visit to Markus Popp
I appreciated Markus’s mentioning of the importance of going beyond one’s artistic field (e.g. Music) and instead focusing on a message, theme, “passion,” etc. I hadn’t thought from this perspective and it made sense to me to accomodate for multiple skills and interests while maintaining some sort of artistic identity.
I just wish he had talked more about his own practice. Half of the presentation sounded very coach-y and I personally didn’t agree with his absolute claims about “having a clear goal that you will not compromise.” I don’t think this fixed ideas are realistic, especially for us who are just in the beginning of our careers.