In a new book, The Long Run: A Creative Inquiry, Stacey D’Erasmo asks half a dozen artists, “How do we keep doing this—making art?” I read it avidly, devouring D’Erasmo’s profiles of a painter, a composer, a garden designer, and others, especially enjoying the “fugitive, occasional memoir” (her words) that her disclosures about herself add up to.
I really love this. I have such a distinct memory of watching the Mystery opening credits over my mom's shoulder as a kid, and I've loved Gorey ever since. I always read out of his illustrated Dracula when I teach Dracula - I did a gothic workshop last autumn and Gorey manages to somehow be gothic while also lightening the mood! Really interesting when you say: "it brought home to me how strange it is that for the sake of my career I’ve agreed to be exposed."
I hadn't thought about the availability (and veracity) of information about people on the Internet relating to their careers, though of course it does! Lots to think about - thank you!
The first personal website I ever created, in the late nineties, had a landing page that appeared to be the basic “404 Not Found” sites would return at the time, and you had to look closely to see that it was actually a valid page, and had a link further in. I think about that Winnicott passage a lot.
I love the Winnicott so much that HIDE & SEEK was a working title for my last two books. I know Dylan’s everywhere right now, but to me, he’s the artist who embodies this the most — hiding in plain sight, but the minute he’s found, back to hiding again, in an endless cycle
I really love this. I have such a distinct memory of watching the Mystery opening credits over my mom's shoulder as a kid, and I've loved Gorey ever since. I always read out of his illustrated Dracula when I teach Dracula - I did a gothic workshop last autumn and Gorey manages to somehow be gothic while also lightening the mood! Really interesting when you say: "it brought home to me how strange it is that for the sake of my career I’ve agreed to be exposed."
I hadn't thought about the availability (and veracity) of information about people on the Internet relating to their careers, though of course it does! Lots to think about - thank you!
Thanks! I’m pretty sure the Mystery credits were my gateway in, too.
The first personal website I ever created, in the late nineties, had a landing page that appeared to be the basic “404 Not Found” sites would return at the time, and you had to look closely to see that it was actually a valid page, and had a link further in. I think about that Winnicott passage a lot.
That’s ingenious!
This was beautiful. Thank you.
Thanks so much!
I love the Winnicott so much that HIDE & SEEK was a working title for my last two books. I know Dylan’s everywhere right now, but to me, he’s the artist who embodies this the most — hiding in plain sight, but the minute he’s found, back to hiding again, in an endless cycle