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I look at art to see the beauty of the world through other peoples eyes…..........

I agree with all of your ideas about why we create and show art but for me it’s mostly about seeing through another’s eyes and letting others see through my eyes.
Keep up the great work,
Clare

We also look at art to better ourselves.. I look at when I first came to the bubble about 6 months ago, and I have grown so much here! rhonda

I agree, all of the above. :-)) Good thoughts, thanks a million for reminding me!

To be uplifted

We look, listen, read, feel, smell and taste art because it addresses all our senses, it makes us feel alive and relish the joy of being. Art creates the delicious feeling of life.
Felicia

I creat art to let the world see the beauty of the world and what they miss by sitting indoors and watching tv . i want people to enjoy the world in many others ways and through my eyes and my art work they are able to enjoy the wonderful world and what God has created for each and everyone to enjoy .

I look at art because I appreciate creative imagery in many different forms. It is amazing what one’s mind can think, form, & create to share with others.

I create art to reflect my feelings, specifically in my writing of poetry. It is a form of therapy for me to ‘get it out.’

I also create art for others to see what I see & even because I’m curious about what others might see that I don’t.

RedBubble is a wonderful community of artists & I love supporting other artists as much as I love and appreciate receiving critiques and support.

There is no point to art because art encompasses all points. It is yin and yang.

~Lu

Because the voices…. no um… because we can :)

I feel I create art to express what I like or feel
I look at art, to be absorbed into another dimension of thinking.
Many angles can be shown through art.
The beauty is that we all like different art for many different reasons.

Ahhh To show there is beauty in this wonderful world we are so often drowned with things that are not of beauty.. We can share and escape .. RB gives us this place to do both..Thank you..
Chuck..

I love to browse galleries I think we all need different visuals they send us soaring into happy places or make us stop… and think for a moment, at times I cna almost feel the pain the artist is wanting to convey to us or the elation and emotion when the tears prick my eyes sitting like little bubbles on a shelf waiting to fall, and I love to paint to feel the paint flow it takes on its own story, and the finished painting then awaits us for our response our answer.

Well its really instinctive like being hungry , and my work is intutive, its just who i am and i thank god its a part of me as it keeps me sane …..........

we create art also for a potential to get the closest we can to immortality.

I create art because beside my family, I can’t think of anything else in life that gives me more joy, peace and satisfaction, than painting…

i think you forgot the most important part you see art is a human expression in terms of a medium. It is the mysterious “something” which lies within us! it is a gift to society to provoke emotion and to teach people how to feel!

I think this idea has merit Peter.

Here’s a suggestion. Keep the current show art page as normal but alter the ‘view large’ version. What if the page was setup to induce a kind of moment of reverence as the art is viewed at its biggest, this could happen by fading the background to black and removing all the superfluous info around the image, so that the image can stand alone without other distractions around it.

ive never really asked that question so now im thinking lol

We live to learn and we learn to live. Redbubble has given me the ability to do both, so much better.

exactly. Whats the point? :(

Art is a great language that reflects who we are and the message of what surrounds us.

They say the universe is made up of Maths, its also made from Art (its in everything)- We view and create to understand and make sense of the universe I think.
........ Oh OK its just really really pretty !!

I think when we share our work with other artists and photographers it starts with community, approval and acceptance. When comments rise to the level of touching someone on a personal level, whether due to beauty, narrative, or simple command of space, mutual communication is accomplished and its a great achievement. IMHO.

I create art because it is part of me and a way of showing the world our inner selves and maybe, hopefully, to make the world a better place.

i take photos to capture life and share it with others and look at it to see what others see which i cant get to see

To help me see the world through the eyes of others
To give me something to talk about so that I can connect with others
To help me tell my own story by allowing me to identify with objects and messages that represent me, and a scape to another dimation that help me to connect to some kind of spiritual energy.

I have no choice. Art drives to be created

Why do i create? I have only re kindled my love of photography a few months ago, for years it had been over shadowed by responability and day to day living. But know for me it is a way for me to express myself, take 10 minutes to 2 hours out of a hetic stressed pressured life to feel passion, fun and the odd surprise when you up load something that is good.
It has given me a new focus another love, i see things around me so differently and how i wish i had my camera with me at times to capture that moment.
To see others wonderful work and be offered support and help from the community on here is wonderful, you see other work and think how did they do that i would like to go and try that.
In a world were the feel of a commuinty may be lacking on here you are welcomed with open arms and feel valued, listened to and supported.
Im glad i was encouraged to join by my partner who is a member of RB he said my photos we good enough, i cannot wait to have my time on the computer and look what has been created by others and what others have said about my work, as well as meeting and making new friends. : )

I look at art to see things thru other peoples eyes. To give me an emotional uplift/or not! I do not understand why I create art, all I know is that I enjoy doing it and it gives me a sense of satisfaction when I am pleased with the outcome. But then I keep moving on to the next piece/challenge. Like an addiction!

