one thing that still bugs me a bit is my art teachers definition of art. like absolutely people will have different interpretations and all are technically correct
but she was so adamant about it and would deny any other definitions and hers was very. exclusive i guess. which is what the problem was.
her whole thing was “art is something that holds a mirror up to society and makes it judge itself” and would deny anything that wasn’t that. which is stupid? that’s such a specific category that even old ass artwork from considered masters don’t fit into. mona lisa isn’t art but the sunday funnies are i guess, better put trump eating putin’s ass in the museums for all eternity.
another one i wasn’t a fan of was a different art teacher demanding meaning from every single inch of ur paintings. what does this represent? what does that mean? it has to be deep and thoughtful. which i guess is better but still annoying bc not everything means anything deep. i made the fuckin curtains blue bc i like the colour, ma’am.
at the end of the day i’m pretty pleased w/ what i consider art i guess. to me art is just something created that tells a story. and not like “oh she’s on the train escaping her distant lover” the story could just be “i dropped my paint brush and worked around the splatter” or “i just needed to use up my paints so i could make space to buy more and i didn’t have enough supplies for something actually good besides some sloppy fingerpainting” and even “shit dude i fuckin love frogs”. those are ur stories. but it could also be super deep stuff like judging society or telling lengthy narratives. anything like artwork, songs, writing, dances, anything. if it’s got a story of any sort feel free to call it art.
like i’m not saying their definitions are wrong, i’m just saying i don’t really agree and really don’t like them, and their sorta elitist views on art were probably the reason why i got so scared to do anything in art class. outside of painting for goofs outside of class i maybe got 3 paintings finished in those 4 years.
overall just putting a limit to art is shitty. ur neon princess OC from when u were 8 is art. ur fursona is art. ur 30 chapter story that is a metaphor for anxiety and depression is art. ur ink drops on a page that u thought looked cool and decided to keep tucked in ur notebook after ur pen exploded bc u chewed on it too hard is art. for all i care call ur fart Artwork if you really wanna be a goof and call its story “a really good day at chipotle”
art doesn’t have a limit. that’s the whole entire fucking point of it.
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