ART APPRECIATION

Creativity , Imagination,
and Expression
It takes an artist to make an
art.
Not every beautiful thing that
can be seen or experienced may
truly be called a work of art.
Art is a product of man’s
creativity, imagination, and
expression.
No matter how perfectly blended the
colors of a sunset are and no matter
how extraordinary formed mountains
are, nature is not considered art simply
because it is not made by man.
Not even photographs or sketches of
nature, though captured or drawn by
man, are works of art, but mere
recording of the beauty in nature.
An artwork may be inspired by nature
or other works of art, but an artist
invents his own forms and patterns due
to what he perceives as beautiful and
incorporates them in creating his
masterpiece.
Perhaps not everyone can be
considered an artist, but surely, all are
spectators of art.
Jean-Paul Sartre- famous French
philosopher of the twentieth century,
described the role of art as a creative
work that depicts the world in a
completely different light and
perspective, and the source is due to
human freedom.
Each artwork beholds beauty of its
own kind, the kind that the artist sees
and wants the viewers to perceive.
Refining one’s ability to appreciate art
allows him to deeply understand the
purpose of an artwork and recognize
the beauty it possesses.
In cultivating an appreciation of art,
one should also exercise and develop
his taste for things that are fine and
beautiful.
The Role of Creativity in Art Making
Creativity requires thinking outside the box.

In Art, Creativity is what sets apart one artwork

from another.

We say something is done creatively when we

have not yet seen anything like it or when it is out
of the ordinary.
A creative artist does not simply copy or
imitate another artist’s work.

He does not imitate the lines, flaws, colors,

and patterns in recreating nature.

He embraces originality, puts his own flavor

into his work , and calls it his own creative
piece.
Yet, being creative nowadays can be quite
challenging.

What you thought was your own unique and

creative idea may not what it seems to be after
extensive research and that someone else has
coincidentally devised before the idea in another
part of the world.

 Thus, creativity should be backed with

careful research on related art to avoid such
conflict.
Art as a product of Imagination, Imagination
as a product of Art.
Where do you think famous writers,
painters, and musician get their idea?

Where do ideas in making creative

solutions begin?

It all starts in human mind. It all begins

with imagination.
Albert Einstein- Knowledge is actually
derived from imagination.

“Imagination is more important than

knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we
now know and understand, while
imagination embraces the entire world, and
all there ever will be to know and
understand.”
Imagination is not constrained by the walls
of the norm, but goes beyond that.

That is why people rely on curiosity and

imagination for advancement.

Through imagination, one is able to craft

something bold, something new, and
something better in the hopes of creating
something that will stimulate change.
Imagination allows endless possibilities.

In an artist mind sits a vast gallery of

artwork.

An artwork does not need to be a real thing,

but can be something that is imaginary.

Imagination produces art, art also inspires

imagination.
Looking in back on man’s history, cave walls
are surrounded by drawings and paintings
of animals they hunted: wild boars,
reindeers, and bison.

Clays were molded and stones were carved

into forms that resemble men and women;
burial jars were created with intricate design
on them.
These creative pieces were made not only
because they were functional to men, but
also because beauty gave them joy.
Art as Expression
Robin George Collingwood- English
philosopher who is best known for his work
in aesthetics, explicated in his publication
The Principles of Art (1938) that what an
artist does to an emotion is not to induce it,
but express it.
Through expression, he is able to explore his
own emotions and at the same time, create
something beautiful out of them.

Collingwood further illustrated that

expressing emotions is something different
from describing emotions.

In his example, explicitly saying “I am angry”

is not an expression of an emotion, but mere
description.
There is no need in relating or reffering to a
specific emotion, such as anger, in
expressing one’s emotion.

Description actually destroys the idea of

expression, as it classifies the emotion,
making it ordinary and predictable.

Expression, on the other hand,

individualizes.
An artist has the freedom to express himself
the way he wants to.

Hence, there is no specific technique in

expression.

This makes people’s art not a reflection of

what is outside or external to them, but a
reflection of their inner selves.