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Is there a reason you are not on Facebook?

Ha! I don't really like the look or feel of Facebook. I used to be on it and it never led to anything professionally and it made me really judgmental and sort of depressed.  It felt like a place to either complain or show off.  I felt like I was becoming judgmental and I didn't like that feeling.  I am much happier without Facebook!  I love Instagram and Facebook bought Instagram a while ago so they can still feel like they have me!  Ha!

 

Is beauty your final goal?

Beauty is useful because it inspires you to keep on going to dream, to yearn to desire.  Art is the same for me, it keeps me dreaming, it keeps me going so it is useful to me.  Explaining your art has been a sticky subject for many artists.   As an artist you get used to that and sometimes over time your work changes.  I don't think beauty is necessarily ever the goal.  My goal is to be part of the collective dialogue, included in the larger conversation. Connection through visual storytelling. Everything important in human society has to do with a story.  The ones we tell ourselves and others..

Have you ever thought about doing anything else?

Oh man, I have tried over and over and over to do something else.  Sometimes my love for art feels like a curse.  Life would be much easier if I didn't want to make art.  Yeah... I think all of the time why couldn't I have just had a regular job and wanted regular things like everyone else and not care about art.  Sadly it's not going to happen..

Do you feel connected to artists or people in general with the same way of seeing the world?

I think so.  I wish I was a part of a larger artistic community.  I think that was what I was looking for in New York City but it didn't exactly manifest long term... I had romantic hopes of having a circle of friends all making work and helping each other out.  I thought I would find my abstract expressionist circle with deKooning and it never really happened.

                                               Amber Doe website: http://amberdoe.co/ 

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