Art is Choice
“Art is Choice” – Richard Walter
What does this mean? Is it similar to ‘God is Love’? If that is the case then it can be turned around, yes? Choice is Art. So, maybe what it’s getting at is that all the act of choosing is the act of art. Art is a codified, organized way of developing choices in a particular area. Rules for making choices?
Another question that comes from this is what happens when the artist is no longer making choices but instead is simply repeating him or herself, becoming a schlock artist, a serial artist with the same M.O. for each crime…I mean art piece. And
therein lies the reason someone like Thomas Kinkade long ago stopped being an artist and is now simply a huckster. Watch out for those who don’t use their ability for choice. They are no longer artists.
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