{"id":6271,"date":"2010-03-15T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2010-03-15T08:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/?p=6271"},"modified":"2010-03-15T09:00:13","modified_gmt":"2010-03-15T08:00:13","slug":"state-artist-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/celebrities\/state-artist-7\/","title":{"rendered":"The State of the Artist # 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m now being challenged by questions:<\/strong>
\n\"\"<\/em><\/strong>
\nWhat is Art?
\nDoes Life imitate Art?
\nDoes Art mirror Life?
\nCan Art exist without Life?
\nCan life exist without Art?
\nCan you see Art all around you?
\nAre you an observer of that Art?
\nAre you a part of it?
\nWould it exist without you?
\nDoes a gallery wall validate Art?
\nIs expression that never hangs in a gallery still Art?
\nAre we all born creative?
\nWhy do many of us kill the creative spirit?
\nIs life without creative expression a failure?
\nAre dreams and Art symbiotic.?
\nCan one note and one word be a song?
\nIs a song never expressed or committed still music?
\nAre words committed to a page a story?
\nCan a story never told still exist?
\nCan the memory of a photo never taken?
\nStill be a photo?
\nIs conversation Art?
\nAre words never spoken and silence Art?
\nAre the spaces between notes and chords music?
\nIf you dance within are you a dancer?
\nIs Art an obsession?
\nIs there Art in conversation?
\nWithout nightmares would we understand dreams?
\nAre dreams the escape
\nOr the reality we never embrace?
\nIs the artist responsible to himself?
\nOr his public?
\nIs compromise the death knoll of creativity?
\nCan knowledge and technical virtuosity
\nBecome a prison?
\nIs expression without technical knowledge and virtuosity
\nStill Art?
\nIf there was nobody to witness, appreciate or critique your expression and creativity?
\nWould you continue?
\nIs compromise the child of failure?
\nWithout integrity can true Art exist?
\nCan integrity be learned?
\nCan success be appreciated without failure?
\nIs maintaining your artistic integrity
\nThe only success you aspire to?
\nWithout acceptance are you a failure?
\nDo you know who you are?
\nCan you be lost and still be credible?
\nCan any form of expression coming from?
\nA state of comfort be valid?
\nDo you need validity?
\nDo you fear being lost?
\nDo you fear being invalidated?
\nHave you ever embraced the fear?
\nTo kill the fright?
\nDo you feel compelled to create because you feel important ?
\nOr because it\u2019s important for you to create?
\nAre you at peace with yourself?
\nDo you fear the silence?
\nCan silence be deafening?
\nDo you fear Loneliness?
\nDo you feel committed to the path
\nThat has chosen you?
\nDo you fear failure?
\nCan you learn from your failures?
\nCan success exist without failure?
\nDo you learn something everyday?
\nDo you listen to others?
\nDo you listen to yourself?
\nDo you observe others?
\nDo you observe yourself?
\nDo you understand yourself?
\nDo you need to be understood?
\nCan you accept not being understood?
\nWhat is Art?
\nDoes life imitate Art?
\nDoes art mirror life?
\nCan Art exist without life?
\nCan life exist without Art?
\nLater… Peace\u2026<\/p>\n

\n

The State of the Artist<\/strong><\/p>\n

Part 1<\/a>
\nPart 2<\/a>
\nPart 3<\/a>
\nPart 4<\/a>
\nPart 5<\/a>
\nPart 6<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m now being challenged by questions: What is Art? Does Life imitate Art? Does Art mirror Life? Can Art exist without Life? Can life exist without Art? Can you see Art all around you? Are you an observer of that Art? Are you a part of it? Would it exist without you? Does a gallery wall validate Art? Is expression that never hangs in a gallery still Art? Are we all born creative? 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