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You Are an Artist
Do you doubt whether or not you are an artist? Spend any amount of time in academia, or around museum curator types and you’ll doubt that you are. There are also enough haters in the world that will tell you that your work is crap. So why should you believe that you’re truly an artist?
The fact is, artistic skills such as drawing, painting, and sculpting do come much easier to some than to others. But art is a learned skill so there’s always room for improvement. In addition, art is subjective and always in the eye of the beholder.
So, if one can learn to improve, that doesn’t negate the artwork in the learning process. The most renowned artists in the world are in a constant state of learning and improving. There isn’t a benchmark that lets you and the world know that you’ve reached the “artist status.”
Others will say that if you’re not making money from your art, you’re not a true artist. I beg to differ. If you’re not making money as an artist, then you are an artist…you’re just not a professional artist.
Also, think about how art is subjective.
For example, I for one am not a huge fan of abstract art. I personally don’t see the point. However, art curators and museum docents the world over all agree that abstract art art. These will be the same individuals who claim that if your…
