Re: [DISC] Is Language Creation Art?

 --- Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...> wrote:

> If you create something because of a burning desire
> to bring that thing into the world, it's art.
>
> If you create something because of a burning desire
> to master the skill to do so, it's craft.
>
> If you create something because of a burning desire
> not to be bored of a Wednesday night, it's a hobby.
I like this text! But I don't fully agree with it.

IMO artists can be divided into three categories:
- those who create exactly what their audience likes
to see/hear/read;
- those who like to please the audience, but not at
all cost; they rather seek a dialogue;
- the rather "fundamentalist" kind; they don't care at
all whether their works are bought/performed/liked...

I know quite a few artists who belong to the third
category; sometimes they don't even try to send
anything into the world, but nevertheless, their
creations are pure art.

On the other hand, take a composer like Rossini. This
guy had two loves in his life: cooking and eating. As
a composer, he was a good craftsman and widely
acclaimed as an artist. But as soon as he had made
enough money to devote himself completely to cooking
and eating, he quit composing.

Jan

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"You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought,
wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that
happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great
comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe." --- J.
Michael Straczynski

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