Thanks for commenting! It’s always great to hear from an artist, and I would love to see some of your work sometime.

I can see why your art would get better as you get further away from the art world. Art is at it’s best when it is our own unique voice, and not trying to conform to the ideals of the outside world.

THANK YOU for digging deeper into this discussion. It makes me happy.

You hit the nail right on the head when you said that I am showing my art on this site. It’s like you looked into my soul.

I’m not into celebrity worship either. In fact, it’s on my queue for topics to write about. I agree with you as far as Hugh Jackman goes. Think about it. X-Men came out less than 9 years ago, and he’s come so far since then.

@ Henie

Don’t thank me for providing the platform. I’m only a tool of the revolution that is taking place in the entertainment industry. The artists are taking over, and it’s happening everywhere, but the blogosphere is definitely one of the prominent locations.

I have definitely learned more on the subject of what an artist is since I wrote this article. Thank you all for that!

Thank you for catching my use of the phrase “as an artist”…isn’t it evidence that we have been so programmed to delineate across all boards?

And yes, we are all artists making paintings on the art of life, in our own unique and wonderful ways!:~)

Thank you for inciting this discussion further…and thanks again Trey for providing this platform.:~)

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@ Trey- Hugh Jackman is a freak of nature- he has an Oscar AND a Tony, is incredibly built, played Wolverine, and I even have to admit is a great looking guy. He is one of those people that we should actually look up to (I am not an advocate of celebrity worship). You can tell he is passionate about his vocation- it is not about money, it is about the dance.

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I would respond, but Henie said it better than I could. As they say, “Beauty is in the eye of beholder”. Thank you so much for your insightful discussion!

@ Tess

You’re right. Being self taught is the only way to be an artist, because you must listen to your inner voice. Now, when it comes to drawing techniques, muscle memory, and physical skills, those are things that you can get better at, but nobody can teach you to be an artist. You already know how to be an artist, because it’s inside all of us! Thanks for your comment!

@ Henie

Thanks for the discussion. I love it! And I completely agree with you. I don’t even know what else I can say except, “Thank you”.

I am bemused and intrigued by your perspective!

As an artist, I never make those distinctions…art is subjective to both the creator and the viewer…one man’s junk is another one’s art! I personally love to work with weathered and rusted found objects…where a rusted & twisted wagon wheel rim becomes a sculpture. You may not like it at all but I love it!

Put it this way, anything that one may love is art: art of life, art of loving, art of noise, etc. etc. etc.

Hope I addressed your questions! Thank you for giving me the opportunity to explore your thinking!

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Is the art in the:

1) creator of the object
2) the object
3) the viewer of the object

I ask because I can think of a situation where a non-artist makes a object. For example, me. I make a blob with playdough. I am not an artist and what I created is not art. But then an artist comes around and looks at the blob and says it makes him think about the eternal beauty of the universe. Would he be wrong or did I create art?

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