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50 Over 50: Get to Work - E.M. Miller at the Crossroads

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Up to a year ago, E.M. Miller's medium was food. Now it's raw canvas.

At 50, he's a former actor turned musician turned chef turned artist standing at yet another fucking crossroads and deciding if he continues down this rabbit hole of art or not.


How's his work different now than it was before 50? A weaker person or perhaps a lesser experienced person would say the unknown, but he's used to not asking those kinds of questions.

What's actually hard about being an artist at this point? He doesn't understand the question.

Someone just turned 50 and wants to start making art—what does he tell them? Don't steal my stuff.


How does he figure out what matters in the art world right now? Cobain was once asked if he thought himself an artist. His reply: I'd like to but most of the people who tell me I'm an artist are assholes so...

What do artists his age bring to the table that younger artists don't? It's what we don't bring: ego and naivety.


What's he working on next? A blank canvas on his floor.

What keeps him going when everything feels impossible? Pastels.


What does he wish he'd known when he was younger? Basquiat is just as full of shit as the rest. Get to work. Time is running out.


He steals from Russian futurists that nobody has ever heard of. He's standing at yet another crossroads deciding if he continues down this rabbit hole or not. Up to a year ago his medium was food. Now it's raw canvas.


Former actor turned musician turned chef turned artist. At 50, he's at another fucking crossroads. A blank canvas on his floor. Pastels. Time is running out.


Get to work.



Connect with E.M. Miller: Instagram: @e.m.miller

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