Janet Echelman

Janet is definitely someone you want to look to as an aspiring young artist. Her story makes it feel like as long as you keep trying you can get anywhere in life. Of course I am a cynic and don't believe that that is true. I think she was very lucky, that and she has talent. Unfortunately, I did not get much out of the talk. As much as I like to hear about artists lives, I can go on the internet and look it up. I know she's a big artists and her success story is wonderful to hear but I wish she didn't just talk about her projects.

Dede Young

The thing that I enjoyed most about Dede's talk was that she didn't look down on art students, instead she talked to us like the adults we are. Dede has an interesting view on artists, one that honestly, I haven't heard before. She believe artists are at the top in the art world hierarchy. The feeling that I get form most people is that they feel that artists are at the lower end of the food chain. But with Dede, she believes artists should know how to promote themselves, document, store, and sell their work. This way, we have more control over our work and do not have to rely on others to succeed.

Dominique Nahas

I went to the talk Dominique gave last week and I have to say, I really enjoyed listening to him. He seemed very down-to-earth and talked to us like we were people on his level. He talked about states of the mind that artists and people in general should have. The idea that I was most attracted to was self-monitoring and how you inspire yourself instead of having to wait for inspiration to hit from an outside source. His talk about 'letting the work and ideas flow out of you and not being afraid to admit that you don't know everything' made me realize that there are times when my fear of failing holds me back. I really want to fix this by letting go of some restraint and continuing to self-monitor to gain self-awareness and self-actualization.