Tadir, this is very simple.
You have no right to judge ANYONE'S art, but your own. You have the right to decide if you like it, or not. You have the right to choose if you wish to look at it. You have the right to raise a stink if I paint a picture EXACTLY like the Mona Lisa and try to claim it's mine.
But you DO NOT have the right to say, "This isn't art", and moreso, you haven't got the right to say I'm giving anyone a bad name because I choose to make pretty pictures as a hobby in my spare time.
What one man considers graffiti and an eyesore, another considers art.
What one man considers yet another trite photograph of the Golden Gate Bridge, another considers art.
What one man considers a crappy photoshop job, another considers art.
None of those people MADE their medium. But they all created something from it that spoke of who they are, and neither you, nor I, nor f'in' God himself has the right to judge that. And if you -really- went to any sort of reputable art or design school, you'd have had that hammered into your head before your freshman year was over.
Now, as I said -- I may not have been clear enough. I'm used to people understanding immediately that I am using pre-created materials. I apologize to anyone who hasn't been exposed to these sorts of creations, or had anyone explain how they're made.
But I will never apologize to you -- ESPECIALLY not with your sort of attitude -- because I make something that makes me HAPPY. You will never have the right to tell me I am not creating art. Even if all I'm doing is setting a dandelion on fire and taking a Polaroid -- art isn't something anyone else can dictate. It comes from inside you, and you alone.
You have no right to judge ANYONE'S art, but your own. You have the right to decide if you like it, or not. You have the right to choose if you wish to look at it. You have the right to raise a stink if I paint a picture EXACTLY like the Mona Lisa and try to claim it's mine.
But you DO NOT have the right to say, "This isn't art", and moreso, you haven't got the right to say I'm giving anyone a bad name because I choose to make pretty pictures as a hobby in my spare time.
What one man considers graffiti and an eyesore, another considers art.
What one man considers yet another trite photograph of the Golden Gate Bridge, another considers art.
What one man considers a crappy photoshop job, another considers art.
None of those people MADE their medium. But they all created something from it that spoke of who they are, and neither you, nor I, nor f'in' God himself has the right to judge that. And if you -really- went to any sort of reputable art or design school, you'd have had that hammered into your head before your freshman year was over.
Now, as I said -- I may not have been clear enough. I'm used to people understanding immediately that I am using pre-created materials. I apologize to anyone who hasn't been exposed to these sorts of creations, or had anyone explain how they're made.
But I will never apologize to you -- ESPECIALLY not with your sort of attitude -- because I make something that makes me HAPPY. You will never have the right to tell me I am not creating art. Even if all I'm doing is setting a dandelion on fire and taking a Polaroid -- art isn't something anyone else can dictate. It comes from inside you, and you alone.
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