I think one needs to realize that there are:
many different ROLES of the ARTIST in society
there are also many different ART WORLDs & viewers that exist w/in
the grand scheme of the total art world.
i think the one romantic idea that most think of when the word
ARTIST is thrown out is the "Artist as Shaman"-
the idea of the artist as this visionary leader who changes the world.
it's kind of a romantic idea, but is is one view of artist.
s---
>> The aim of art is to define certain specific variables of the
>> perceived reality and give them new priorities to the beholder. If you
>> think about it, that is what paranoia and schizophrenia does to us.
Is that why so many great artists are, uh, slightly off center? Or
WAY off center?
My grandfather was an artist (pottery,
painting, mosaics) and I don't
think he could even see the center from where he was. :) He was
manic, bi-polar, and did amazing work.
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