How do you express anger in your art?
Jul. 15th, 2010 11:44 amThe only way I've ever been able to express or vent my anger with art was with paint (fling it, stab it, etc.) or with metal (smash it with a hammer!)... but I no longer do those types of artworks and I've been holding in some anger recently over an exfriend who went bat-shit insane on me.
I need to vent it artistically and I've been trying to but doing drawings of that bigot dieing painfully over and over again just isn't doing it. It's reached that apex feeling where anxiety meets frustration over the inability to create something WITH this anger that RESULTS in being satisfied. Does that make sense? I feel like it's juuuust out of my grasp to do so, but I know some day I'll get it! I'm stubborn, so don't tell me to "just" move on. I think most artists would agree, you can't let a rock and hard place beat that creative drive.
So, how do YOU guys vent with crafts and artwork? Can you show me some of it? And does anyone do it via photography? I did try my hand at that... we got rain here, and it never rains, so I put my camera on a low shutter speed and waited for the rain to slow just enough to get a water drop in near darkness:


Obviously I was expressing a deep sadness with that one, I wasn't aiming for anger in there. Sadness isn't that hard to create, as I find I can take my time with it. With anger... I get frustrated that I can't stab a paint brush or smash some metal anymore. I want to create anger now, perhaps without falling back on the old brush and hammer (or if I do... in a different way than before!). Anyways, advice? Similar tales to tell?
I need to vent it artistically and I've been trying to but doing drawings of that bigot dieing painfully over and over again just isn't doing it. It's reached that apex feeling where anxiety meets frustration over the inability to create something WITH this anger that RESULTS in being satisfied. Does that make sense? I feel like it's juuuust out of my grasp to do so, but I know some day I'll get it! I'm stubborn, so don't tell me to "just" move on. I think most artists would agree, you can't let a rock and hard place beat that creative drive.
So, how do YOU guys vent with crafts and artwork? Can you show me some of it? And does anyone do it via photography? I did try my hand at that... we got rain here, and it never rains, so I put my camera on a low shutter speed and waited for the rain to slow just enough to get a water drop in near darkness:


Obviously I was expressing a deep sadness with that one, I wasn't aiming for anger in there. Sadness isn't that hard to create, as I find I can take my time with it. With anger... I get frustrated that I can't stab a paint brush or smash some metal anymore. I want to create anger now, perhaps without falling back on the old brush and hammer (or if I do... in a different way than before!). Anyways, advice? Similar tales to tell?