How to succeed as artist in spite of your own creativity | Tom Sachs | TEDxPortland

BRILLIANT!!

I used to be this guys Doggie System Manager. I managed the dog systems (potty breaks, food, day care, dog walkers, vet appts) and
helped Studio Assistant with in-studio cats.

so there is a definite lefthanded-ness that is revealed in his family crest, from the inverted pentagram to the 666.

It could be all just tongue in cheek or there might be more to it.

Something i struggle with as an artist, is that it seems almost required that you open yourself up to the animating spirit of materialism (Mammon) to gain wealth or success.

My personal belief is that, by doing so, you sacrifice a part of your soul.

So in me the question is begged: Is there not another way? can we not find success or security without giving into destructive spiritual forces?

wow i loved everything about this video. one of the best TED talks id seen in a while. so many powerful messages

I feel dumbed

Is brendan dunne here? lol

Hey i had horrible childhood. hahaha. hey she dumped me. hahaha. wtf is wrong with the audience :D

Great talk! 👍

Each Tom Sachs talk is almost an exact replica of every other talk he has ever given.

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At least he knows he's full of sith

Sir Robert Downey Junior .-.

So glad I stumbled across this video ! So much food for thought.

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You get to do 50 push ups, it is a privilege

Wonderful speech, Tom, thank you so much for the inspiration. I love your work.

This is a beautiful and gentle soul

Tom. Van. Casey. As a progression. And 3 very different purposes. Don’t compare but see the transmission and evolution.
Montessori education as a principle and how to find yourself through your authentic self and own mistakes.

letting materials to..YES YES YES!ART IS ALSO ABOUT FIGHTING AND EMBRACING WITH MATERIAL..and dont use eraser when praticing art,just draw over it, draw that line freely.dont be affraid.

"Just because you can, doesn't mean you should."

As an artist that's had a billion ideas I resonate with this so much. The desire to just make something because it feels like a good idea in the heat to f the moment is self-standard degrading act. You have to believe your best work is the cream of the crop among all your works!!

xxxx

Well Tom, after reading the comments, you are now loved, respected and appreciated, ON YOUR TERMS!!

27.8 million subscribers, but just over 62 thousand views. Hmmmm why subscribe though?

This talk sponsored by John Frum.

so if your not popular enough, your parents will send you to the psychiatrist

He forgot to mention make friends with Millionaires and influential people...

Love this! His work is fun!

"its all through working to foster your own Internal Standard of Excellence" 💧

I take issue with his preoccupation with materials and his willingness to become a brand emissary (whether intentional or not).
I wonder if he is advocating for artists to restrict their creativity and to focus on ideas that are not quite yet fully formed because his starting point was a belief that if a product had backing in the form of an established brand, it was “real”.
There is a sad sense of concession in his work. It’s as though he believes that his own originality can’t have worth in the world as it currently stands, and so by supporting the existing structure, he will gain access to to the support unfairly distributed to corporations. It reminds me of the lackeys who give praise to bully bosses, because by doing so, one gains a sense of security from that bully, even though that security comes with the price of continued psychological abuse.
From a certain angle, he is like an anti-artist, operating with the intent to destroy budding artists and make them servants of big brands.
If this is true, and he does this intentionally, he is a pretty brilliant conceptual artist, and I’m curious about what his next root idea will be.

he gives me hope

I felt recharged once again! I still believe my creative talents can give me financial freedom, with the support of good people out there. My greatest career dream is to wake up everyday and work on comics. Kindly check out my graphic novel Trailer clip @

I think this is truly inspiring and the best talk of art I have met.
Some notes from my listening:
Develop your own internal standards for excellence - great because that means you have to be 100% present and do what you do with love and passion no matter what others think ——
authenticity ( make the experience real to you and do it for a long time, build a sense of mastery)
Intuition - say yes and do it, art is a creative act, it is a discipline, chance and choice,
Transparency, be honest and transparent with your own methods, letting the materials show
Love what you do, cultivate what is authentic to your work, trust yourself ....
and I really admire and smiled at your example with your “genuine fake” -
what comes out of your doing is always dependent on how you do it - your ways of relating and acting

Only 36k views? :(

In love with Tom Sachs. Incredible person

The real Tony Stark

Ahh well...

Tom Sachs is a Cultural Marxist

My master..

best talk!

I'm sorry but I just keep thinking about how this must have influenced Casey Neistat. I mean just look at the man! You can see a lot of parallels.

What this guy does in sculpture Casey seems to do in video. Does anyone else agree?

Tom is an aboslute sage. Amazing advice from an amazing artist & person.

The legend

why does this have no views

peep the shoes tho

Tom Sachs says things that just resonate with in me. I hope to one day walk in the studio and shake his hand.

one of my heroes