We as human get all the above from ART .

Hi RedBubble,
To have fun, to make others’s smile, to have fun, to see beauty, to have fun, to be uplifted, to have fun, to see through the eyes of other like-minded RedBubblers’s, to have fun, to connect with beautiful minded people and have a laugh, to have fun, to share stories that help me identify myself in a positive way, to have fun, and why do I create art? To satisfy that creative urge in myself, to try and make the world a more happy place and to be happy! And RB inspires creativity by creating this wonderful site that allows us all to showcase our selves and the amazing work that people so happily produce and share with us all!
Thanks for an awesome site and for keeping us all happy!!
May the world be a better place with all the smiles and laughs and appreciation that we create….. hopefully! Please excuse my verbal diahorrea…..:)))) Vicki :))

I agree with all the above, but also I create art because I need to, to express me to whoever is interested. I think I’m so lucky to have a passion!

I look at art for many different reasons, without art some of these reasons would most likely not exist. I look at Art because because it captivates me Emotionally, Spiritually, and Intellectually; I also look at Art because it Challenges me, challenge me to stretch my mind towards broader horizons, and it challenges me in ways that allow me to see some of the things that I take for granted. I look at Art because it speaks from a specific perspective yet transcends into so many different meanings. Few people see things the same way, though beauty is beauty and speaks for itself it is extremely interesting to see how others would Represent it, Capture it, or Convey it.
I am challenged by the question of “Why do I create Art?”
In the nature of Capturing Images with my Camera I do this for pure enjoyment, call it Therapeutic even. I also feel a sense of fulfillment in sharing what I have captured, seeing the warm smiles on someones face when they view an image I captured or watching their intrigue overcome them with wonder, I create Art because it is a release of expression that is an outlet in many different ways that keep me occupied with the positives of life, and the natural world around me.

to be inspired by others to create something unique…..

I create art to express myself, what I believe and what I feel. It allows me to channel many emotions and feelings in a constructive way. I also do it because I love doing it, it is like a part of me….I view others art because it allows me to see, experience the world and emotions through the eyes of others

I like to share the beauty I see with others and I love to see what others are doing, through the photos of otheres I can teavel around the world from my armchair,and RB gives me a chance to interact with the folks who share their photos,It is a great learning experience that I would miss out on if it weren’t for RB and all of the wonderful people on here,thank you and God Bless,Mae

I create… to speak
I look… to open my eyes

Jason, your reason is excellent, I echo that. I find art creation and seeing what I can do so satisfying. Sometimes I stare in awe and think, did I do that?

It’s a release from the everyday ho hum tasks of life. It’s a way to show the viewers a different way of looking at things. It’s a form of history.
Art is like love, it has no true definition

i’m with sjem on his idea…

We are visual people and art expresses our thoughts, feelings, point of view…in a way that can be seen and appreciated by others. :0)

Why do I look at art?
- Because it makes me feel good, happy, sad, alive.
- To get out of my box and see the world around me
- To learn
- To forget
- To relate

Why do I create art?
- Because I can. Now.
- To express what I like
- To make a point
- Because it’s fun

to be uplifted!

Art is what makes the difference between animals and humans.
It is a universal way of communication. Music as well as visual art.

I create art to express myself, to involve others in the experience, even if they have never been to that place themselves….emotionally or physically. To communicate a mood or feeling, to connect to something or someone.

I look at art to connect to something or someone and to experience what others have. I suppose it is the reverse of why I create art….

Some thought provoking questions and answers there. Cheers Elana.

Art is food for thought, a point of debate and discussion even if we don’t understand it, conversely with art, it is something that draws people together to share a sense of belonging and understanding, especially through tough times.

I agree with Muscular Teeth. I feel that we create art to imitate God who first created us. I create art because it is the basic form of communications…pictures. I also feel that I create art to express profound themes of humanity in very simple ways.

to communicate who I am, my perception of beauty, an emotion, a political statement, to focus on a small piece of this at times confusing world and in that focus define my stance/belief…in short to be known.

