Art has long been used as a
medium for expressing emotions, whether they be positive or negative, and
morphing these emotions into something that others can relate to, admire, and
empathize with. Some of the greatest visual artists, musicians, and other
visionaries have been praised for their raw implementation of emotion and feeling
into their works. Despite these common characteristics of art, I also believe
art can be used to express basically anything
in a creative way. It’s all up to the artist and whatever they feel is
necessary to communicate.
I believe the role of the
artist is to simply translate their feelings into a creative piece. Their works
do not necessarily need to be comprehensible to anyone but themselves, but
rather they simply need to express anything the artist feels. The chief
responsibility of the artist is to maintain a certain degree of individuality
in their work. While I understand that almost all art was influenced by a
previous work of art, the artist has a duty to create something that is truly
their own, and not merely a reproduction of what someone else has created.
Language arts differs from
traditional art in the way that it has an unmatched ability to put the consumer
into a different world. While music and potentially visual art can do this,
language arts can give access to the thoughts, dialogue, and situations of
others with a level of detail that not even movies can always achieve. Language
arts also allows the reader to build a mental picture for themselves of what
they reading, rather than plainly giving them the image.
Although this sounds cheesy,
I would argue that everyone is an artist in some respect. If someone can sing,
dance, write, draw, film, or even say a witty joke that evokes any emotion in
me, I would consider that art. If I can make someone laugh through my
commentary or jokes on a certain matter, I believe I am creating an
unconventional, but nevertheless true piece of art.
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