What is an Artist? Can I call myself one? —You are what you choose to bring into this world. Yes, but I know many artists— of one kind or another. I think of them as being fully human. They have worked passionately to bring meaningful work into the world. How can I compare myself to them? —I sense a struggle inside you relating to the authority of your will. I have struggled to say that I am a painter, because I am not just a painter, am I? —No, you are a maker, and you follow this road without an end. You go where you are called to go and sometimes there is no rest for you. You create and teach and animate the inspiration that is gifted to you. You feel and you write. At last, you dream of a world without end. Is that what an artist does? —Yes Ben Marder
Artworks by Ben Marder
