Mad about Art

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FreyAldernari's avatar
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Because I currently can't do it. I have no computer, and no tablet, no sketchbook, no pencil, no nothing. I feel like exploding. Time to sleep.

But before I do, I would like to bring to mind all the certain people who are younger than 18, and how much better they are than us at art. Actually, if you are not a master, don't think about that, because it will make you jealous. Like I am. Right now.

Oh I am seething. Because this a such a great motivation, and all I can do is feebly type a rant on my dad's computer.

Pathetic.

*Grrrrrrrrraahhhhhzzzzzzzzzzzzzrggg*
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Young-Jacob's avatar
Your reference to young people being good at art reminds me of looking through all my high school art projects a few weeks ago.  While my skills since high school have increased tremendously in many areas, my old work was on average quite high quality (definitely higher in craftsmanship and they looked much more "professional").  Then I remembered how much better some of my classmates’ projects had seemed at the time.  Certainly young people can make great work.

But that being said, I can hardly say that any of the pieces I made in high school were transformative on the personal level.  Nothing I made from that time could claim to be even close to a reflection of the human soul.  However, my later artwork, even though the technical skills are not as pronounced, allowed me to understand myself and to better understand the world and society.  This ability to create art which reflects the human soul (a place only describable with nearly paradoxical statements) is not a task the young can necessarily do.  While it is hard to put a minimum age on this, I doubt to see much of it from those under 18.

So I guess I got a little philosophical here.  Ultimately, the question of who is "better at art" is really complicated.  This post highlights my personal story, but each artist has his or her own story of development (and many of them far exceed mine in complexity).  If you view art as merely a decorative item, then talent can be found at all ages.  But if art is something more... the question becomes nearly impossible to answer.  I guess the take away that I intended from this post is to simply realize that the question is, in fact, quite complicated.