true artist and true writer

Humans are defined in many ways. What we value often defines how we think about ourselves, how we think about other people, and how we think about the world. Anne Lamott, a famous American writer, values the lessons that she learned from her father about writing. The lessons that she learned from her father ultimately influenced her idea of what a true writer is. For examples, she learned that great writers are great readers. She explains that her father taught that great writers should read poetry, plays, and great book from great authors. Great writers are not more profound than others but they do read more. For her, books were her refuge.

Reading often opens people’s minds and allows them to pay closer attention to themselves and to life around them. For Anne Lamott, for Anne Lamott’s father, he learned to pay attention closely to life by exploring other cultures and people and by reading poetry. By watching her father, Anne lamott realized that writing can teach a person to pay attention closely to life. Her father taught her to devote a lot of time each day to writing. She watched her father devote at least a couple of hours each day to writing and reading. Her father taught her that she has many feelings, observations, thoughts, memories, dreams, and opinions that she should write about each day.

In addition to devoting a lot of time, being alone also helps writers pay attention to themselves and their societies. For Anne being alone was always a critical part of her life. When she was young, she watched her father write alone in his office every day. She explained that her father wrote alone for several hours each day and that he could’ve never worked in another person’s office doing another person’s work. Moreover, when ...

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...Many artist focus on their arts and neglecting their family and their life. Also Ralph Fasanella neglected everything and went to help mill workers in their adversity.

True artists profound involvement in their work. In other words, they are so focused on their work and therefore often devote large amount of time to their projects. Angelo di Benedetto, a well known sculptor, spent 20 uninterrupted hours working on one piece. Angelo was one example of an artist who profound involvement in his work. Another example is Van Gogh when he spent 10 years in 1800 paintings that realize he devoted his time on his work.

True artist have self-confidence. Their self-confidence gives them strength when other people don’t recognize their art or want to buy it. The belief in your own ability will sustain you through periods when there are no sales or when recognition doesn’t come.