Art is life making sense!

Life is a work of art. Our living is a work of art. We are masterpieces made by god and trust me he made them unique-signature-class. We are proto-types, although 6 billion, not one of us is the same. i.e. I look at that as WOW, 6 billion ways to tell stories. Art does not happen by itself. It needs something else. Actually it needs a big help from its twin brother Craft. Unless there is a unique bond between the two, our creation will not realize its full potential!

What is ART? What is CRAFT? Lets take making a Table to explore our questions. There is an art and craft to it. Craft is the laws of physics that is needed to be in place to hold the table above the ground. Art of it is an aesthetic sense to it. Aesthetic sense translates to the shape of the table-top, material of the table: marble, stone, wood, brass etc. The craft defines that we need legs for the table and a table top. Art then comes in and says. How about if the table has one leg? Then we need to put it in the center as a pillar and have an appropriate table top. You can have 2 legs on one side and make it heavy enough to avoid the other two legs. You can have 3 dolphins made out of glass holding a table top. For the table-top you could choose, stone, glass… you get the idea….. This has a lot of resonance to filmmaking. Those thoughts are saved for another day.

So, what is the end result of the art and craft:

Art+Craft= Emotion.

The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place; from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web.
::: Pablo Picasso :::

i.e. If a scrap of paper makes you emote then it is art for you. They say that Art is nothing but life making sense. Very interesting! More ramblings soon! Take a few minutes to look at the sky today!
Raj