People often ask artists why do they create when there are countless artworks in the world. They argue that nothing is "new" in art anymore. I pondered for quite some time on this question. It's a logical point of view. I find that it is an innate drive to create a piece of art, which in my case is visual. Art becomes personal and individualized when the original meaning of the inspirational piece/movement has been altered to a certain degree. It's a way to look at the world and all the information that is comprised from it and decide to make a statement about it, whethere it is on a grandioso scale or not. Also, art today is branching out into numerous categories that are challenging to organize.
What I desire to create changes due to my interest in multiple mediums. For example, I emphasized in Photography, but ironically with all the techonological advances in it, I have become drawn into painting. I am slow to accept technology in art within my own work, not others. I could spend hours at a time in a dark room, but find it painful to sit down to a computer and work on a Photoshop. My creativity lies in the old hands-on approach. You could say it relates back to craftsmanship.
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