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an% $ r*)h r )ithout a)ar n ss+ #s an art stu% nt( all thin,s that r lat to art ar & anin,"ul to & + I lo$ art )ith &* )hol h art+ -h n I )as a littl chil%( I lik % !aintin,+ I lik % thos b auti"ul colors( an% I lik % to !ut color on &* cloth( &* b %roo& )all an% $ n &* lo$ l* cat+ .n ti& I us % &* color ! ns %r ) a "ak black * circl on &* cat( &* &o& )as scar % b* )hat I %i%+ I ,ot criti/u "or that "ro& &* !ar nts ,o% kno)s ho) &an* ti& s( but I n0o* % cr atin, &* 1&ast r!i c s2 at that ti& + Till no)( I b ca& a art &a0or as I al)a*s )ant to b + I %i% lots o" a&a3in, art !ro0 cts in &* coll , + 4o) $ r( I think I %o not r all* un% rstan% )hat art is+ G n rall*( ! o!l % "in art as an actual !i c o" art )ork( that's $ r* nor&al an% r asonabl that ! o!l think in this )a*( b caus this is ho) &ost o" ! o!l think an% obs r$ art sinc historical ti& + Th conc !t o" art has %i"" r nt & anin,s to %i"" r nt ,rou!s o" ! o!l + But is it onl* th artist )ho can cr at art5 Thos /u stions ) r stickin, in &* h art sinc I % ci% % to &a0or in art+ #"t r a lon, ti& thinkin,+ I think art can b cr at % b* an*on an%

$ r*)h r ( an% art is &or lik to 6!r ss a " lin,+ It is o"t n sai% that 1#rt is not a thin, 7 it is a )a*+2 Th 1)a*2 h r & ans )hat cr at s th art an% th ins!iration ! o!l can , t "ro& it+ 8 o Tolsto*( a "a&ous 9ussian !hiloso!h r( )rot about art in his ssa* 1-hat Is #rt52 th n h ,a$ th ans) r:
Art is not, as the metaphysicians say, the manifestation of some mysterious idea of beauty or God; it is not, as the aesthetical physiologists say, a game in which man lets off his excess of stored-up energy. :;o!o$a( !ara 2<

-h* %i% h sa* 1art is nothin,52 In &* o!inion "or th i% a o" 1art is nothin,2( art is not )hat *ou can s or touch or $ n s& ll+ It's th 6!r ssion

or a!!lication o" hu&an cr ati$ skill an% i&a,ination+ It's ho) ! o!l us a uni/u an% s! cial )a* to 6!r ss th ir " lin,( $ n t*!icall* art o"t n in a $isual "or& such as !aintin, or scul!tur ( or oth r "or&( but "inall* )hat a !i c o" art can brin, to us is a " lin, or a thou,ht+ ; o!l lik to !ro%uc )orks to b a!!r ciat % !ri&aril* "or th ir b aut* but th &ost is th &otional !o) r o" th art )ork+
Frank Lloyd Wright, an American architect and a writer and educator wrote in 1957 said, Art is a discovery and development o elementary principles o nature into !eauti ul orms suita!le or human use"#:;o!o$a( !ara 3< $ere he talked a!out the art is the !eauty rom nature and humans materiali%e it and preserve it# $is word also hints that art is nothing#" &ne o his houses he designed is called Falling water# 'his is his amous and special house that is !uilt over a water all# (-hat Is =allin, )at r) When you look at the house, you can tell Frank Lloyd Wright was ama%ingly com!ine the nature and man*

made elements which give us the house is in the nature, the eeling o nothing# Frank Lloyd Wright+ had a similar idea to Tolsto*+ 4 ,a$ us th i% a that art is

not a !i c o" th touchabl art )ork> it's inclu%in, lots o" l & nts an% &*st r*+ ?ust tak a look at th thin,s aroun% *ou+ @o *ou s thos tabl s(

books( tr s( sk* an% bir%s5 Th * ar ori,inall* art+ )h* %o I sa* that5 B caus $ r*thin, aroun% an% inclu%in, *ours l" is a !i c o" art+ Th * all co& "ro& arth an% "inall* ,o back to th natur ( This color"ul )orl% ) li$ ( thos b auti"ul thin,s ) s ( hu& n ar int r!r tin, an% sa$in, thos "or $ r+ #s an art stu% nt( I a& ,oo% at "in%in, out th b aut* in our li" + -h n I tra$ l( I k ! a s&all sk tchbook )ith & ( %ra) so& lan%sca! ( !ortrait or $ n a %r* ri$ r b %( onc *ou trul* " l art( $ r*thin, look ha$ th ir o)n & anin,+ #rt can b a "or& o" 6!r ssion( 0ust lik lan,ua, ( )h n ) us )or%s to 6!r ss our " lin,( &otion+ #rt is anoth r & tho% o" 6!r ssin, )hat *ouA$ ,ot bottl % insi% *ou( )h th r itAs &usic( !o tr*( scul!tur ( th at r( or !hoto,ra!h*+ #n% th s ar all a "or& o" art+ I al)a*s think a !i c o" art )ork can h l! ! o!l kno) th artist's ! rsonalit*( unlik an articl or a bio,ra!h*+ It's &or lik an 6!r ssion o" th b aut* o" th soul+ #rt can % scrib s $ ral thin,sa stu%* o" cr ati$ skill( a !roc ss o" usin, th cr ati$ skill( a !ro%uct o" th cr ati$ skill( or th au%i nc 's 6! ri nc )ith th cr ati$ skill+ :8+ #+( ;a, 17B< #rt )orks can b % "in % b* !ur!os "ul( cr ati$ int r!r tations o" li&itl ss conc !ts or i% as in or% r to co&&unicat so& thin, to anoth r ! rson+ #rt is so& thin, that sti&ulat s an in%i$i%ualAs

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