I caught this feature-length documentary on BBCiPlayer last week, and it completely BLEW. MY. MIND.
I'm a great admirer of Hockey's work (the sheer volume of his output, alone, is jaw dropping), but this film really engaged with the character behind that magnificent body of work. After watching it, and reflecting upon some of Hockney's greatest pieces, the idea that the only true formula for producing great art is experience+practice+perseverance, really began to resonate with me. You cannot start anything and immediately expect to become great, but with a willingness to work constantly, and to allow your practice to be shaped by the world around you, and everything you experience and see, something amazing could just happen. Work the way you want to work, do the things you want to do, don't let your vision become blurred by endless suggestions of what you should or could be doing - David Hockney is the very essence of this mindset.
I'm a great admirer of Hockey's work (the sheer volume of his output, alone, is jaw dropping), but this film really engaged with the character behind that magnificent body of work. After watching it, and reflecting upon some of Hockney's greatest pieces, the idea that the only true formula for producing great art is experience+practice+perseverance, really began to resonate with me. You cannot start anything and immediately expect to become great, but with a willingness to work constantly, and to allow your practice to be shaped by the world around you, and everything you experience and see, something amazing could just happen. Work the way you want to work, do the things you want to do, don't let your vision become blurred by endless suggestions of what you should or could be doing - David Hockney is the very essence of this mindset.
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a drawing in praise of Hockney
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