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Leonid Tishkov “How to become a brilliant artist without having an ounce of talent"

It's about becoming an artist. How to become a brilliant artist without having an ounce of talent! What a deal! How is it possible to become an artist, especially a genius? The biggest misconception is that you and I have no talent. It exists, you just need to find your unique self and immediately begin to cultivate your talent, immediately, now, step by step, without interruption, work on your talent, just as Michurin grew an apple the size of a watermelon. And raised him. Because he was confident in his apple. And, of course, the apple itself was confident in its Michurin.

How to become a creative person? If you understand that life is creativity, that every moment is illuminated by the energy of creation, then awareness of this will lead to the awakening of your talent, and then genius. Just like once in childhood, you will be able to do everything - draw, sing, dance, create your own world, everything was possible then - even fly!

Tishkov will not lie to you. Motivational speakers convince that anyone can become a millionaire. Can not. Because not everyone is given this. There is talent, even just a drop, in everyone. So the title of the book is disingenuous, quite a bit, but in the spirit of cunning marketers. They, wanting to sell the book to everyone, convince them that it is possible to create without talent: everyone does it, many even succeed. Discovering talent does not necessarily equal financial well-being, but the person definitely becomes richer. Just a little different. Not like motivational speakers and consultants to top managers.

Today, Leonid’s works can be seen in the Tretyakov Gallery, New York and Moscow Museums of Modern Art, he is known all over the world. The thirst for creativity captured Tishkov in school years. He lived in the small Ural town of Nizhnie Sergi, where the city-forming enterprise was a metallurgical plant, built under the miner Demidov. A place very far from the desire to create. Leonid wanted to paint the place of his birth, the mountains and forests surrounding the town. He really wanted to learn how to draw, so he mercilessly copied all the images he liked, covering the margins and covers of school notebooks with slanting and crooked drawings. His friend Misha could draw much better: once on a piece of linoleum with an old school board he himself cut out an engraving with a knife of an Indian galloping on a horse and gave it to his friend Lena for his birthday. Tishkov is still amazed by the skill with which the image was made - by the hands of a schoolboy, whose talent no one specially developed, in art schools didn't drive.

In those days, telling your parents that you didn’t want to go to medical school after school, but to become an artist, was very, very improvident. Being an artist is not a profession. Absolutely right: this is a calling. If you want to become one just for the money, it’s better not to ruin your talent. If you are drawn to create not for the sake of profit and fame, but simply feel that you cannot do otherwise, then the attraction of art will be found everywhere. Leonid Tishkov talks about this attraction, and his book is not exactly a textbook on the development of artistic skills. This is not a biography of an artist who did not find any special talent in himself, but found enough courage not to give up and bring to life any creative idea that came to mind, without dividing into successful and failed. It's both. The book is about someone who was not afraid, even though he understood that he would not become a brilliant artist. School friend Misha, by the way, preferred to listen to his father: he did not want to doom his future family to suffer, so he became a military cartographer. I didn’t take the first step, but it’s very important. After that, it’s time for other questions. Why be an artist, for example, how to develop imagination, what kind of paper to choose for creative ideas, what pencils and paints, how to draw every day and try to draw more and more complex subjects, concepts and images. First, tell yourself yes. Everything else will come later.

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In the “Coming Soon” section, I immediately added it to my wishlist. However, the release of the book was postponed and postponed. And I drew little by little and dreamed: I’ll buy a book, read it and - whoops! — from an amateur who started drawing after 40 years old, I will quickly turn into a brilliant artist. As if by magic wand😇. That is, my expectations assumed that I would receive a set in it practical advice for the most different topics related to creativity: how to find your own style, where to look for sources of inspiration, how to develop your imagination... Well, or something like that.

Before I write further, I’ll tell you terrible secret(well, or I admit my terrible ignorance): before I started reading this book, I had not heard of the artist Leonid Tishkov. I knew nothing about him or his work. Not a bit. Well, I don't know how this could happen. But it happens. Although the annotation says that Leonid Tishkovis one of the most famous modern Russian artists. And while waiting for the book to come out, I didn’t even have the desire to google it (I did this after I read the entire book).Yeah, I feel awkward about this ignorance of mine (especially after reading about the success that they had various projects artist abroad).

