This week we were given the task of reading an article with steps of what it takes to be an artist. In matching up with being an artist I view this text as steps that I have already taken before within my creative journey. I find the text quite relatable as I find myself resonating with step ten and finding your own voice. The text depicts criticism as a driving force behind creativity. The article says that if a person tells you that the art looks like work from artist the our own to do it many times over again. I resonate with this in the idea that I constantly am worried about how original my work is and if it resembles another person’s art. Another that stood out to me was step number 11: Listen to the crazy voices in your head. Many people would hear that statement and quickly take it out of context. What the step truly means it to trust your intuition and know that the negative thoughts about you being an artist will be essentially the driving force behind your work. Some of the work that Jerry Saltz had mentioned I am already familiar with that being Fountain by Duchamp, Édouard Manet’s Olympia, and Michelangelo’s David is beauty. Some new things that stood out to me was the idea of step 20 and knowing that many people will not reach the same amount of monetary fame and success as others and that only one percent will reach it. To me it shows the reality of the making of art and the reason of being discouraged. Though, with this, it does not mean to stop creating and that monetary gain is not your reason for this.