I still think it is a craft, a skill but not art. Everything requires skill, technique, some talent and luck, even cooking a good steak. You friend's photo is amazing. I still don't consider it art though. It is just an amazing photo. I think we overuse "art" so much these days. Every string of beads someone puts together while depressed, every black and white photo ("oh you see how that portrait really shows the character, what's inside" - eh...no, it doesn't, mate) , every drawing seems to become "my art" these days. Every guy who puts vintage records on in a club is "an artist". I got to the point when I think "oh shit, no..." to myself every time someone wants to show me "their art". In my experience it has never been any good and I never considered it art (just a drawing, a photo, etc). I never volunteered to tell people that I did not consider their stuff art and I don't have any problems with them thinking that it is art of course.
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Date: 2016-09-18 04:34 pm (UTC)I think we overuse "art" so much these days. Every string of beads someone puts together while depressed, every black and white photo ("oh you see how that portrait really shows the character, what's inside" - eh...no, it doesn't, mate) , every drawing seems to become "my art" these days. Every guy who puts vintage records on in a club is "an artist". I got to the point when I think "oh shit, no..." to myself every time someone wants to show me "their art". In my experience it has never been any good and I never considered it art (just a drawing, a photo, etc). I never volunteered to tell people that I did not consider their stuff art and I don't have any problems with them thinking that it is art of course.