That’s why I had no idea that this book had previously been published by another publishing house (I could have bought or downloaded it a long time ago and not had to wait). Maybe someone doesn’t know the artist’s name, but has heard about some of the worlds or characters he created: Dabloids, Divers, Letishkov and others— For me they also became a discovery.

I also didn’t know that the artist was married to Marina Moskvina (almost four years ago I read her book with delight"Learn to see" - — there is probably a mention of her husband in it, because they went on creative expeditions together and published books together, but somehow it didn’t stick in my head). And this turned out to be the funniest thing: from the very beginning, Leonid Tishkov’s book reminded me very much"Learn to see ": the same confidential tone in conversation with the reader, many small and big discoveries, the ability to see the miraculous in the ordinary, meetings with interesting people, bright events of life— I directly recalled my feelings from reading Marina Moskvina’s book. And when at some point I realized that they were husband and wife, it was like a blow to the head.

In general, if you, like me, are expecting some tips, tricks and drawing techniques from this book, I hasten to disappoint you. This book is about something completely different. It's autobiographical. The artist writes about himself, about his family, about his path. About what becomes a source of inspiration for him. About the worlds he created- at first glance, completely imaginary, non-existent in reality, but at the same time figuratively reflecting our world, its problems and contradictions, diversity and integrity. About modern (and not so modern) art, its forms and manifestations.

Leonid Tishkov is from the Urals. I myself was born, raised and live in the Urals, and therefore the author’s childhood memories of the Ural nature, the life of the Ural cities and villages were so close to me. The author writes very carefully and reverently about his mother, in every word.- love and respect for her. He considers his mother a co-author of some of his projects.

It was funny to realize that, despite my ignorance regarding the work of Leonid Tishkov himself, the names of almost all the artists whose work he writes about in his book are familiar to me. The chapter about the caricature generally evoked nostalgia— childhood memories of how my family always subscribed to a huge number of newspapers and magazines (although oh, how difficult it was during times of total shortage). How to get it from mailbox next issue of magazines“Ogonyok”, “Change” or "Person and law", the first thing I looked at was the cartoon at the back of the magazine (and about"Crocodile “and there is nothing to say, it was difficult to tear me away from looking at the cartoons), knew all the cartoonists by name, distinguished their works by genre and style.

The imagination of the artist who created such a quantity delights original worlds, embodied in different artistic forms. This is not only painting and graphics, but also sculpture. photography, video, installation, etc. Authoras if he wants to show the reader that the artist- this is not only the one who draws, artistic image can exist in a variety of formats. Yes, some worlds may seem far-fetched to the reader:"oh yeah, that's it" modern Art, it is avant-garde and conceptual» , but you will definitely find among huge amount art projects Leonid Tishkov is one that will amaze you to the core. For me this is an artist's project"Private Moon" ": in the book there are several photographs from this project (one of them was used for the cover design), when the model of the moon created by the artist (not drawn, real, it turns on and burns) shines in the most different places of our planet.

Speaking of photographs. There are many of them in the book. Sketches, finished works V different techniques, photos of installations, etc. But personally, I didn’t have enough color while reading. I bought the book at electronic version, I read it on the reader and thought that it was just my reader in black and white, but in fact the illustrations in the book are color. Having opened the pdf file on the computer, I saw that in this format the illustrations are black and white. And I really wanted to take a closer look and in color!

Despite the fact that the initial expectations from the book were not met, I do not regret that I bought and read it. This book is for me- fascinating, educational, inspiring.

However, there is still one piece of advice in the book.

The encouraging advice I can give is to stop taking anything for granted. Look with curiosity at yourself - at a very strange, precious being filled with miracles. And look at familiar and unfamiliar passers-by with exactly the same look.

...vermicelli, spaghetti, pasta, suddenly I saw in them reserves of “unspent poetry.” It happened like this: the kitchen cabinet door opened, a pack of spaghetti fell out, scattered on the floor, and a fragile air structure was formed, similar to a radiant ball. As an artist, I could not help but pay attention to its grace and architectonics. From spaghetti and pasta, I decided to build a sunny city, Solntstan, about which the poet Velimir Khlebnikov wrote in his poem “Ladomir”.

