“You don’t have to be at the mercy of the muse. You need your own internalized thinking process that you can perform again and again.” Although Lena abandoned her desire to be an artist in the strict sense, her definition of an artist could be applied to her current role. “As an artist,” she says, “you get the opportunity to write the world—or create the world—that exists in your fantasies. It’s a really beautiful thing to do.”
Over at Slate, find an excerpt from Sarah Thornton’s 33 Artists in 3 Acts. In the piece, Thornton talks with Lena Dunham about being perceived as an artist, being the daughter of artist parents, and her views on contemporary art.
