“Longing is the fullest sense of desire; it's the most deeply felt kind of desire. I think the most interesting artwork comes out of some sense of longing. It could be called dissatisfaction; it could be called distance. There are many kinds of wanting to get closer to something else, whether that is an idea, a body, a place. Longing is also one of the conditions people approach reading, visual art, or music with - it's to satisfy that sense of longing. It's part of my job, on some level, to grapple with that notion.” PeopleThinkingKindArtIdeasBodyJobsDesireReadingFeltInterestingLevelsConditionsApproachLongingDistanceNotionVisualsMost InterestingDissatisfactionArtworkVisual Art Author:Tom Burr
“I find that deadlines form part of the aesthetic. I don't have that "It could only have been this way" kind of thing. I tend to rewrite it and say that after the fact, but on the way there, there are just some routes that you have to give up and make decisions, and that decision-making I find torturous. But I'm used to that torture.” WayGivingKindHas BeensFactsFormUsedDecisionGiving UpTortureDecision MakingAestheticRoutesDeadline Author:Tom Burr