...an artist named Robin Cunningham, better known as Banksy<...>secretly hangs his work in different museums. He takes and hangs a canvas in the Louvre or the Tretyakov Gallery. He hammers in a nail, hangs it up, takes a photo and leaves. Thus, he carried out this “sabotage” in many museums. It doesn't even matter what he hangs. It is important that this suddenly appears in the hall among classical works art and briefly becomes a museum exhibit.

...people come into this world with anchors on their feet and a pair of birds in their hands. Their whole life is a search for balance, torture by gravity with a desperate attempt to fly.

Based on the title, I expected to see another tome with advice on discovering talent in the spirit of Barbara Sher’s books. However, I was wrong, for which I am extremely glad.

This book is rather a biography of the artist, who, being a doctor by training, became a famous illustrator.

This book contains no advice or moralizing, no exercises to find yourself, no concrete steps towards “how to become a genius.”

And yet, the book contains so much wisdom and usefulness that I found myself filling more than one page of the notebook, writing out phrases from there in entire paragraphs...

For several hours I could not stop reading, immersed in the atmosphere created by the author of the book, Leonid Tishkov. I remembered his illustrations, which I rarely came across. I remember that then they impressed me so much with their originality and power that I even partially copied his techniques when I myself drew illustrations for a poetry collection.

While reading the book, my thoughts generally flew somewhere into the past. Leonid’s style is so simple and atmospheric that you involuntarily immerse yourself in the pictures of his life and remember your own. And you return to yourself!

There is no need for any moralizing and exercises like “remember 10 things you loved to do as a child”; there is no need for any of this strained work of finding yourself!

You look around and begin to see the world with different eyes. Ordinary objects fascinate you with their shape, tell you stories and beg to be drawn. And there is some amazing depth and power in all this.

I thought that this book will be a huge support for those who begin to draw as adults, who, like Tishkov, is driven by some irresistible force “I want to draw!” Who, like him, doubts whether it is necessary or possible?

The artist tells how he overcame all doubts with the power of his desire to draw, how, without studying in the usual system art education, walked his own path, as he discovered for himself different ways drawing, as I thought, creating this or that plot.

The story of Leonid Tishkov may be completely out of line modern trends“know how to present yourself”, “sell yourself”, but she certainly talks about how to become famous artist. This is the path through the love of creativity and the enormous work that is built on this love, and therefore joyful and easy.

And the book infects you with this virus of love, stirring your soul to the very depths, showing that you also have this powerful force. You just need to give it the opportunity to manifest itself...

Leonid Tishkov on the set of the video film “Snow Angel - 2” in Almora, Himalayas, India, 1999.

The cover design uses Red Ring and Red Square fonts from Letterhead. Text composition – Yuri Gordon

On the cover: Private moon in New Zealand. At the foot of the Rongitoto volcano. Photo by Leonid Tishkov and Marcus Williams, 2010.

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No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the copyright holders.

© 2015, Leonid Tishkov

© Edition in Russian, design. Mann, Ivanov and Ferber LLC, 2017

I dedicate this book to my mother Raisa Alexandrovna, the Ural teacher who created Vyazanik, Dutch artist To Bas Jan Ader, who disappeared into the Atlantic Ocean in search of a miracle, and to all the artist-dreamers of our beautiful Earth

Poet at the seaside. Paper, ink, 1976.

What will this book be about? About what and about whom? It will be about art, about life and creativity, and about man at the epicenter of these three suns.

It's about becoming an artist. How to become a brilliant artist without having an ounce of talent! What a deal! How is it possible to become an artist, especially a genius?

The biggest misconception is that you and I have no talent. It exists, you just need to find your unique “I” and immediately begin to cultivate your talent, immediately, now, step by step, without interruption, work on your talent, just as Michurin grew an apple the size of a watermelon. And raised him. Because he was confident in his apple. And, of course, the apple itself was confident in its Michurin.

How to become a creative person? If you understand that life is creativity, that every moment is illuminated by the energy of creation, then awareness of this will lead to the awakening of your talent, and then genius. Just like once in childhood, you will be able to do everything - draw, sing, dance, create your own world, everything was possible then - even fly!

What is creativity? Creativity is the meaning of life. This is life itself. And the person who comes to creativity, namely to artistic creativity, certainly becomes an artist. I will speak as an artist who has dedicated his life to the fine arts.

