On the Subject of Art. 

 

Only humans make art. Only they are able to produce from a multitude of experiences, thoughts and ideas that which humanity perceive as art. What is art? It is a spiritual momentum communicated through material, movement, music or text? Its quality arising from a mastery of matter and the excellence of a human mind?

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To be art, art must have form, movement, colour, sound and/or text, produced by all sorts of processes, materials and /or makes. To be art, art must be perceptible. It must be permanent, it can't be fleeting. Hence we speak of works of art. Which refers to a material object, a sound carrier, a performance and/or a text, which can be shared, discussed, published and sold.

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And here the information about art ends. Its value has to do with individual perception (art is created in the eye of the beholder, some say...). Often group consensus plays a role. What some experts consider art may be nonsense for many others.

 

If, on the other hand, we look at primeval creation, a world full of forms and appearances, and the stars above, we are deeply impressed. The term art does not arise. We look at something of a different category. Something that lives. Astonished we recognise diversity, constant change and development. And then the question arises, who came up with this? Who maintains and constantly develops it further?