Art is Art….Post 6

Allow art to simply be what it is and not what one thinks or believe it should be….

This post is a bit longer than my usual ones here, but I felt everything here needed to be stated and I’m pulling no punches at all with regards to art. This is due to my personal admiration, respect, and passion for artistry.

Art is the freedom of creative expression by various means through the said artist. And in whatever way the artist deemed it to be, manifested and materialized through their own personal and artistic vision thereof. This is how I personally describe artistry along with the bold statement above. The purity of art and the passion for the arts, is what matters most to me. Too many times through different mediums, commercial or otherwise, artistry tends to get lost and tainted. It gets modified or altered most of the time from its original form and vision. This has to stop! The question is, will it?

No disrespect intended towards anyone that has made it publicly, in the limelight or spotlight regarding their artistic work. But, has that spotlight or recognition gone to your head or ego? Has that forced one to forget their humble beginnings? Has that made you look down on other artists based on where you’ve reached? Has any amount of success caused one to truly lose the purity, passion, and true freedom of expression, that art has always allowed to happen and therefore should always stay there?

These are the questions that all artists must answer for themselves. Because you’re a teacher shouldn’t matter. Because you’ve written many books shouldn’t matter. Because you’ve gotten to travel and speak shouldn’t matter. Or received various accolades shouldn’t matter either. Never lose your way as an artist no matter what! And never, and I repeat….never judge or put down any artist and their work. Even if it’s not your cup of tea, art has always been open to personal interpretation. True appreciation for the arts, should always be in place. Now I’m not saying just anything goes with art either, as in illegal, depraved, evil, and immoral things or factors that we all know are wrong regardless of the art form or style.

Humbleness, passion, creativity, imagination, skills and talent over time, expression, freedom, and utter confidence in my opinion rule art with an iron fist. These are what keep an artist truly grounded and rooted in what art should always be and maintain it no matter what. Never get so high and mighty to the point where you can’t learn more, be teachable, or take on more than one art. But also, never be so high and mighty either that you feel you should harshly critique, insult, disrespect, or dictate to another artist what you think, feel, or believe it should be based on your personal view or philosophies. This is the worst of all, and shame on anyone who does this to an artist, does to an artist from being an artist yourself, blocking or attempting to change or taint through misunderstanding of what art truly is and suppose to be freely. In other words, never put an artist in a box, because that is not where they belong ever. An artist is not a caged bird, but rather one that flies about and soars freely the same as art was intended to be and stay. Plus we never know the real depths or capabilities of an artist, until they show it to us. That is if they’re gracious enough to share their art with us all. Because they don’t have to do this, it’s at the artist’s personal discretion to do so or not, again their freedom and choice. And artists should always do art for themselves first and foremost, and not for others.

Quote: “Inside you there’s an artist you don’t know about… say yes quickly, if you know, if you’ve known it from before the beginning of the universe.”

― Rumi

Now, I wrote this from not only my personal view and experiences, but through the ugliness also through others I’ve seen, read about, or heard. I believe and will always believe in the purity, the creative expression, and freedom that art affords to the artist and their vision. Art never has to be what we think it should, but rather let it be exactly what it is and nothing more or less. There is beauty in artistry, and even more beauty through real freedom of personal expression that compliments art in the manner it was created and meant to be.

I truly hope that this post about art, resonates with all who read it and feel free to express and comment on it, much love and peace fellow artists.

Sincerely,

PoeticMobility

PM