Ever wonder where the ability to create comes from?
Is it talent, education, awareness (something else)? Or, is ‘art ability’ a state of mind?
So many times I’ve heard people say (about any work of art), “I could never do that; I can’t even draw a stick person; I’m not creative”.
And I wonder, could that really be true?
Isn’t it possible that awareness and state of mind are the overriding factors in determining whether anyone, or everyone, can create art?
Our ability to view, with wonder, the symbolic, primitive creations of ancient civilizations, while appreciating the meticulous, crafted detailing of Medieval & Renaissance work, illustrates there is not only one, single expression of talent amongst humans.
We admire the freedom and humanity of early modern and abstract art and are awed, often, by the unselfconscious brilliance in the work of children.
Talent is not everything, in getting a job done, so, what if everyone believed they could draw, paint and create?
What would happen to the world we know?
Let us know what you think.
