The Mona Lisa is not Art. It is art,
but it's not Art. What's the difference? Am I just babbling and
making artificial distinctions of some kind? Am I saying that the
most famous painting in the world isn't the masterpiece everyone says
it is? Have I finally disappeared up my own asshole into an
alternate universe of pontificatory utopianism?
In reverse order, no, no, no and that's
what I'll be getting to right now.
Art is not a physical object, nor is it
a performance, nor a book, nor a score, nor any of the things that
people commonly refer to as works of Art. Art is a moment, a moment
of discovery, of creativity and enlightenment. Art happens inside
the human mind and heart.
It is then channeled through the hands,
the voice, the body into a work that the rest of the world can view.
And at that point, it is art. art is the residue of that moment. It
is what is left over when Art has passed. What we see on the walls,
on the stage or on the page is the effect that Art has upon the
world. It is the communication that carries the meaning of that which
was discovered, created or illuminated.
My stories are not Art, but I know the
moment of Art when I write them.
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