The Art of
Painting and Drawing can be seen as a language. One needs to learn to speak and
understand it.
On one
hand, the writers: They need talent, inspiration, practice, and patience, which
is the result of love in this case.
Then, the
readers: the more one understands a language (that also takes learning and doing
a lot of reading), the more one can appreciate it.
Some people
write news articles, or sms-es. These are generally understood by everyone. The
visual art equivalent would be street art (Banksy for instance), or a cute
scribble/drawing made by someone who picked up the pencil just a minute before
and has a simple story to tell. The public who stops at this kind of
appreciation misses what visual art has still to offer: the Shakespeares, the
Haikus, the (Slam) Poetry.
Art is open
to everyone, to produce, to appreciate. But to transmit a feeling, to share a
personal view of life, both training, love for the “job” and great patience is
necessary. To understand the value of the visual art and grow from it, one
needs to understand the language and take the time to observe it. Most of these
“virtues” are neither taught nor encouraged by the society.
Basically,
I wrote the same thing twice, using different words. This, for instance, is a “writing
strategy”. All this and more must be learned from the betters.
Art without
a public cannot exist. Artist without art cannot exist. Everyone loses.