The artist creates new worlds through all kinds of devices: his Magic wand– brush, canvas, paper, pencil, installation, video, objects, sculpture... Everything that we can depict and, above all, see with our eyes can be attributed to the world of art.

The being in whom the artist awakens begins to understand how this world works, how amazing and diverse it is. You read books, look at reproductions, go to a museum - and you want to create something yourself that is similar to what other artists have created. You don’t find a place for yourself, you wander back and forth, an irresistible need for creativity grows in you. The search for a stable point on the earth, one’s own axis on which the world will turn, is a search for the creative “I”, a search for the main channel along which the flow of energy that creates the artist will rush.

The state of pre-creativity is a state when you suddenly feel that a sprout is appearing in your soul. Any of us has experienced this at some point. Some allowed this sprout to develop, while others dried it.

Here is the situation: a person graduated from school, went to college, studied, for example, at the Electromechanical Institute, then began working at a factory. But all the time he was inexorably drawn somewhere in the other direction: towards fantasy, fairy tales. Something was missing for him to experience this life in its entirety. The world seemed to him not only boring, but under-fulfilled.

Sometimes in his sleep he was able to momentarily grasp fragments magical world. Or suddenly he opened a book, read it, and it seemed to him that this could be told differently. It seemed as if the book he wanted to read existed, but it was nowhere to be found. Or: he looked at the painting, and he imagined another painting that is not in this exhibition, but it could have been painted.

This is the first signal that a person has set foot on the path of an artist. You should definitely listen to him. But in order to walk this path, he must have great courage. Fearlessness. If a person decides to become an artist, then he must overcome the cowardice of not being one.

What is this courage? The fact is that the creator is a being inside the world, and not from the outside. A creative person bravely enters the center of the world, holding a lamp in his hand, raising it above his head and standing in a circle of his own light.

And he begins to talk - first of all about himself: what he would like to see in this world. And everyone surrounds him, looks and is surprised.

Why do people care about art? Because the artist reveals the invisible, makes real pictures that arise in their imagination.

This is the main reason for interest in creative person. Why do people go to exhibitions, why do they read books? There they see themselves, sometimes without even knowing it.

Diagonal movement. Oil on canvas, 1986.

The desire to become an artist struck me as a child. Let’s call this desire talent for now, since I had nothing else but a thirst for creativity. I so wanted to depict the place where I was born, the Ural Mountains and the forests that surrounded it.

It was a small ancient town of Nizhniye Sergi, built together with a metallurgical plant under the miner Demidov. My wooden house stood under the low Kukan Mountain on the bank of a large artificial pond created by a wooden dam that blocked a mountain stream on Nudovskaya Street. My grandfather was a foreman at a factory, and my parents were teachers. That's why I had books at home. They all fit on a bookcase. And among them is a children's encyclopedia - ten yellow volumes, full pictures And important information about the world.

The world around surprised me with its strangeness, mystery and beauty. You sit on the very top of Mount Kukan, look at the pond, which goes around the mountains like a horseshoe, and huge clouds are reflected in it, floating right above your head. In the middle of the pond there is a boat, as if empty shell seeds, and in it - a fisherman with fishing rods. You can’t tell who, probably some relative or neighbor of mine. It was a small, cozy town, full of relatives inhabited it.

I lay detached in the bluebells and grass, looking into the sky, deep as a pond. And I no longer understood where the reflections were and where the real clouds were. I didn’t understand what I was doing here on earth. Why was I born, why?

Flower birds. Drawing from a notebook. Paper, rapidograph, 1983.

Only drawing somehow reconciled me with reality. I tried to depict everything that surrounded me and everything that seemed to me on paper. My hand was always scribbling and drawing something; all school notebooks and textbooks were covered with my scribbles.

I wanted to draw skillfully and correctly - just like in life. Being a natural, completely self-taught person, I constantly leafed through albums in the library, where I went twice a week with a string bag full of books. I carefully studied reproductions of paintings by real artists such as Repin or Shishkin, Leonardo da Vinci and Botticelli. I didn’t see any “living” paintings: there were no Tretyakov Gallery, neither the Louvre nor the Hermitage. The writer Viktor Golyavkin has a story “Harp and Boxing” - about how one guy turned into an artist: how colors suddenly shone and exploded in him, and he had a desire to paint all the walls in the house and the house itself. He bought paints, he started painting and couldn’t stop. He didn't even know himself that O he draws and what motivates him at this moment. And then I really wanted to learn how to draw. But I didn't believe that I was an artist.

