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Dec 26, 2009

"The artists' role is to do what is honest for them. So if you're in New York and everyone is looking at the floor, you can look up. It's not your role to follow the others. It's your role to go to your center and then reflect that, not just to be a mirror to what's happening." --James Hubbell

A Life of One's Own

"In art speak, James Hubbell could be called an 'outsider' artist; in architecture, a 'fringe' architect. Talking with Hubbell, one feels the irony of these terms. As I spent time with him, something quietly grew, an impression that it was really Hubbell, the man himself, who was the most remarkable element in all of this. Outsider? Not if it's humanity you're interested in." In this Works & Conversations Magazine interview, Hubbell "talks about his life, the importance of remaining open, of challenging oneself, of learning to trust the entire self, not just the thinking part. Listening to him, it's impossible not to feel one's perspective expanding, opening up, deepening and coming back to life."

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