetics of one, you should not be concerned whether you’re a success or failure. I have no romantic notions of youth or being some beautiful bohemian type, if I did I would have died a long time ago. A true artist just creates and it’s in him/or her to do just that. If you start worrying about how successful you’re going to be at it, then you’ve totally missed the point and it seeps into your work. I could remain unsuccessful and unoticed my whole life, but I’d be happy that I had the ability to create.

By: Michael Barrett

Michael Barrett — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 05:10:01 +0000

I remember those people too. Most of them have teaching jobs in art departments of major universities.
They teach eager young college kids how to ruin their marriage and their sweet cushy jobs by being crusty, bitter, old, spoiled has-beens.

By: dushan

dushan — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 05:05:13 +0000

Hi Hugh,
a blogger compared my pics & site to yours, so I had to check out. I love the philosophical touch. And I adore the drawings. Living in Germany, yet loving both GB and NY, I will have to read more of your stuff!
cheers
dushan

By: Is there a PC Doctor in the house?

Is there a PC Doctor in the house? — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 04:18:17 +0000

Hugh MacLeod on youth and talent

I love Hugh MacLeod’s cartoons and his work in general but I especially love this one today.
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