For me art and music go hand in hand! They both express the mood of the day! And just like when a favorite song from way back when comes on it take you to a certain place and time in your life. Could be a fond memory or maybe a dream you once had or a person you knew. They both can take you to a world that you can only dream of. Or Express things that you can’t find the words for. Live, Love, Dream and Believe!

I have goosebumps here – was contemplating the exact same thoughts as I worked on some misty shots I took this morning!!! Give me time to consolidate my thoughts …

To help me keep my sanity…....

It keeps me being me!

...it helps me to understand myself
...it helps me to understand others
both the viewing of art and the creation of art
...afterwards there is healing and connection

Art is my side of an argument – my point of view.

I love art to see the world and other way s of thinking…There joy there pain and there fight to win in a uncertion world..who is strong and who needs building to fine there on place in life.What choices people make in life and why.Art tells the artist story…even when we less expected it …

It makes me happy and to share with others gives me satisfaction

Additionally, why do we buy art? The same reasons we look at it?

to express ourselves in ways that words fail
to try to get the message out to as many people as possible in an instant; visual art is instant, words take time to absorb and interpret; although visual art may take time to interpret too, it is more likely to grab attention and get the ball rolling much faster.

To try to make sense of both the space around us and the space within. “Paint what you see within,” said Black Adder and yep, there’s quite a lot of Baldrick’s breakfast about, but also a lot of heart and soul – all equally valid within the terms of ‘art’.

But how does this help with how the view art page is presented?

PS: very rude to use your thread as a means of gratuitous promotion!

It’s the purest form of expression for me… everyone is articulate in different ways… visual imagery is such a direct form of communication. I love the ambiguity and interplay with the onlooker. And the act of making art keeps creative energy/life flowing.

I create art to express myself and to share it with the world! (whether they like it or not :)

Because most of the time, it’s cheaper than therapy ;P

It’s my job. It’s who I am. It’s what I do.

I look at art to understand my fellow humans and for inspiration.
I make art because I always have and when I went through a period where I lost it, I was definitely less alive.

All your suggested reasons are true for me however the greatest gain from viewing the art of others is the mental stimulation, making me think more deeply about concepts, subjects, beauty and humanity in general, in ways that would escape my attention within my insular little world. The redbubble artists and their art have inspired me.

I create my art for my own enjoyment and to fill a creative need. To put it out there for all to see or read is in many ways a brave leap, and brave leaps can be exhilarating an life changing. I share what I do because sharing opens up communication and it feels good, particularly in a nurturing environment. If anything I do brings a smile to someone else, it brings many smiles to me.

Its therapy mate!

Art allows anyone to express themselves. Art is intangible emotion made visible. An artist offers to communicate with a viewer with a piece of artwork, whether that invitation is reciprocated or not. Art crosses all barriers.

Art to me is an inspiration of the mind and soul, I see it through there eyes, the world, the creation, I have learned so much on RB, so I also have had so many different teachers, the mind is a small and marvellous gift and knowledge is no weight to carry, thank you RB for all you stand for, xxxxxxxxxxxxx

WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME WHY I DO ART I OFTEN SAY… “SO I CAN CHASE AWAY ALL THE LITTLE THINGS THAT M M… MAKE M M… M MEEE hmmmmMAD!!”
BUT DEEP DOWN I JUST WANT TO SCREAM ” GET THE FUCK OFF MY CASE!!!!.”
I FAIL TO SEE WHY THAT WOULD NOT BE ORRIGHT…

To see how others see the world but largely to show the natural beauty of earth, sky, animals and plant life, much of which so many people are totally unaware of in the plastic and concrete world of our cities.

I take pictures to I can “resee” the beauty of the moment.
There is so much beauty in the world. The art part is that everyone looks at the same scene in their own unique way, and captures that scene of beauty uniquely…
1000 photographers, 1000 different views.
How cool is that?

Like music, art is more powerful than speaking a point, an emotion, or a story. Put Music and art together and you have something very powerful. The Aboriginals of Australia knew this and combined their cave art with music and dance. A modern day form of this is movies.

Your absolutely right there’s no dam reason for art…we should spend our time finding hungry people and filling their mouths with granola or writing thank you notes to george “w” for fooling us for believing altruism is his agenda. But you know I just can’t help myself when it comes to crayons!

I look at others art to raise my standards.I post mine to monitor my progress. Plus I’m a major approval suck.

