Introduction
At Long Haul, our goal is to encourage creative people to take time with their artistic process, and to make art with the intention of leaving behind something beautiful for generations to come. One of the ways we intend to do this is to allow artists to share their work in a setting that encourages the communication of ideas among all artistic disciplines. We believe this is a benefit in that creatives can test-run their work before a formal presentation, contextualize art in its desired physical space, or visualize a different response/audience which will in turn change the way the projects themselves are formed. Most outlets that creative people have to show their work do not reward an innate desire to create, but instead reward perfection and art that is fast-paced and repeatable. Artists are therefore encouraged to be competitive with the people they have the most in common with, and are discouraged from showing up authentically. Even just by reading this blog post, we ...