The creation process is what I live for. If my hands are tied, my eyes are closed, my ears are plugged, and I cannot taste, I will create in my head, and as soon as my hands are untied I will give a physical embodiment to what was in my head.
Art for me is the very process of life. We are born, we do something, and we die. This gap between birth and death is art. Art of living and doing things. Some may see this art embodied in driving a beautiful car, reading a good book, having many friends, having a baby, and so on. For me, art is the entire above plus:
1) Awareness of this
2) This is an experience that can become part of the lives of other people who do not know me personally.
Art endowed with some criteria by which it can be judged. For example, colour, shape, style, composition, relevance, the involvement of material, professionalism of execution, formation of discussion, and so on. But as a rule, a large number of opinions do not allow to deduce clear criteria for evaluating a particular work.
There is an opinion that contemporary art has become art for a limited circle of people. For those who already have some experience of reading art. In my opinion, art should talk in a simple language with each man, and at the same time, remain modern and encourage a viewer to act (not only to think!). Only a man is the biggest motivation for another man.
For art to be understandable for everyone, it must be very diverse. Therefore, there are so many artists and arts. If for someone a painting, or, let's take in a broad sense, a work of art created by a monkey or robot, can shed light on actual questions - well, that's fine. Solely, after all, it is often not the gods and not the animals who do crafts and burn the clay. If something is not created by nature, then it is made by man.
Making process can be physical or mental. The physical process of creating art must be done by human hands. In other words, the process of making and time spent with this piece need to be represented through the craft. Here the starting point and the end are sometimes can be identified. At some point, all elements become in a balance: first, about the idea, and second, the result. For example, I can feel the intensity and, kind of, excitement in my chest when the need for work or the idea in my head, and the same feeling when the piece is ready. After euphoria is gone, this is the right time to reflect on the creation and show it to the people. It helps to collect emotions and understand their relevance to the idea which was embodied in the material, such as a kind of learning after doing or learning by doing.
Creative process, (2020) Soul [Film stills] Produced by Pixar Animation Studios. Released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Pete Docter. The United States.
It is important to note that if, for example, a manager goes to an exhibition and he is excited and admired by some work of art - a painting or sculpture or a piece of music, it means that he is looking for something additional besides his business in the office. His life requires answers to questions that are not covered in business, church, family, and so on. Thus, art meant to discuss what is not discussed by any other disciplines or discuss issues by means not found in other areas.
Art must also be beautiful and aesthetic. Yes, yes, you heard it right. I got the feeling that recently it has become out of fashion to talk about beauty in art. Or simply because it is difficult to determine what is beautiful and sublime. I am against the spread of dirty, immoral manifestations because I believe that we get what we surround ourselves with, or we are what we think. Therefore, art should contain positive connotations.
So my recipe for art is to take the concepts of beauty, aesthetic and sublime from Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, salt and pepper them with eternal questions and serve them with oil, flesh and blood for pleasure and by the need.
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