Artist

Atop Cowles Mountain where Dzu relaxed with his sketch book.

A Jaguar tribe Peruvian artist from the Amazon jungles, created a "roof" to cover this head!

Pat signing his art work at an art gallery in LA.

Once an artist, always an artist! Artists come in all forms and shapes. What comes to my mind are as follows:

• The closet artists: Ones who are real artist at heart but are slaves to the corporate world and have obligations that tie them down. I purely blame it on capitalism.
• The vagabond artists: Those that just do their thing and don't care where and what they do [it may include not taking care of themselves], as long as they are submerged in their art).
• The con-artists: Ones that think they are artists but really are not. Simply put: "con" artists in all forms.
• The realist artists: The ones who are realist. Duh! (OK I can't think of something smug or crass to say).
• The idealist artists: Ones that think that the only way to become the next Frazzeta is to follow the traditional route of doing art ALL the time. Hello ... McFly ...
• The confidence-deprived artists: Those that feel that their art is truck loads of crappola. Sadly, I must say, many fall into this. I don't know whether to call this confidence deprivation or modesty.
• The socially-challenged artists: Those that are shy and phenomenal artist but please don't put them in social settings -- they can't handle the heat!
• The normal artists: I realize that "normal" is a subjective word but according to my definition, these are folks who do their art with passion, live a balanced life, enjoy life, especially with an artistic goggles, do other things that are not art, etc. (Biasness aside, Congrats Dzu and Pat -- You guys fall into this category) :)

And the list continues ... (I'll update this as I find definitions pop into my head OR can YOU think of any? Please do share!)

But they all have one thing that unite them together -- the love for art and the creativity that transpires from it. No matter who they are and what they do, they do it with passion and provide an interpretation of the life that surrounds us. Imagine what a drab this world would be if we had no artists.

Art a way of life. I am far from being called an artist (if putting this blog together qualifies me as an artist, then I may have a chance). I have seem some of the most hard working people come from the art world, yet very few are recognized for their talents. Is it the way of nature or is it capitalism or is it something else? Should you be a dead artist to be recognized?

I saw this sign outside a gallery that said, "Life is art". I would like to add to that, the following: "Life is art and art is life" If only the value of such art and artists are understood in today's times. I have hopes for all your artists out there. One day.

Disclaimer

All the contents of this blog are not intended to offend any artists. Its just my personal opinion said out loud. If it has offended anyone, I apologize in advance.