Art is the expression of our point of view, our dreams, our vision and our wish to connect and be known ~ and in knowing others this way…it is the language of the soul and heart of us that connects us to each other, the universe and all within it…

In a way, it is a wish to make the invisible, visible…emotion, thoughts, wisdom, beauty…the song of ourselves…in a stroke, a scripted line, a brush, a caress…

Its all to do with your mind…......... I create to show you my imagination …..
I look at art, to see your imagination …..

I create art because I’m crap at maths, can’t fix engines, would hate having to get up for a repetitive job every day, and most of all, because I love it!

I think it’s the same as anything else really; if you like whatever ‘it’ is, it doesn’t harm anyone else, and maybe it brings joy to other people – keep doing ‘it’.

The beauty that surrounds us, in nature, art, life, causes emotions in us! We try to stop our emotions with a photo or a work of art, making that time immortal and available to all through the transfer of our emotions in our camera. Art is sharing emotions.

Why do I looke at art? To be inspired, to marvel at others’ perspectives on the world around them
Why do I create art? To remind myself that I’m more than what I ordinarily do from 9-5

Regarding sjem’s suggestion, 1x.com has a feature where if you click on the image all the extraneous text etc is dimmed and the black background takes over, so that all you see is the image….click again and it returns to the view page. That could help focus the eye, and get rid of the flashing animated gifs and other distracting things people put into their comments

To perpetuate the creative flow of thought and energy ;) xoxox

I think there are so many reasons why we make art. These can range from creatings something of beauty, to showing our support for something, to protesting against something, to challenge our way of thinking and the way we see things, to just being driven to create something without fully being conscious or able to define where that drive comes from.

To me art is a way of expressing emotion and portays a peice of my inner self within a medium… and its super fun as well :)

Sam Sez,

Arts for sissies,

This is life…

I like Sjem’s idea of image enlargement.

I create art to contemplate, educate, communicate,
and to get this monkey off my back!
I sure do not do it for the money…

I look at art to raise my own awareness to understand my world.

Sam Dantone

Art is the manifestation of all that I really am.. the part books upon books talk bout but never can one experience this nonseeable truth till they experience the joy of Creating and then,,, and then,,,how amazing for your Co- Creators (your peers) to hummm hummm hummm over your work!!! JOY JOY JOY.. pure pure JOY! Oh and that is why I look to others.. so I can hummm back! We all here at RB carry a wave of vibrations so incredible.. that we stay.. and we explore and we expand.. I have never told you personally Peter.. but your Creation .. all of you …Here.. is indeed a mystical life line to all that is.. Truly I feel this. and Thank You..

I create art because I can. I view art to see the world through others’ eyes.

I create art because in the creating I lose myself to another plane.

I remember a show I watched as a kid. It was an art exercise of sorts. Seven artists were asked to draw the same tree, at the same time, at basically the same view. When they each finished there were seven totally unique interpretations of what they saw. I was very impressed and think that is part of why I look at what others have created. To see what they see. Not so sure about why I create, it is something I have always had the desire to do. Even at a very young age I would get into trouble in class for drawing stick people instead of school work :)

For me, I ditto what Matt above said.
Plus the ‘ping’ feeling I get behind the eyes when piece of art speaks so deeply to me/with me.
Great suggestion from sjem about the ‘view large’ page having a black background, and centering the work.

Creating art has opened my eyes! Before I took it up seriously, I didn’t realise how much it would heighten my awareness of the world around me, the light and the shade, and the colours! It is as if I was blind! I see paintings everywhere and in every thing, and I am constantly thinking “how would I paint that?” I enjoy looking at other artist’s work to increase my knowledge and to see the world through their eyes. If we all painted the same object every single painting would be different. That is amazing and uplifting.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. I say ‘Not yet it’s not’ and that’s why I do art.

I can write a story that will have you smile, laugh, cry buckets and maybe even get so angry that you’ll tear it up, but I can’t draw that yet. I can’t photograph that yet.

I’m a story-teller, and what I want to do with art is tell a story with still images as well as I can tell it with words. And I’ll keep trying to tell those stories until you all can see them.

Art is the outward expression of all that is good and evil, joyous and gloomy, right and wrong, beautiful and ugly, sublime and ridiculous, saintly and profane. In short, art is the sum total of who “we” are manifested and represented through one for another or for all.

What is art?

Someone,
for the love of God,
Give me a definition.
Standing in the Tate Modern,
I try, and fail, to take it all in.
Sucking greedily, lustily, at
art.

