Wednesday, 20 June 2007

The Art of...

...anything really. Granted we do have the 'fine' arts
  • painting
  • sculpting
  • photography
  • theater
  • cinema
(non exhaustive) but what about others ?

Architecture is an interesting one as it is probbaly the most durable (see pyramids,parthenon etc). Is it science, art or both?

If art implies creativity isn't engineering an art? Maybe less glossy -granted, but still...
Dictionary.com gives 16 definitions for the word 'art'.

I will stand to only two:
  1. the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance
  2. skill in conducting any human activity
Any skill developed in an individual more than average makes that individual an artist in that particular field.

Everyone has a field s/he excels at (even if that field is well stupidity for some) so we are all artists...

Hm perhaps it is time to change my business card from the universal in my area "Consultant" to "Artist"...

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