What is art? It’s not an easy question to answer.
Some would say art is in “the eye of the beholder.” In other words, what is art to one, is not to another. But is that true?
Personally, I must disagree.
True art transcends opinion and reaches a new place— a different, elevated plane for every person who has the chance to view or appreciate it even if the material or style is not preferred. Why? Art is . . . well, exactly that. ART.
Why do we paint, take a snapshot, or sketch? What do we pick for our subject matter or thought process to bring life to the canvas? Anything? Nothing? Everything? Excellent questions, wouldn’t you say? Then again, do you really want to know?
I don’t want to know what lurked in the recesses of Van Gogh’s mind much less any inspiration for his paintings. I’ll let him keep his secrets. Some things are better left alone.
Literary artwork is the same as other forms of art. Brontë, Christie, Hemingway, and Hawthorne… Tolkien, Wells, Lewis, and London. Diversified and haunted by more than daily life, authors and poets, scholars— soldiers or wives— their fictitious worlds show their artistic souls weaved in story and adventure.
Art through Word hypnotizes the reader as the painter’s canvas or the photographer’s picture captures the eye. Art delves deep and touches the core of the human condition— the soul.
Why are we, as humans, fascinated by art?
To not be should be the real question.
In Christ,
M. Renee Blare
Renee Blare Christian Author 