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Since I know no one asks questions (I have received no comments or shouts or other means of communication which entailed any questions as to my statements), I thought I would give an example to those who come here asking themselves (instead of me, you blithering idiots...duh...who else knows what I think besides me, so why don't you ask me? Seriously, why don't you ask me?) what I think true art is.
I own this piece of art (clever viewers will realize who I am now, I don't care, I'm in Mexico and I don't critique on this site anymore). I paid $350 for it; $1150 less than I believe it was worth at the time; then paid $550 for a frame for it. Yes, that's right, I paid more for the frame than the artwork. That's what you do when you own a real piece of artwork.
Art is communication of emotion. The stuff you find here, mostly, is just 'pretty pictures' - doodles, chicken scratching, pointless, mindless tripe. Any fool can put pencil to paper and turn out a pretty picture. But it takes time, effort, and an outpooring of emotion along with the skills to make true artwork.
And there is NO SUCH THING as digital "artwork." Art is unique. Digital is not. It can be expression of emotion, but it is not artwork. That's like calling Billy Joel's studio work music. It just isn't.
Admire what I get to stare at whenever I want. The artist is someone whom I have met in person and had a casual dinner with (bangers and mash, while I could still eat such things...wonderful stuff, great beer, great company for the most part).
Spirit Rider has special meaning to me, and I will never cease to admire, nor to find further depth and meaning in the image. Art, true art, changes with you. That pretty picture you think is art, is always just a pretty picture. How many of those old pretty pictures are lying around in people's houses under piles of other meaningless papers? I have a small collection myself; mostly of Teagan and Javachickn's fluff pieces (though Javachickn is certainly more of an artist than Teagan.)
Perhaps one day, furries will make the smart move and start allowing the auctioning of artwork by collectors - the way it's done in the real world, instead of trying to let artists determine the value of their own pieces. And perhaps one day, artists will wake up and realize that letting collectors auction their pieces, that they will actually start to make money for their hard work and dedication to a beautiful means of expressing human feelings and thoughts.
I own this piece of art (clever viewers will realize who I am now, I don't care, I'm in Mexico and I don't critique on this site anymore). I paid $350 for it; $1150 less than I believe it was worth at the time; then paid $550 for a frame for it. Yes, that's right, I paid more for the frame than the artwork. That's what you do when you own a real piece of artwork.
Art is communication of emotion. The stuff you find here, mostly, is just 'pretty pictures' - doodles, chicken scratching, pointless, mindless tripe. Any fool can put pencil to paper and turn out a pretty picture. But it takes time, effort, and an outpooring of emotion along with the skills to make true artwork.
And there is NO SUCH THING as digital "artwork." Art is unique. Digital is not. It can be expression of emotion, but it is not artwork. That's like calling Billy Joel's studio work music. It just isn't.
Admire what I get to stare at whenever I want. The artist is someone whom I have met in person and had a casual dinner with (bangers and mash, while I could still eat such things...wonderful stuff, great beer, great company for the most part).
Spirit Rider has special meaning to me, and I will never cease to admire, nor to find further depth and meaning in the image. Art, true art, changes with you. That pretty picture you think is art, is always just a pretty picture. How many of those old pretty pictures are lying around in people's houses under piles of other meaningless papers? I have a small collection myself; mostly of Teagan and Javachickn's fluff pieces (though Javachickn is certainly more of an artist than Teagan.)
Perhaps one day, furries will make the smart move and start allowing the auctioning of artwork by collectors - the way it's done in the real world, instead of trying to let artists determine the value of their own pieces. And perhaps one day, artists will wake up and realize that letting collectors auction their pieces, that they will actually start to make money for their hard work and dedication to a beautiful means of expressing human feelings and thoughts.
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Abstract
Species Wolf
Size 853 x 1280px
File Size 1.6 MB
For me, this piece represents the spirit of the wolf which has broken free from the bonds of the society which enslaved it. It speaks to me quite deeply.
The physical form is how I see myself, and how I am seen by society to a significant degree. I changed my name to Wolf because I identified with wolves not only because I am more like them myself, but because I am nothing like, nor do I want to be anything like people. And most people do not have a very good opinion of wolves because they are ignorant of their true nature, as well as their own true nature which is actually quite similar to that of wolves. So I was a wolf who was enslaved, made into no more than a dog, and then escaped my bonds. The cuffs and collar show that the bonds were there in the past, and that to some extent, he can stlll be bound, as is the case with me. But he is now free, as am I.
Thank you for sharing this, and thanks to the artist for creating it. It will continue to be cherished.
The physical form is how I see myself, and how I am seen by society to a significant degree. I changed my name to Wolf because I identified with wolves not only because I am more like them myself, but because I am nothing like, nor do I want to be anything like people. And most people do not have a very good opinion of wolves because they are ignorant of their true nature, as well as their own true nature which is actually quite similar to that of wolves. So I was a wolf who was enslaved, made into no more than a dog, and then escaped my bonds. The cuffs and collar show that the bonds were there in the past, and that to some extent, he can stlll be bound, as is the case with me. But he is now free, as am I.
Thank you for sharing this, and thanks to the artist for creating it. It will continue to be cherished.
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