{"id":230836,"date":"2020-05-05T01:59:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T08:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=230836"},"modified":"2020-05-05T02:10:56","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T09:10:56","slug":"why-we-make-art-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/05\/why-we-make-art-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Why We Make Art Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The joy of creating&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is art? Art is just something you create. It doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t need to be \u00e2\u20ac\u0153artistic\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, which we mean to say is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153divinely and accurately painted\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps in the past we deified artists, because they seemed godlike. For example, a renaissance painter \u00e2\u20ac\u201d not everyone can do that. It requires tedious years of training, and even more years of insane execution and focus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But with photography comes the ultimate disrupter. Now literally anybody and everybody cam make art work! An art work as something which you create which is external of yourself and your body.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1180' height='590' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/ry1EJ4Li?autoPlay=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;hd=0&amp;cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1770107250'><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why make art works?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1180\" height=\"1573\" data-attachment-id=\"230787\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/04\/what-is-the-source-of-our-power\/1892c8fd-53ca-4b4d-bed8-569d4739aafb\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1892C8FD-53CA-4B4D-BED8-569D4739AAFB.jpeg?fit=1668%2C2224&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1668,2224\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1892C8FD-53CA-4B4D-BED8-569D4739AAFB\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1892C8FD-53CA-4B4D-BED8-569D4739AAFB.jpeg?fit=1668%2C2224&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1892C8FD-53CA-4B4D-BED8-569D4739AAFB.jpeg?resize=1180%2C1573&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sketch ERIC KIM \" class=\"wp-image-230787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1892C8FD-53CA-4B4D-BED8-569D4739AAFB.jpeg?w=1668&amp;ssl=1 1668w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1892C8FD-53CA-4B4D-BED8-569D4739AAFB.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1892C8FD-53CA-4B4D-BED8-569D4739AAFB.jpeg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1892C8FD-53CA-4B4D-BED8-569D4739AAFB.jpeg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1892C8FD-53CA-4B4D-BED8-569D4739AAFB.jpeg?resize=720%2C960&amp;ssl=1 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then comes the more pragmatic question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>WHY make art works?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps there doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t need to be a&nbsp;<em>why<\/em>&nbsp;make art work question. Perhaps a better question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Why do children make art works?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My 2 year old self<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apparently I knew how to draw and paint before I knew how to speak. I have this vivid memory of my mom telling me when I was in my old house in Alameda, I would draw and paint furiously for hours on end, hunched over my little plastic blue and beige Fischer price desk, and stay insanely focused on making my art works.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why do this as a child? Certainly I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have a good reason&nbsp;<em>why<\/em>&nbsp;I did it \u00e2\u20ac\u201d I just did it!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why do children make art works?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wonder\u00e2\u20ac\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>For a child to draw or paint before he or she can talk &#8230; is this a sign that making art is the primal, and first form of human communication? To communicate ones inner thoughts and being into external reality?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe so! And what makes this interesting?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Perhaps it is our primal human drive to communicate! To communicate ourselves to others. To assert ourselves. To be heard!&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Make in order to communicate and to assert our inner world to others.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The joy of creating&nbsp; What is art? Art is just something you create. 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