{"id":304615,"date":"2021-02-28T15:14:06","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T20:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=304615"},"modified":"2021-02-28T17:46:21","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T22:46:21","slug":"the-artist-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/28\/the-artist-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What makes an artist or what is an artist?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Someone who is passionate about aesthetics, and how he or she perceives external visual stimuli. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-do-you-care-for-aesthetics\">How do you care for aesthetics?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For myself, I find myself extremely sensitive to visual aesthetics. Much of my mood is governed by the visual:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Natural light, brightness <\/li><li>The design color and fashion of my clothes, shoes, accessories, glasses<\/li><li>The view from my window <\/li><li>The aesthetics of the everyday things I use \u00e2\u20ac\u201d coffee cup, espresso machine, phone, tablet, laptop, headphones, etc.  <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-i-can-t-help-it\">I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t help it<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1180\" height=\"1770\" data-attachment-id=\"304626\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/28\/the-artist-2\/06e5b002-eb0d-460c-ba8a-2fc1268817b4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/06E5B002-EB0D-460C-BA8A-2FC1268817B4.jpeg?fit=1242%2C1863&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1242,1863\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"06E5B002-EB0D-460C-BA8A-2FC1268817B4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/06E5B002-EB0D-460C-BA8A-2FC1268817B4.jpeg?fit=1242%2C1863&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/06E5B002-EB0D-460C-BA8A-2FC1268817B4.jpeg?resize=1180%2C1770&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"304626\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/06E5B002-EB0D-460C-BA8A-2FC1268817B4.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/28\/the-artist-2\/06e5b002-eb0d-460c-ba8a-2fc1268817b4\/\" class=\"wp-image-304626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/06E5B002-EB0D-460C-BA8A-2FC1268817B4.jpeg?w=1242&amp;ssl=1 1242w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/06E5B002-EB0D-460C-BA8A-2FC1268817B4.jpeg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/06E5B002-EB0D-460C-BA8A-2FC1268817B4.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/06E5B002-EB0D-460C-BA8A-2FC1268817B4.jpeg?resize=920%2C1380&amp;ssl=1 920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1180\" height=\"1770\" data-attachment-id=\"304627\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/28\/the-artist-2\/1f688af4-15d9-4891-9eb4-657e1d838822\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1F688AF4-15D9-4891-9EB4-657E1D838822.jpeg?fit=1242%2C1863&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1242,1863\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1F688AF4-15D9-4891-9EB4-657E1D838822\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1F688AF4-15D9-4891-9EB4-657E1D838822.jpeg?fit=1242%2C1863&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1F688AF4-15D9-4891-9EB4-657E1D838822.jpeg?resize=1180%2C1770&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"304627\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1F688AF4-15D9-4891-9EB4-657E1D838822.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/28\/the-artist-2\/1f688af4-15d9-4891-9eb4-657e1d838822\/\" class=\"wp-image-304627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1F688AF4-15D9-4891-9EB4-657E1D838822.jpeg?w=1242&amp;ssl=1 1242w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1F688AF4-15D9-4891-9EB4-657E1D838822.jpeg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1F688AF4-15D9-4891-9EB4-657E1D838822.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1F688AF4-15D9-4891-9EB4-657E1D838822.jpeg?resize=920%2C1380&amp;ssl=1 920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t force myself to care for aesthetics \u00e2\u20ac\u201d it is just my being. If I perceive something as ugly \u00e2\u20ac\u201d let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s say, ugly housing project architecture or buildings, it depresses my mood and angers me to no end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the contrary, beautiful designs, beautiful human forms (both <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/28\/the-female-form\/\">female<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/29\/what-is-the-ideal-male-form\/\">male<\/a>) uplift me, energize me, and give me the great will to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even with website and blog design, <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/23\/aesthetics-over-function\/\">aesthetics is king for me<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-pickiness-of-the-artist-as-a-virtue\">The pickiness of the artist as a virtue <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If we artists weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t picky or selective, where would the root of our aesthetic tastes come from?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What makes an artist or what is an artist? 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