http://www.artisticfailure.com/2008/02/27/the-poetry-of-artistic-failure/ Where hope springs eternal in the eye of the artist. Fri, 18 May 2012 15:16:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://www.artisticfailure.com/2008/02/27/the-poetry-of-artistic-failure/#comment-764 admin Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:56:13 +0000 http://www.artisticfailure.com/2008/02/27/the-poetry-of-artistic-failure/#comment-764 Yes. It's a personal theory that artists lose their youthful idealism sometime between the ages of 29-34. I was a somewhat late-bloomer, losing it just a month before my 34th birthday. I've surveyed at least three artists besides myself about this, so I know the theory's got legs. Heck, you might even want to add your name to this growing survey sample. Thanks for writing in, OMRZ! Yes. It’s a personal theory that artists lose their youthful idealism sometime between the ages of 29-34. I was a somewhat late-bloomer, losing it just a month before my 34th birthday.
I’ve surveyed at least three artists besides myself about this, so I know the theory’s got legs. Heck, you might even want to add your name to this growing survey sample.
Thanks for writing in, OMRZ!

]]> http://www.artisticfailure.com/2008/02/27/the-poetry-of-artistic-failure/#comment-763 rz Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:34:24 +0000 http://www.artisticfailure.com/2008/02/27/the-poetry-of-artistic-failure/#comment-763 I used this poem 10 years ago as a program note for a play I directed while I was in college. I was so idealistic then. (Sigh) I used this poem 10 years ago as a program note for a play I directed while I was in college. I was so idealistic then. (Sigh)

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