I get bored with going through the work on a painting if I’m not painting for the love of it. That sentence contains two motivations for creative work: boredom and love.

Making art for the love of it is really the basis of what we as artists do. After all the dedication and hard work, the frustrations and the costs, for so little compensation in return, how could you possibly do it without such a powerful propellant to keep you coming back?

The same would be true of anything someone undertakes for passion and that requires dedication and commitment.

Making art is a form of making love. First in the relationship between the maker and the object being transformed into art, whether that object being transformed is paint, a musical instrument, or a dancer’s body. In short, the process.