Where Does Art Come From?
Where does art come from? Do we develop art for the purpose of escaping or enriching our lives? Do we find some simple solace in the fact that art brings us closer to the act of creation. Is it a fundamental God complex that drives one to produce art and share it with others? Art comes from the belly of my soul and nags at me. Calls to me, saying that I have something to give this world, these people, this era. I wouldn’t want it any other way since my art is my insides sprawled out in paintings. My guts plastered against a wall with a sign saying “Look at this!”. Paintings show how hard I think and how much I want to communicate the sensual bliss of seeing hearing feeling touching and tasting. I push my art into other people’s laps in the hopes that they will see what I have cooped up on the inside of me and therefore remove them (and me) from emp
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Approximate Word count = 580
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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