The Vocation of the Artist by Deborah J. Haynes

If you are an artist, read The Vocation of the Artist by Deborah J. Haynes.  I don't care if you're an activist-artist, a cartoonist, an any-sort-of artist.  Get the book.  And read it.

We are compelled to create.  But what, exactly, are our responsibilities - - what is the job description for the amoebic job we call 'artist'?  Haynes, in this compelling volume, explores this very question.  She delves into the ways in which artists are activists, critics, mystics.  She doesn't necessarily delve into questions of studio-as-business and artist-as-political-motivator.  None the less, this is a must-read.

Oh, and the woman who wrote the book happens to seem like a pretty cool person.  That doesn't hurt either.

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