Comments on: On labeling things … http://www.paullesterphoto.com/wordpress/2008/09/02/on-labeling-things/ Living through the lens Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:18:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Paul http://www.paullesterphoto.com/wordpress/2008/09/02/on-labeling-things/comment-page-1/#comment-9251 Paul Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:47:32 +0000 http://www.paullesterphoto.com/wordpress/?p=1891#comment-9251 @Earl: Great comment, Earl. I really like the quote by Eric Gil. I think that that says a lot. @Earl: Great comment, Earl. I really like the quote by Eric Gil. I think that that says a lot.

]]> By: Earl http://www.paullesterphoto.com/wordpress/2008/09/02/on-labeling-things/comment-page-1/#comment-9249 Earl Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:51:37 +0000 http://www.paullesterphoto.com/wordpress/?p=1891#comment-9249 I read this post yesterday but wanted to take some time before commenting. I've long struggled with the "What is Art" concept. Is it the pile of garbage that is suppose to represent some abstract meaning or the marks left by a canine from scratching on carbon paper with a canvas below? Some would say so. The subject of Art can become even cloudier when dealing with photography. The "what is art" question has probably been around since the first cave drawings and deals with individual taste and concepts. “Art is what's left over after you've defined everything else” - Michael Vitale “The artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist”- Eric Gil “Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.” - Oscar Wilde IMHO: Art, in it's truest form, is not about something created (such as a photo, painting, etc.) but about the process of individual creativity. In saying, "I'm not creating for others, I'm going to do what I do for me," as Paul Butzi did, he's actually embracing the truest spirit of an artist, the individual. I like to think about the phrase, "A great work of art." The key word for me is work (something on which exertion or labor is expended)...a labor of love. My two cents. ;-) I read this post yesterday but wanted to take some time before commenting.

I’ve long struggled with the “What is Art” concept. Is it the pile of garbage that is suppose to represent some abstract meaning or the marks left by a canine from scratching on carbon paper with a canvas below? Some would say so.

The subject of Art can become even cloudier when dealing with photography. The “what is art” question has probably been around since the first cave drawings and deals with individual taste and concepts.

“Art is what’s left over after you’ve defined everything else” – Michael Vitale

“The artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist”- Eric Gil

“Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.” – Oscar Wilde

IMHO: Art, in it’s truest form, is not about something created (such as a photo, painting, etc.) but about the process of individual creativity. In saying, “I’m not creating for others, I’m going to do what I do for me,” as Paul Butzi did, he’s actually embracing the truest spirit of an artist, the individual.

I like to think about the phrase, “A great work of art.” The key word for me is work (something on which exertion or labor is expended)…a labor of love.

My two cents. ;-)

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