Finding Not Creating
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1 min readDec 3, 2017
In Episode 5 of the Thick in the Throat, Honey podcast, visual artist Howard Fonda goes deep about Romanticism, bird cages, Bukowski, and why the Governor can’t be political. And, of course, we also discuss the philosophical influence children can have on art-making. Our conversation is a wild ride, complete with a six-pack, profanity, failure, and everything you’d expect in a graduate school seminar but never get!
“I like the idea of finding not creating — creating has some kind of hubris to me, whereas there’s so much unknown out there just to find.”
“…that’s one of the things about parenting that’s worked out well for me philosophically, [the] constant opportunities to learn not just for my kids but for myself…”
