I see Role-Playing as a drama. Drama is an art-form. We are all taking on rolls and playing parts in an overall story, as an actor would in a movie or as a character would be written in a book. Movies are art.. books are art.. plays are art. When it comes to acting: Sure, the roles may be created by others, but the actors are artists of a certain kind. They may not own the role or the movie, but they own their own acting in and of that part they play.
I do highly consider Role Playing to be an art form. Like any art form, some people have talent and proficiency for it, others may not. Some people may learn to develop a talent in it, and some people just may never "get it." I've seen all sorts, and in the end it plays out in a very similar manner to acting itself.
So I say it's an art form as much as any other. I'm a writer in my spare time (short stories and poetry, and non-fiction as well), the people in my life are always encouraging me to write a book, write a book, write a book...
... instead ... I role play. Hmm .. if I put all my RP energy into that book they want me to write, I might have a real career there, hah!
Either way, it's all a form of art to me. But whatever you call it, all that matters at the end of the day is what it means to each of us as an individual. What any of us call it collectively is just added content
I do highly consider Role Playing to be an art form. Like any art form, some people have talent and proficiency for it, others may not. Some people may learn to develop a talent in it, and some people just may never "get it." I've seen all sorts, and in the end it plays out in a very similar manner to acting itself.
So I say it's an art form as much as any other. I'm a writer in my spare time (short stories and poetry, and non-fiction as well), the people in my life are always encouraging me to write a book, write a book, write a book...
... instead ... I role play. Hmm .. if I put all my RP energy into that book they want me to write, I might have a real career there, hah!
Either way, it's all a form of art to me. But whatever you call it, all that matters at the end of the day is what it means to each of us as an individual. What any of us call it collectively is just added content
