From the course: Narrative Portraiture: On Location in Texas with Keith Carter

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Keith Carter: The thing I would tell you is to rein it in. Don't look at the great big picture so much. Find one little genre that add sustenance to your life. Give that subject matter some kind of resonance. If nothing else, I try to be practical. What can you actually get done? You have two children, a wife, extended family, and responsibilities, and you have a full-time profession. What can you give up, or what can you rebalance and actually get done? That's an adult decision. That's a tough thing to do. In my world, I give up things a lot, and I have a lot, and I don't feel like I have lost anything, but there are a lot of things that I haven't gone and done because I am a narcissistic guy trying to get some work done, and I can only get it done by not going to that, or by taking this two weeks and going and doing this or that. You have to be a little selfish in the arts with your time, not with your love, but with your time. Chris Orwig: It's always interesting and enjoyable to…

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