Here is some canned shit.
Human excrement, vacuum sealed
In a Tin.
Merda D’Artista.
Kunsterscheisse from 1961
Vintage shit.
Artist shit.
The bodily waste of Piero Manzoni.
His father offered, “Your art is shit”
Manzoni, took him up on his offer.
Is it art?
The cognoscenti, floating by, are revealed
By their comments
To have mixed opinion.
A pompous fop with chic attire and grande affect says,
“Man elevates the profane. He exalts the ordinary and the inevitable.”
A young man, born within the sound of Bow Bells,
remarks to his love,
“What the fuck? I could have shit in a tin.”
Is it art?
It has people talking.
Discourse. Intercourse. Disgust.
Is it art?
I say, yes.

Here is a Picasso
Seated Nude 1909-1910
Femme Nue Assise
Austere, cubist. Not the least sensual.
It is as though we are looking at sections of a nude
From all angles at once.
Like a dissected cadaver and yet
The light.
Oh, the prismatic light that plays on her
Makes you want to look too long.
Is it art?
Oh, yes, yes.
Sotheby’s will tell you yes. A million times yes and then,
at the gavel’s clack, say a million and one.

I can’t look at a Picasso without thinking of
Gertrude Stein’s tribute to the man.
Cubist in a different media.
Chopped and blocky phrases, twisting and turning each word until
we had crawled inside the belly of the beast and,
looking outward to a dozen mirrored moons,
saw in.
And we revel in the delicious monotony of
the marriage, divorce and reconciliation
Of the parts of speech.
Ah, Gertrude, is it art?
Is it poetry?
She
And she
And she and
She
And
And she
And Napoleon,
Would would say, yes.
I say, yes, yes, yes.

One of my favorite quotes from French Poet Charles-Pierre Baudelaire 1821-1867

Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate; good is always the product of an art.

The reason I create is the same reason every living human being on this planet creates—anything.

People love to reproduce, they have the need to see themselves in things—from offspring to artistic creations. Everyone will look at art because of this need, some will deny their interest and some will build their collections. Human beings always want to fit in somewhere. Individuals want to identify themselves in their own artwork or find themselves in works created by others.

Expression is the universal language.

I look at other artists’ works in awe, wondering— how did they do it? How did they come up with this idea? As I look at the work I wonder if I am capable, so I will either learn or strive to collect these things I am not capable of creating since they are so ingenious and beautiful.

I believe there is a golden piece of work for every artist—one they did not make themselves.

Im with Naf4d. Can’t write, sing, dance, play piano, bluff my way through poker etc, but i can draw a little:-) I don’t have a choice! its what i do. I did nothing to earn it, I’m just lucky to be able to do it.

Why do i look at art? thats a good question! And I don’t know how to answer it…. It may have something to do with what each individuals tastes and interests are.

I go to art to find some beauty, or else to go into a bigger world than my own little world, and if I find one, usually I’ll find the other.

When I make art, it’s that I’m trying to find something more than what I know with my intellect, even or especially when I feel that I’m doing nothing better than thrashing around in the materials.

Sometime I’ll get this process down to a routine, in which case there will be lots of “pretty” and very little beauty, until the beauty starts showing up regularly. But I understand that this is how the process goes. It’s called “artwork” not “artplay.” We Make. And in the process of making, if it’s in good faith, we can touch on the transcendent. That’s what I’m looking for, in my own stuff and in other people’s stuff.

And one more thing. I think that the merely nice and the merely pretty is a gift from God too, bringing some joy to people who don’t have enough in their lives that is “nice” OR “pretty.” I remember the movie version of The Grapes of Wrath, when the home is being bulldozed, and the mother looks at her little momento from the Chicago Worlds Fair. I think that old people, poor people, abused people, and even rich and privileged people, need and deserve some nice things, pretty things, and if possible, beautiful things. And that we can make them.

And sometimes art has to trade off attractiveness with truth-telling. And people across the span of all people need and deserve to hear the truth told in ways they haven’t heard before. And we can make things that tell the truth.

Sometimes we tell more truth than give beauty, sometimes we make things more beautiful than revealing something true, but we ain’t in Heaven yet. We can do what we can, and try to stay in good faith while we can.

To see through others eyes, to let my mind travel beyond my home, to capture my memories so they won’t fade and to share what I feel is beautiful with other people.

