in light of my drawing class

my drawing professor is infamously harsh in his critiques. for good reason.
i read this today, from justin taylor:

Flannery O’Connor:

Everywhere I go, I’m asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don’t stifle enough of them. There’s many a best seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.

Fernando Ortega: “the important, sometimes predominant role negativity has played in the creation of my songs: so much stripping away, so much tearing apart before I can get to the heart of what I’m trying to communicate.”