Amazingly one dimensional outlook on a vast subject. As was said by Staines, if an 'artist' sits and draws a landscape or building then he is not an artist? Does the subject have to be alive or physically there in front of you to count as a work of art? He's just recreating an image he can see on a blank canvas using a few simple tools. You have to understand that art encompasses many forms, such as buildings, music, literature, dance. Stand up comics practice their art but that's verbal. Does it count? Is it about creating something new? Photography is considered an art also but all that is being done a button being pressed to capture an already created scene. Just because one form is not agreeable with you doesn't mean it's not fact. Tracy Emin just sold her "My Bed" modern artwork for £2.2m. Thats just a unmade bed with other bits and pieces. I saw a woman using dyed soy milk, swallow it and then puke it out on a blank board...and it's called art. I personally don't like those forms of art but accept it comes under the banner, as does digital art. It's just a different genre. Some forms are simpler, some more creative. I think you're stuck in the past NY in your beliefs that art seems to be about some person with a dodgy moustache, an easel and brushes sat in a field. Modern art is huge and plays a part in this world like it or not. I certainly don't go around calling myself an artist, but I have the ability to do something that I hope brings a little pleasure to some people even in a small way......and it's nice to have some sort of 'skill' to share with others in a positive way.
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