Friday, November 19, 2010

Art

art 1 (ärt)
noun
  1. Human effort to imitate, supplement, alter, or counteract the work of nature.
  2. a. The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colors, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the sense of beauty, specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium.
    b. The study of these activities.
    c. The product of these activities; human works of beauty considered as a group...
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So
What is Art?
It is
Altering,
Illuminating,
Creating,
Perceiving,
Imitating
Nature
and/or
Beauty.
Through Human Expression.

Art is
the combination,
conduction,
arrangement and
determination of
elements
enriched and
experienced by
 one
--or many,
in unison of thought.

Art is that which we
perceive
and produce
 it to be.
Art is within
(and without)
and surrounding
Me.

3 comments:

Marie Young (Marie Young Creative) said...

Wonderful job capturing "art" in words!

Anonymous said...

Yay! Art is life is art.
Stay inspired!

Anonymous said...

Really great! Thank you!