Do you dream of becoming famous artist? Child prodigy John Millais, who founded the Pre-Raphaelite movement, won the silver medal of the Society of Arts at the age of 9. Pablo Picasso, the founder of Cubism, was also recognized as a genius in early years. Even today, young talents like Kramarik are recognized as geniuses. So, if you are gifted, you too can make your name go down in history. Ready to learn how? Read the article!

Steps

Your skills

Practice. Inspiration is definitely wonderful. But without technical training, you won't be able to depict what you see. It doesn’t matter what technique you choose, if you don’t practice, nothing good will come of it.

Work with what you like. Choose a topic that is close to your heart and that you can portray well.

• Start with still lifes or drawing from your photographs or photographs found on the Internet. Draw the same story over and over again using different materials- paints, pencils, pens; using different styles- realism, cubism, etc.
• Draw geometric primitives - a ball, a cube, as well as more complicated shapes - roses, glass glasses or a shiny metal ball. Try to convey the qualities of the object you are drawing: reflections, highlights, dark and light spots. Such tasks will help you develop your drawing skills in general.
• Practice drawing with time. Select the object you will draw and set the timer for 2 - 3 minutes. As soon as the time runs out, stop drawing, even if you haven't finished drawing yet.
• Set the timer again and draw again. 10 approaches of 3 minutes will give you more experience than 2 hours of detailed drawing.

1. Use various means drawing. Start drawing with a pencil, then try charcoal, pastels, colored pencils, pens, markers - whatever you might be interested in drawing with. Don't be afraid to try new tools and techniques.

   • Tools and materials can be purchased not only in an art store, but also online. Some online stores send templates before you purchase expensive material or tools, so that you can first try the product before purchasing it.
   • This gives you a chance to try the material before you buy it. Try materials from several manufacturers because they can vary greatly in quality, color, etc.

2. Ask family and friends to critique your work. Explain what is very important to you to receive objective criticism, not based on the fact that they love you and do not want to offend you. If they really like it, you're great. If they don't like it, you're still on the right way: if people say that you have good technique, but the object itself has not been worked out - this is your opportunity to improve.

   • Don't be embarrassed or afraid of being criticized, especially if the critic himself is not interested in you becoming an artist.

3. Expand your horizons. Ask for criticism from those who draw better than you. Meet artists whose work you admire online. Ask their opinion about your work. You will soon find out that experienced artists We are happy to help beginning artists and happily share our experience.

   • Share with beginners what you have already learned yourself. You will learn something new every time you explain to someone. In addition, teachers often learn from students.

4. Learn to skillfully accept compliments. If your family loves absolutely everything you draw, and your mother has covered the whole house with your drawings, thinking that you are the next Picasso, relax and consider this as support.

   • The more you delve into art, the easier it is for people to compliment you and call you talented.
   • Sometimes, compliments can be criticism, and these are the kind of compliments that are very valuable! If an artist you admire compliments you with, “I really like the colors,” it could mean that you can only be praised for the colors in that work, and the rest was “not very good.”

5. Develop your own distinctive style. To do this, draw your favorite subjects in the technique that is closest to you, and which is used by the artist you like. The more you learn a technique, the more you will understand your passions and the more your own style will develop.

   • Having your own style means drawing with your favorite tools and paying attention to your favorite subjects.
   • You will become a specialist at some stage. Mastering the plot and means comes later, when you no longer think too much about what to draw and with what. This is the result of practice.

6. Draw a lot. To get your work into a gallery, you need a portfolio of dozens of works that should have something in common (like style, size, or subject matter), but at the same time, they should be there.

   • Your work should be available in different formats so that there are no difficulties in communicating with gallery owners or clients.

   Promote yourself

   1. Publish your work. The surest way to become famous is to declare yourself. The 21st century allows you to create an online portfolio, edit your work - take advantage of this. It is very important to use everything in your disposal to build your reputation.

