I do not call myself an artist, why? You may ask, well I do not create art, but then again what is art? A painting, a piece of music, a sculpture a poem, a story, a video game…. this? Is this art? And what is “good” art? If I think a painting is ugly does it make that painting less of an art work? And what if I find this painting to be so ugly, so repulsive that I rather look at a dog crap, is the painting still art? And if so, is the dog crap art too? I mean I rather look at that instead of the painting? But then on the other hand I would not hang the crap on the wall…


And how is “good” art measured, is it the amount of time the artist spends on his work, is it how groundbreaking his work is? Is it how much we can discuss, interpret the work in different ways?


Or is it a matter of scale? How big it is, how much color is used, how long the song is, and so on… and if it is a matter of scale, is more better or is less more?


Or maybe it is a matter of popularity, the more that see/hear it the better, it seems to be like that with the music, at least if you measure how much money is being made, and how much publicity it gets. Or maybe it’s about popularity, but not how many that likes it but who that likes it? That there is a bunch of “arty” people that just this piece of art want to reach out to and get the just there attention, and if you’re going to fit in to this bunch, then you must like just that kind of art, no matter if its music or another kind of art. But this seems to apply for music, there is rockers and rappers, singers and clappers…


And why are we always trying to categorize art? This song is heavy metal.. or this is and anime. And if every piece of art has to have a label on it that tells us were to butt it, who decides what label it is suppose to have.. the artist himself maybe?


Most of you is probably  thinking “art is a matter of taste, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder ”, but why is it that some art seems to fit in so many people’s taste, and other artworks only is liked by a few, and is there a form or piece of art the none likes? And in that case is it still art?


And the thought just hit me, if this is art? Am I an artist now? Or is there another criterion that has to be achieved before you are an artist? Or do you have to be in a special way. Or do you have to have a motivation or a purpose with your art.
These questions have been in the back of my mind for a while now… and I think this is the best place to ask them.. so any answers anyone?