Monday, July 5, 2010

I looked up 'Inspiring graffiti' on google images.
"When living is a thing money can buy The rich shall live & The poor shall die."
"We're all the punchline in a joke that they won't let us in on."
And my favorite. "Only dead fish swim with the stream."
THEN.
I looked up 'Inspiring art.'
Someone said, "Finally some meaningful graffiti."
Honestly, I think most of it is meaningful. And all of it is powerful.
I once read that art is anything you can get away with.
I think art is something, anything, that you express yourself through.
Something that is showing meaning.
When I see a painting of a bowl of fruit, I get a little dissapointed. You have the ability. You obviously like art, you want it, you need it, so let's make it say something. I can't help but think that the bowl of fruit has some hidden message, some power in the colors, or the reason they made that picture.
I'll ask someone what it is, they'll say it's just a bowl of fruit.
I'll tell them there is no such thing as just a bowl of fruit.
Art is anything you can get away with. Art comes from inside, comes from the depths of your soul, and it has a message, it has meaning.
Art is you.
So, since people right now don't have many things that aren't heard, on the spot, I'll give them a topic.
What is art?