   2. Take part in competitions. Start with college level competitions and smaller local competitions.

      • Conduct workshops (seminars). This will not only glorify you, but will also show that you are a master of your craft.
      • Improve your skills until you get to a more serious, national, international competition.
      • Take part in competitions with judging. Getting into such a competition is a great achievement; it will look good on your resume. If you have participated in many such competitions, then indicate only the most significant ones in your resume.

   3. Find a reliable agent. Find out information about agencies, contact their clients and find out their opinion about the agency. Agents will promote you and your work. Make sure your agent is knowledgeable and has a database of contacts.

      • You can also work with a lawyer who specializes in art. For example, an agent may not understand legislation and law, since his job is promotion. A lawyer knows everything related to law and can be useful to you.

   4. Draw on topics that concern you. If you draw on a topic that is indifferent to you, it will be noticeable in your works. Many artists get a little fixated on their chosen subject, be it a still life of fruit or a model.

      • If you like to express aggression or negative emotions, get to know the artists who have already worked in this style. If you like abstraction, explore this style. Every style has its own technique, and this one is no exception. Any stroke on paper cannot be called art.
      • If you like nature, purchase a portable easel and paint your favorite landscapes “plein air” (in nature).
      • Whatever your passion for painting, try to capture it on canvas.

   5. Develop yourself as an artist. To be an artist means to improve throughout your life. When you reach the level you strived for, recognition, money and fame, you will still want something more.

      • Keep learning and discovering new things. Even if you have already become famous, think about the future and strive for new goals.
      • As your talent and style develop, paintings done in late period, become more significant. Collectors will be interested in all your life path. Moreover, even those drawings that you drew as a child will also become valuable (those that your mother hung around the apartment), so keep everything.
      • Make sure you want to become famous. Fame isn't always all fun and games, so decide how famous you want to be. A successful artist can make a good profit without being world famous. Be the most the best artist in school or in the community is also glory. Fame is when other people you don't know like what you do. How many of these people you need to make you happy is your choice.
      • Enjoy the art. As you draw better, you will see the world differently. If you look for beauty, you will find it in the most unexpected, strange and even ugly things: the shine of broken glass on the sidewalk, a twisted blade of grass, or even the smile of an unattractive old woman who instantly becomes beautiful because you see her that way.
      • When you learn to appreciate and enjoy the work of other artists, you will realize that what you do also brings pleasure and enjoyment to others. You will look for the invisible treasures of the world, even abstract paintings will be clear to you in the sense of what they express (love, pleasure, anger), and they will help you cope with your own emotions.
      • Don't forget about your personal life and take care of it if fame has invaded your comfort zone. What your fans are interested in is your work and some information about your life. You will have to say why you like to draw, what you do, etc. For a biography, information about the place of birth, mention of family and pets is sufficient. It's not necessary for everyone to know what you had for breakfast, what shoes you like best, etc.
      • Appreciate your work. Be glad that you can draw, because not everyone has the talent. Many people can learn to draw, especially in childhood when information is absorbed easily and quickly.
      • As you learn to draw, you will change as a person. You will use a part of the brain that others tend to ignore. You will be able to develop intuition and creativity in other areas of life. You may also become more expressive and become more visually aware. Understanding color will influence your clothing choices and make you look better. Most of these changes are positive.
      • The more you learn to love beauty, the better artist you will become, and this will affect your taste in general. You will better feel the taste of wine, the taste of food, a long walk in the morning dew to sketch beauty in 15 minutes - you will enjoy it. Your journey is your reward.

      Warnings

      • Never pay an agent in advance. If he didn't promote your work, he doesn't deserve the money. If they ask for advance payment, this is a sign that they cannot be trusted. In addition, if an agent is too good to be real, predicts fame for you and calls you the new Picasso, leave him: he is too good to be real.
      • Believe in yourself. You will change your identity as you experience yourself as an artist. Some people will be angry, will not appreciate your work, will call you unworthy, and will call you lazy and a fraud. Don't let them break you!
      • Changing yourself can be scary. When strange feelings overwhelm you, you can take paint and use it to overcome all your fears.
      • Your relationship with your romantic partner may become unstable if your partner becomes jealous of the time you devote to art. This may become an unresolved conflict. Try to be patient, and if that doesn't work, find someone who can accept you and your passion for art.
      • The worst way fame will ruin your life is bad reputation: the fame of an alcoholic, drug addict or spoiled star.