Simon Cowell on What is Art?
Kit Tosello is another kitchen designer/ blogger I've come to know through Twitter. She wrote one of the most poignant posts this blog has ever seen when she penned Dad's Dream: a Tale of Two Houses in December. In keeping with my goal of having this space be somewhere where a variety of opinions and stories can be heard, Kit penned another great post. My "What is art" posts from last week set her to thinking about art. I love where she goes with this. What do you guys think? Check out her regular posts on The High Desert Home Companion and get an Oregon perspective on design and life. Thanks Kit!
Where do you go for intrepid instruction on genuine artistry? American Idol's Simon Cowell obviously. Eh-hem. Indulge me for a second.
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Since Paul vexed me last week with his head-scratching blog post, What Is Art? , I jotted down some recent criticisms that Simon paid this season's batch of aspiring musical artists:
"You've simply proven us which you're any individual who can sing a person else's tune . . . And not as nicely."
"Most of all it is seeking to do something that makes you original."
Conversely, right here are a number of the AI judges' affirmations:
"You picked the song because you genuinely liked the song and it portrayed you as an artist." -Simon
"You're believable." -Kara
"You don't care what everyone thinks or what's in . . . I love the honesty." -Randy
Great unpretentious singer-songwriters along with Jackson Browne come to thoughts.
I've been thinking that one requirement of first rate art is the transparency of the artist.
Mankind via nature is fact-in search of; it is what sets our species apart. On the opposite hand, we love quite things. I actually have quite a few quite doo-dads round my house that won't have some thing to do with proper artwork. We regularly revel in artwork that panders and pleases.
Yet I suppose we innately recognize and respect fact in artwork. Whether in music, dance, literature or excellent artwork, we are able to experience if the artist's thoughts, body and soul were absolutely present at a work's advent.
Such sincerety expresses the human choice to be regarded, unselfconsciously. It isn't always a guise. It may make a statement or pose a question. It might portray an sincere reaction to the honor of the universe, or it would increase an altar to mark a factor on the artist's personal adventure.
Honesty is attractive. When one of my teenagers wants to pay the ultimate complement they will say something or someone is legit.
Can there be reality in business art?
DaVinci was commissioned to paint a portrait we've come to know as the Mona Lisa.
Heesyun Ruettgers, a friend and local photographer who specializes in bridal portraiture, says this about her stunning work: "It's what I see."
Ruettgers Photography
Ruettgers Photography
Here are a few phrases of recommendation from writing professionals to the amateur:
?Risk being unliked. Tell the fact as you recognize it. If you?Re a creator, you have got a moral responsibility to do this. And it's miles a progressive act?Fact is always subversive.?
- Anne Lamott, Bird via Bird
"...Write what you KNOW. Not what you believe you studied, or what you have heard. Write what your gut tells you is the fact."
- Rachelle Gardner, Literary Agent
The intersection of truth, skills and approach.
Of course, honesty in creative expression is lost with out method. Great artists have the talent and education to expose us what they see.
If you handed me a tray of oil paints, I could try most sincerely to relay the tender message I see in my dog's eyes right now, but my amateur brushstrokes would only diminish the message. Or, as Simon said to one unpolished contestant this week:
"Brave . . . But you're gonna need a number of work."
Great art magnifies the holy thriller.
You may locate this a stretch. Whether or now not an artist believes in God's life, I agree with that God is commemorated through sincere expression. The looking of a soul is a holy day trip.
"The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul." -J.S. Bach
It's been twenty years since I took a course in Art Appreciation. In considering this topic, I purposely avoided searching up any formal definitions of artwork so that I may want to shape my very own conclusions. Art is a two-manner road and we're free to reply in my view. These are virtually my honest responses, offered in as subtle a way as I realize how, based on my journey up to now.
What do you think about the relationship between truth and art?