Digital BW, The Print

I'd agree with your rhetorical question - that an act of creation does not become a work of art until 
it is received by another. It doesn't mean that it isn't a creative work, could be excellent, but 
excellence in a work of art lies in the perception as such by an outside audience. 

Tim

> So a person who "creates" work purely for their own enjoyment, for the
> love of the act rather than the result, is not an artist, and their
> creations are not art until they are seen?
> 
> I realize this is analogous to whether a tree makes as sound when it
> falls....and the sound of one hand clapping....But art is a Zen thing.
> It is a function of the mindset of the artist in the moment(s) of
> creation.
> 
> Art isn't in the object that we see, it's in the process that creates
> it. The power it may or may not have over us is in our interpretation
> of it, but art lives in creation. No viewer is required.
> 

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Tim Spragens
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