10 WEIRD HABITS OF ARTISTS

In a perfect world, We observe some wild behaviors of individuals like biting nails, smelling books, jumping, and counting steps while walking, etc. Similarly, artists additionally exhibit odd behavior that governs them to the trail of success. This eccentric behavior aids them to spice up their creativity and make them really weird.

There is no secret that the art world attracts tons of bizarre people, but the quirks of artists always manage to surprise us. The following are the list of weird habits of artists. 

1. LONELINESS:

                       Generally, Loneliness is shown as a negative aspect of every individual, as it happens because when there is no one to talk, apart from a closed person, or moving to a new place it takes to feel alone that causes depression, leads to addiction of Smoking, Alcohol, and Drugs.

                        But the positive impact also was shown in humans like a creative Genius, Artists. They always tried to be solitary to expand their imaginations. According to most of the artists, the pressure causes creativity to work for the best, and lack of pressure works against creativity. Artists who stay in isolation tends to be more creative. In other words, loneliness doesn’t mean for them to detach from others: it’s about allowing time for self-analysis, thinking, and consideration of their work. 

                          Solitude itself is challenging, most of the time Artists stay in self-isolation to boost their creativity. While they work for hours they focus on their imagination, merely that imaginations will come in the late nights or the early mornings in the meanwhile lose interest in their food. 

2. READING CRAZY BOOKS OVER AND OVER:

                           Reading crazy books of different genres is a weird habit of many artists. Genres are like friction, fantasy, comics, sensuality, adult humor, sarcasm. these kinds of books may spice up inspiration for their art. artists read those books that enhance their creativity, and help them to think out of the box. 

                          Artists get crazy ideas for their imagination by reading the same books again and again. They relieve loneliness and make their life more pleasant by reading different books. It improves their memory power, reduces stress, and makes an artist focus on their artworks. And has an impact on psychological behavior that makes a library of information to explore their imaginations, fantasies, sensuality in creative forms.

3. SENSE OF HUMOUR IN ODD SITUATIONS:

                           Artists have a weird sense of humor, when it is a situation to cry they weirdly smile, they cry alone, they have a sensitive heart, but their behavior is crazy at a time. In some situations, they behave very oddly but don’t think they are bad. They just don’t know how to behave in, at a particular situation and how to react in those situations, because they stay true to themselves. Blows off psychological steam, a way to release psychic energy.

                           It is a sign of intelligence and key in critical thinking which makes satire that reflects on concepts, themes, and view of reality. They mix art and humor in their artworks that make life joyful. Because of their sense of humor sometimes, they get criticized and their life becomes controversial. It is an emotional barrier that relieves tension and helps them to be more creative.

4. WATCHING ENDLESS CARTOONS NO MATTER THE AGE :

                             Cartoons play an inevitable role in every child’s life, as they grow by watching them and developing cognitive skills. For example, Cartoons are Doraemon, Dora, Tom, and Jerry, etc. They not only act as entertainment but also act as a stress buster. Many people have a perception that cartoons will be watched only by children and immature adults.

                             But artists are the one who watches endless cartoons with no matter of age and feels relax when they watch cartoons. Cartoons provide a lot of information that develops an idea to create more artworks to understand easily. Watching Cartoons boosts the imagination and creativity level of an artist.                               

Artists learn continuously and gain knowledge by watching cartoons that stimulate their interest in various topics and increase critical thinking to develop creativity skills. Most of the artworks created by the artists will be an inspiration through cartoons, having both positive and negative impacts on behavioral aspects. Some artists takeover aggressive parts like violence, anti-social elements from the cartoons and do their artworks aggressively. While some other artists takeover the fun humor part from the cartoons and present their artworks in that way only.

5. NOT BATHING AND NOT USING DEO FOR DAYS:

                           Generally, when a person is ill, they stop caring about themselves and don’t have showers for weeks and months. When it comes to artists, they show a typical weird habit of bathing. This is obvious when there is no need to go out and meet people, why would they care about grooming too much in such a way to impress someone.

                          Artists usually don’t take baths, they constantly work on their imagination to express artwork more creatively. Most of the artists have believed that by taking bath, they tend to lose their ideas and imaginations, that kill their creativity. 

                         Mostly, artists spend alone, without having any relationship with other people, and focus on creativity only. They usually think that having a shower is not so important until the completion of their work. So, they use essential oils, Fragrance, Sprays, etc. Historically, we have seen a famous artist, Sculpture called Michaelangelo who never bathed for a long period.

6. HAVING TROUBLE TO SOCIALIZE:

                               Socialization is a complex process. Artists have trouble socializing with people as they want to spend most of the time with their art and artworks. Some of them are introverts and do not like to mingle with others. 

                             Doing artwork is not an easy process, where the artist spends a lot of time with their imaginative creations and not get distracted with others, which shows the week socializing nature of artists. But not all the artists are weekly socialized, they easily cope with the people. Artists like to socialize only when they need a break or if they finished their work. Some of them have trouble socializing even though they attend parties or public platforms, and they will not communicate with others, as they live in their imaginations.

7. SLEEPLESS NIGHTS:

                              Artists experience sleepless nights, as they even forget sleeping while doing artworks. But most of the artists are night Owls, they love being alone at night to spark up their creative juices and get lost into their world.

                           Recent studies have shown that most of the artists get creative ideas during the late nights or in the early mornings. Artists try to sleep during the night time, but their subconscious mind works actively and produces the artistic designs of their insights. Most of the artists will have insomnia and it leads to many health disorders. Artists are likely to be fascinated by their ideas and challenges, for that mind produces creative ideas, and also troubles the sleep when they want. 

8. OVEREATING OR UNDEREATING                               

The food habits of artists are so vast that some of them deliberately eat a lot of food while others forget eating for many days, it depends on the type of artist. Artists used to eat often when they lose the creative idea or consume a large amount of Caffeine to stimulate their ideas. 

                         Some of the artists eat a lot of junk food to improve their creativity skills. Some will eat sweet items a lot, and some others will eat only white food Some used to consume very little. while some other artists ignore their food.

9. SEEING EVERYTHING FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE:

                          Lying on the floor to see small things, climbing, and hanging on a tree, they just want to see things from different angles, extreme observation of simple things. Nonstop stares to see the beauty of people, artists see the beauty in everything and everyone. 

                         Artists are keen observers and observe things very differently.

  10. EXTREME WORKOUT SCHEDULE OR BEING TOTALLY LAZY:

                            Artists will always say that” I CAN DO,” whether it is a simple art or a complex art. Artists spend mostly alone with their artwork and are involved in creative imaginations that cause stress. To overcome the stress they used to do extreme workouts, that helps to focus and concentrate on their insights. Some of them practice creative dance to reduce stress. And some artists won’t follow any workouts to relieve the pressure. 

CONCLUSION:

                               A creator could be a person engaged in an activity associated with making art active the humanities or demonstrating an art.  Art has always been an innate part of human culture. Artists have a reputation for being weird.