Should I ?

Here’s an interesting thought–maybe most artists, writers, etc. have had traumatic experiences, tragedies, etc. and that’s why they are driven to make art…to express the otherwise inexpressible. I’ve been reading a lot of artist statements on blogs, websites, etc. and have found that many artists tell all sorts of sad, mad, horrific and startling stories as part of their bios. And I wonder, is this really how they want to be known? As their tragedies, traumas and horrific moments? Because it is what gets remembered most, perhaps. Many people remember Van Gogh cut his ear off right away but have to think about what his paintings look like…It gets people’s attention, as mentioned in other comments here, but is that the kind of attention you want as an artist? Wouldn’t we like our work to be remembered, not our traumas? Each artist must decide this for themselves, but I have resided hopefully the impact of the story is the impact of my artwork.

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