It’s fascinating to read all the viewpoints on creativity,
and it stimulates me to consider/share my own opinions as I attempt to articulate my thoughts :)
What is Art?
Art is often about who calls it art as well as who makes it.
This question ‘what is art’ depends on whether we are looking for a definition or an opinion (the expert)
and
it/art is usually accompanied by someone’s opinion, i.e. someone who claims it to be ‘art’ (the expert/promoter), irrespective of who is doing the creating, (the artist, God/Mother Nature/The Creator of the Universe…) or who is observing it (the witness/viewer).
So whether it is an elephant or a child or a brightly coloured gecko, stepping on a canvas with paint, it is all relative to some of the points above – the observer, the expert and the creator (and who knows if the elephant is conscious or not of what he/she is doing? Comes back to learned behaviour and whether creativity is innate….)
Art to me in practical terms, is the end result of the act of ‘creating’ - creating as in making/doing something – whether that be fine arts, music, conceptual ideas or performance - imo (in my opinion)Things are developed not created….
I prefer to think that the art of creating involves a 'co-creator' rather than a ‘creator’ per se, as nothing we do as artists is original in a sense, like if you paint, who made the paint, (who made the pigment?), who made the canvas, who made the creation? It again involves a multitude of factors and as a co-creator I believe it is also a ‘collective’ effort to produce a work of art (who has influenced me to think/create/act/produce in this way? or develop a creation).
Therefore to me, ‘what is art’ involves the ‘co-creator’/artist, the promoter/expert, and the everything else that developed our thinking and feelings along the way, and if we are lucky enough to share our work with anyone else, then the observer/participant is also a part of ‘what is art’
Co-creator/Artist/Developer/Eternal Student – Susi B. :o)
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