What I Currently Believe Art to Be

Today I began to think to myself "what can be considered art?" and "what do all art forms that I've seen so far have in common?" Well I believe that I have an idea for what the answer to these questions may be. I believe that art is any piece of work that conveys some kind of message. Whether it be a painting, a photography, an instillation, musical piece, etc. Every work of art that I've seen so far has this same motive. Works of art convey messages of thought, and often of emotion, and so I believe that any structure or composition which has a message to convey would be considered art.

CD Cover Labels

I think that CD cover labels are pieces of art that are very common, but at the same time they are a complex art form. these cover labels need to have pictures which can represent the overall theme of what the CD is based on, while also being able to draw in an audience, and doing that can be very tough. But even though it can be tough to create a picture which accomplishes these goals, they are very common things which people see all the time.

Another Music Thingy

In this blog, I'm going to talk about what I believe the meaning is to the song "Behind Closed Doors" by the same artist from my last music blog, Rise Against. I believe that this song is trying to convey a message of protesting and rebellion, and how these things helped our country (and others) progress in certain instances. Some lines from the song that lead me to believe this are "Chairs thrown and tables toppled. Hands armed with broken bottles, standing no chance to win, but we're not running, we're not running." along with, "About the time we gave up hoping
we'd ever find these locks still open, stumbling on stones unturned, the hurt we feel, we all have earned." also, "The lines we cross in search of change, but all they see is treason." and finally, a set of lyrics which is repeated throughout the song, "Although we have no obligation to stay alive on broken backs we beg for mercy, we will survive". To me, I see the song as an attempt to relate to all the large (and even some small) movements throughout history, and how the people who contributed to the cause had to protest, riot, and rebel to get their ideals recognized, and even in times of hardship, they didn't give up, and they kept their dreams alive. And this whole message is portrayed through the art of music, in this song. At least in my opinion it is.

Movie Art

The art of making movies is progressing rapidly with all the special effects, computer graphics, etc. For making movies, I personally see the director as the artist, the actors as his models, the world around them, the computer graphics, cameras, and everything else that they use, as the directors tools. The director has a vision and he wants to "paint" that vision on the movie screen, using everything that he has available to him. A lot of times he has to "re-paint" a part of his picture (movie) until the scene ends up being just right. When the director is finished with his art work, most of the time it ends up in the movie version of a gallery, the movie theaters, all over the place. Some movies get shown all around the world while others only get shown in certain countries or certain theaters. But either way, the art work that the director, his models, and his "tools" have created, ends up somewhere that they can be appreciated as a piece of art.

Cake Art

Though many may see cake as just food, there are also those who see it as an art form. I believe that cake can be an art, because it has a lot of the common necessities that most things need in order to be viewed as "art". For many, art takes time, skill, and practice, and in most cases needs to represent something, or someone. Art also usually needs a form in order for most to call it art. Well cake also needs to take time, skill, and practice. It usually represents a celebrated occasion, and the person making the cake can "sculpt" the cake into many unique shapes if they have the right tools. They can also decorate the cake with icing, whether it's just writing something on the cake (calligraphy is also considered an art form to most), or whether it's them drawing pictures on the cake with the icing. So this is why I think that cake can be considered an art form.

Paint Splatter

Is splattering paint art? Some consider it to be art, and others don't. I am one of the people who say that it is considered to be an art form, and I have my reasons for why I consider it to be art. But first I'll discuss why I believe others don't think of it as Art.
I think that the reason why a lot of people don't consider this to be an art form is because it doesn't necessarily create a picture that people can look at and see the features of a person and/or object. A lot of people think that art needs to show these features in order to be considered art.
However, I still consider this an art form. Art isn't just something that utilizes practice and skills to create the artworks we see, it also utilizes emotion. I believe that this art form is one of those forms that utilizes emotion. In my opinion, the emotion comes from how the artist splatters the paint onto the canvas, rather than being shown plainly on the canvas. In other words, the artist can be calm and be lightly flicking paint at the canvas, or can be angry and thrashing his paint-covered brush all around and letting the paint fall where it may. This is why I consider paint splatter an art form.

My Beliefs on Art

Many have questioned throughout the ages, "What is art?" Well to me, everything is art. There's art in nature, and art that is man made. There are people who think that only certain things can be considered art, such as paintings, or sculptures. However, I think that there is much more in art than just what people say.
I believe that if something is art to even just one person, then it should still be considered a piece of art. It takes, time, practice, and skill to make things, and these are the attributes required for art. Architecture is art, technology, music, capturing people in the act of these things and putting it on canvas, it's all art.
And in nature, humans are natural pieces of art, along with planets, stars, and the elements that make them up. Most art pieces even gain their inspiration from these natural art forms.
Anyways, it's my opinion that art is everything, not just things such as paintings and sculptures.