53. Step back, yo!

If you’re frustrated with the current state of your work, don’t get upset, just take a deep breath and step back. Use the time to have a refreshing Coca Cola product, clear your head, and plan your next move. You got this.

Advice, Performance, Theory

50. Go go graduate school!

If you still have not found your artistic calling, consider traveling to New Haven, and get your MFA. You’ll find yourself a handsome network post-graduation.

Education, Theory

37. Yellow.

It’s a pretty great color that equally stimulates the long and medium wavelength cone cells of our retina. Common connotations include: sunshine, happiness, warning, Mardi Gras, imagination and liberalism.

Color, Theory

34. Stare at someone.

A childhood favorite game is also a work of art. You can look deep into someone’s soul and create a wonderful performance by simply staring. Give it a try on someone unsuspecting. Ex. Marina Abramovic’s ‘The Artist is Present,’ 2010.

Performance, Technique, Theory

32. Steal.

Picasso famously endorsed theft, so it might be worth a try. Ex. The City of Philadelphia’s theft of the entire Barnes Foundation.

Conceptual, Technique, Theory

9. Make something native to your culture’s history.

Ex. Pre-1889 Navajo rug; a tapestry weave with interlocked joints made with handspun yarns and synthetic dyes.

Theory, Weaving

5. Use more white.

Kandinsky writes “It is not a dead silence, but one pregnant with possibilities,” from ‘Concerning the Spiritual in Art.’ Published in 1911.

Color, Painting, Theory