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Mood: Moo!
Listening to: Shiina Ringo - Kabukichou no Jou
Reading: Thief of lives



On with the rambling.

I just don't know how to say this, but lately i've been wondering "What is art anyway?". What makes something art and another thing just a piece of crap?

It's sad in a way, that some people think that art is something you can't do without a diploma, don't get me wrong, but I think that even with the best techniques EVER, a drawing can be just meaningless scribbles.

Have you ever looked at a drawing and thought "It looks empty"?

No, i'm not talking about the amount of white/blank space in the sheet of paper, i'm talking about the art itself, the eyes of the characters. You don't feel like they're 'alive', not like they're going to start chatting about their life and how they are.

OK that was a bit dramatically put.

What I mean is, sometimes I look at drawing made by a professionnal and wonder "What's so great about it? Right the coloring's beatiful, the proportions are great... So.. What's wrong with it?"

On the other hand, I can find a drawing made by an amateur and stay speechless over it for a long, loong time.

So, do drawings actually have a soul?

Ok, I sound crazy now, do I?

But let's look at this definition of soul:
" A strong, deeply felt emotion conveyed by a speaker, a performer, or an artist."

So... We're artists right? What if we actually put some of our soul... uh.. No, that's also pretty dramatic...

Ok, What if we were actually sharing our soul with our drawings? Sharing our emotions through our characters, our landscapes, wallpapers, skins (Hey, art is everywhere!).

Well, I think that's what makes art, art. This soul we put into it. Professionnal or amateur, I don't think it matters as long as we draw because we love to draw.

Now whether you want to proove me wrong, or proove me right, do it politely please , making fun of me would be totally pointless and, yes, really dumb. Thank you!

Deeply sorry if this traumatized you,
Ramaon

Nota Bene : This was NOT aimed at anybody in particular, I don't want ANY death threats because you feel insulted (pulease? D)


Because..... I LOVE YOU ALL!




I'm cleaning up my journals, god i was so dumb 2 years ago... I'm also going to delete some of my drawings, or scrap them, I know, you don't care but I wanted to warn eveybody in case you were wondering XD *end of edit*

When we're new to art, we're attracted to what's beautiful.
Later, we crave for what's true.