ARTIST RANT

(I feel a rambling rant coming on, . . as a result of way too much time & coffee)

Sometimes it feels like being an artist is kinda pointless.
I am not calling myself an artist. But by the loose definition that I've seen for the term "Artist" I actually am.
As are most people in one way or another

**Makes me think of a quote from the Incredibles movie.

"Everyone can be super! And when everyone's super, . . .
no one will be"
-Syndrome

Here is Free Dictionary.com's definition

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/artist
art·ist (ärtst)
n.
1. One, such as a painter, sculptor, or writer, who is able by virtue of imagination and talent or skill to create works of aesthetic value, especially in the fine arts.
2. A person whose work shows exceptional creative ability or skill: You are an artist in the kitchen.
3. One, such as an actor or singer, who works in the performing arts.
4. One who is adept at an activity, especially one involving trickery or deceit:
a con artist.


First off, I have a loathing for these self proclaimed artists

I'm an "A-R-H-T-I-H-S-T" the "H" are added in there to emphasize just annoying these idiots can be.
These are also the same morons who use terms like:
"matchy-matchy" **HATE THESE PEOPLE**
people who add "ie" & "y" to the end of words as a way to convey color descriptions.
ie: Beigey, Lemonee, Beachy, terra cotta-ee

And sometimes, just sometimes these same people will "mask" off a visual portion of something with their hands. Their index finger & thumb shaped in an "L" and with these "L"s they will make a "Frame" or "Box"! They will then hold this idiotic thumb & finger box in the air in front of an object to block out something visual
Pressumably these people have seen a designer / artist / framer do this and want to appear knowledgeable in what they are talking about, and will repeat the action so as to not look stupid in front of the likes of me?!
But doing so just makes them look like pretentious idiots

Anyway getting back to what I was saying: It just feels like being an artist, self proclaimed or otherwise is just a waste of time. I'm not saying that being artistic is a waste of time. Being artistic / creative is so engrained in who I am, I don't think I'd know how to not be that way even If I wanted to. I try and do atleast one (if not more) creative thing a day not work related to keep my mind happy..
The best way I can think to describe what I mean is by this analogy:

If the worlds oceans were representative of art, sculpture, song, music & creativity then what good would it do me to add my humble glass of "water" to the mix?
How would it get noticed?

This vast creative, artistic ocean is flooded, congested with crap from those self proclaimed ARHTIHST!
I actually have nothing against people who refer to themselves as artist. It's just the pretentious idiots that I've had the misfortune of encountering, and still encounter everyday kinda sour the the term artist for me
*Some of that is legitimate jealousy of those people. Not jealous of their skills, just jealous that they were able to peddle their wears and got noticed* What makes them special, more so than me? Nothing except blind stinking luck. I'm sure hardwork and skill were involved. But I have skill, and I work hard* The only thing left is the luck factor. Luck plays an important part of life. Those of you who don't believe in luck, may just call it by another name. Destiny, Karma, dress is up anyway you'd like: sometimes shit happens to people that don't deserve it. Undeserving people get breaks and ususally run with them. People deserving of breaks (in my experience) seldom get theirs. Que sera I guess

Does the breath escaping your chest make a appreciable difference
to the air in the room?
No it doesn't, . .

but that air,
my air,
is important to me.
And I guess in the end, that's all that matters . . .

If greatness, is unseen or unheard of, Is it still great?
Is an amazing work of art, sealed away in a dark room, still amazing? But no one will know if it locked away. A delicious delicacy that no one ever tastes? It is still delicious?
It's very much the tree in the forest argument,.....
Sure, if a tree falls in the forest it does make a noise,...
but who wants to be a fallen tree on the floor of the forest?


*A funny note to any who read this, I just read this aloud to my beautiful, very talented artistic girl friend Kelly. Kelly was nice enough to humor me and listen to my rantings while she is doing her work. She asked a simple question at the end of listening "Where is this written?" she says while looking at from over her laptop across the room on the futon where she is cozied in with her dog Mack

I answered: "My blog, . . . ya know the one that no one reads"
Soon as I press the "publish post" this'll be another glass of water to make a tiny, unnoticeable splash in the ocean" . . . oh well here's hoping for flood water
Now i want to listen to Perfect Circle :/

**So on interesting side note, my comments on another public media forum did get noticed. Just not in a good way. So apparently my seemingly tiny splashes, got in someones eye, . .and it stung. That was not my intent *sigh*
what's that about the road to hell, . . oh yeah, . . best intentions *sigh*