The first completed art piece carries a certain purity in its creation, because the process is untouched by the opinions of outside viewers. It’s important to remember that the public’s reaction to your work is ultimately irrelevant to you as an artist. This isn’t something you learn overnight; it only becomes possible when you are consciously aware of it.
Public opinion (whether praise or criticism) always finds its way back into the studio and lingers in the next creation. That’s where the risk begins: obeying an outside voice instead of your own. If the work is dismissed, you may begin to doubt yourself, your process, and even stop altogether or alter your work to fit someone else’s taste. If it’s praised, the danger lies in trying to repeat it, producing something similar or safe. Either way, the voice being followed is no longer the artist’s, but someone else’s.
That goes against the very purpose of having an artistic point of view, one that is different, personal, and unique.
The artist must learn to let go of the art piece once is done and move on to the next, allowing the work to exist and do its own work in the universe. Some will love it, some will hate it, some will ignore it entirely. Regardless, this remains irrelevant to the artist, whose true task is to continue searching, questioning, and exploring the unknown universe around us, in a truthful honest manner.
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