ART INSIGHTS Creating Wealth as a Successful Artist - John Dahlsen

great lesson from that experience, in that itawoke in me a desire to get to know myselfon a deeper level, and for that I will alwaysbe grateful. It helped to put me on a path,and I have never looked back.Other setbacks include the feeling thatyour work is heading in a direction thatencourages people to categorize you. I domy best to jump out of those categories, tokeep my freedom of expression by shiftinginto different media and styles.The public’s response to my work withfound objects has often been a challengefor me. Some people are uncomfortableor over demonstrable when they see mewalking along the beach collecting rubbishbecause of their own positive or negativeprojections. They sometimes have anexternal reaction or projection, purelybeing a very personal response of theirown to seeing this activity.Most of the time for me, it was as thoughI were doing performance art. In fact,110