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Old 07-30-2014, 03:15 PM   #72 (permalink)
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If a painter looks at a sunset, then creates a piece of art based on that sunset therefore interpreting the sunset in a different way - how is that different from a singer looking at some words on a page and using their voice to create their version of those words? Both are art to me.
That's a good point...I never thought about it that way. Of course, you could still argue that some people can "paint by numbers" so to speak. For example, taking a course and one of the projects is "how to paint a sunset". Are you still an artist at that point?
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