Philishopical Thought of the Day:

[partly]

Cleaning up some old papers, ran across this and thought I'd post it.


Chalk art on the pavement....
pictures in the sand....

Art is a creation. Art is an action. It is a conscious force of will that leaves a result.

The question, then, is:

Is it art if no one else ever sees it? If I create the world's most beautiful art and no one ever sees it... is it art?

And, by extension, is perception by others necessary for things to have value -- to be?

What good is a brilliant thought if it is never shared?
What good is a heroic act if no one knows of that act?
What good is goodness if it doesn't touch others?

When the rain washes away the picture on the cement... did art ever really exist?


In the end, the creation -- the acting -- is for me, but the creation -- the action -- is for others.

Comments

My thoughts on art and creativity...

[imbri6.livejournal.com]

Dunno if you were looking for discussion on this, but I've done a lot of "art" in my time, a lot of creating of things, pictures, objects.

For me the joy is in the creation. Often it's quiet, meditative time, where I contemplate the reason for the art, the person for whom I am creating (while I do create for myself, I create much more often for others.) I think it really *is* a form of medition for me, and I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that it is a physical manifistation of the love I feel in my heart.

just my $.02....

[alliesings.livejournal.com]

This is interesting for me because it seems that at least once a year I get into a "why do we write" discussion with someone. We write because we can't NOT write, and yet, we desire to share that with an audience. The writing itself is an art, but the joy comes when you know others have read it. The joy is multiplied when the reader sends feedback, but there is a humble awe at just seeing "hit counts" and realizing that hundereds of people have read my stories -- people I'll never know, but my words are now a part of their consciousness.

[k-kinnison.livejournal.com]

Art is all about the person's perspective. Philosopers have debated this for centuries, and still no one car really truely and properly come up with a definitive definition for what makes art.. art

[kitap.livejournal.com]

What good is a heroic act if no one knows of that act?
What good is goodness if it doesn't touch others?

Surely heroic deeds are heroic whether they are fawned over or not; it shouldn't take an outside source to validate the heroicness. As for goodness, unless you are pulling the old hermit-in-a-cabin 300 miles from everyone else and never interacts with anyone schtick, goodness will ripple out to other people; it has to.

You have way to much time on your hands, woman.