Edward Lee
Oyster River Pages: What is the most challenging aspect of your artistic process?
Edward Lee: Because I have to, basically. It is as necessary to me as sleeping and eating. I can go a while without either, but after too long it affects my health.
ORP: What do you think is the best way to improve writing and/or artistic skills?
EL: Practice. And absorbing as much of writing/art as you possibly can.
ORP: What books have you read more than once in your life?
EL: Alice In Wonderland and Winnie The Pooh
ORP: Do you know more than one language? How does this influence your art and/or writing?
EL: I know some smatterings of Irish, but I do not believe it has any influence on my work.
ORP: What does vulnerability mean to you as an artist and/or writer?
EL: Putting what you deem necessary on the page/canvas without thought to how it will be viewed or understood.
ORP: Do habits help or hinder creativity? Why or why not?
EL: It depends on the artist. Some artists need to work a certain way every time, while others feel hindered by habits and need constant change to create. Personally, I thrive on habits, writing everyday, painting everyday too, mostly at the same times every day. Habit, for me, is a necessary aspect of practice.
