#ppstatement

Did I hear you sigh with half relief/half regret thinking you would never have to talk about Sol LeWitt again? Poor fool, that time will never come!

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Here is a sample business plan which may be helpful for anyone who might need to write a business plan for a clothing brand/store. This one is probably a bit more complicated than what you would need in a portfolio but it may help.

Is it even possible for creativity to be dead as long as a singly human is alive?

One of my most humbling grad school experiences was when I wrote a statement that was artsy-fartsy/intellectual rather than honest and, right in front of my whole class, my professor told me she didn’t appreciate spending her time wading through a waist-deep bullshit river so … I would favor honesty over trying to sound artsy-fartsy/intellectual. Pick a piece of art that genuinely moves you and not one that you think someone would want a prospective art student to be moved by.  There is no real formula for this sort of thing but you can send me what you have and I can try and give you some pointers if you want. I like to publish answers so that everyone can learn from them but if you specifically ask me not to, I won’t.

Image: William Powhida, “Artists Statement (No One Here Gets Out Alive)” (2009), graphite and colored pencil on paper, 18″x15″ (Image courtesy the artist and Charlie James Gallery)