Art in the 21st Century

When I was young my favorite subject wasn't recess, it wasn't math, it wasn't science or history, it was art. I loved art. I love the freedom to express myself. I love the fact that my product coudn't be right or wrong because it was my own interpretation. As I got older, somehow I strayed from my first love and became focused on more "practical" subjects like science and math. Now I am older and wiser, and I've came back to my first love and art is now back in my life.

But like a child getting on a bike again after an accident, I find myself uncertain and uneasy. I'm no longer sure what art is. I'm uncertain of what I'm capable of. What are the rules and expectations that must be known in order to be called an artist? In the website, artarticles.net, they actually discusss issues of art in the 21st century. The article states that art design in this modern age is art that "transcends the elusive metaphors and technical wonders of our time." The author of the article go on to state that, "It is sad that most designers...think that the coming of the coming of powerful computers and software tools could actually compensate for a lack of artistic ability or inadequate knowledge of design principles and processes."

This statement makes me wonder if the author is being too critical. If someone creates something, whether it is with a plain lead pencil or a high tech computer application, if it is still an image created in the mind of the creator, then image created by the high tech application should not be consider less artist than the image create by the pencil. Maybe my own view on art is still so broad and naive. But for me art is a product created from an indiviudal's mind. It doesn't matter if it's created by means of paint brush or strokes on the computer, as long as it's an original thought, then the art piece is special.

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