Looking at art, to see anew

Making art, to see anew and take others with me

At this very moment, I am sitting here, with several blank canvases. Given to me at Christmas to encourage me to go on painting. The push in the back (motivation) is there so now I am trying to focus on what I want to paint and it always comes back to recording and showing the world people, places and situations that I’ve connected with; that make me feel good, withe great memories and that cannot just be described in words.
After I just wrote that I looked up at my screen and saw what Kaneko wrote!!!!!

Because its fun. some people like golf, i like paint.

i look at art because i think its beautiful, whether i understand it or not. some people like birdwatching, i like art galleries.

One does art because one has to. Art is life!

Only because I like it!!!

To express, to relate, to share, to appreciate and be appreciated – to be connected with life itself.

expresion of my soul

It makes me feel connected to a world that is bigger than anything I can imagine. I can travel to places that I will probably never see. Share emotions with people I’ll probably never meet. See things from perspectives that I never would have imagined.

It connects me, energizes me and grounds me.

“Art sets you brain on fire” There is scientific evidence showing the brain lighting up when children are being creative. Also I believe the opposite of life without creativity is banality. EEEK

To `create’ something I think is an `inate’ need – but to share it, to connect to other people, and to show perhaps a different way of seeing things or noticing things that might otherwise be overlooked is the point of it.

Because the urge to express and create create stems from the human instinct to participate in the one big universal and cosmic interaction. It is primordial. One that humans can never resist. To create is to exist, subsist, survive and eventually - fluorish.

to express something that you can’t with words, with music, with pictures, etc, which is the idea behind “artofexpression”

I create art as creative expression, or capture a moment in time with my camera, and share this ‘moment in time’ with others who didn’t have the opportunity to be there with me to experience it.

“when you don’t create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than ability. your tastes only narrow & exclude people. so create.” – http://twitter.com/_why/status/881768089

This is my motto

As others, I also look for inspiration, new direction and ideas, a new technique to challenge me and my creativity develop and grow.

I think because in some weird way we all see things differently and we all benefit from those who have the ability and desire to express themselves through it.

If it wasn’t for artists, writers, musicians and the excentrics in the world we would have never gotten to where we are now.

To communicate visually what I cannot say verbally. Often words cannot portray the emotion you wish to express.

I totally second sjem’s comment …. in case it was too far up the thread …..

Here’s a suggestion. Keep the current show art page as normal but alter the ‘view large’ version. What if the page was setup to induce a kind of moment of reverence as the art is viewed at its biggest, this could happen by fading the background to black and removing all the superfluous info around the image, so that the image can stand alone without other distractions around it.

Why do I create art? Because there’s nothing on tv!!

To Be….

Why do I look at art?
Because I need to remind myself I have imagination but no talent
Why do I create art?
Becuase I am still trying… and will continue to try until the day I die… to connect the dots between my imagination… and even a hint or suggestion that I might have recognizable talent.
I have no talent… so I am back to the first question…. it is like a mobius strip.

It is what makes us very special in the animal kingdom, it is a spiritual inner need i think. for me i love reading about past artists lives and feel a bond between then and now. it is so nice to know we do some things not just for sex or money or fame,but because we want to.

to see the world in a different light

lately my non-arty friends hav been dissing art and say it has no meanin in the world n is basically a waste of time. of course i took their comments as a personal attack n fought back my bestest with more artworks , but i also proceded in saying exactly what i think art is and how it is so relevant to everybody’s lives…

i think art is an important part of humanity. it perserves the present reality in order for our life as we know it to be enjoyed into the future by ourselves and others. our history books would not be the same without art. feelings, behaviours and traditions would be lost without art, they would hav been forgotten along time ago.

i believe Art is a reflection of ourselves, our society and our world. it helps us express our selves, but also communicate with others.

for me, art is an escape. it is also a part of me i could never let go. i HAVE to do art. it is neccessary in my life. it lets me open my mind to the feelings within me and see the world around me clearer. it helps me comes to terms with reality, but at the same time, helps me capture my dreams.

art is a way of life. its not just about making things beautiful and meaningful, but also observing all things beauftiful and meaningful. its about not just seeing the trees, but enjoying the beauty of the trees. not just about hearing the cars fly by, but listening to the way the engines create an industrial symphony.

everything passionate is art. everything noticed is art. everything that provokes emotion is art.

everything in life can be art if you’re an artist.

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I love the format of redbubble as it is. It is part of the draw and what makes redbubble unique. It is simple, but elegant!!
I can’t stand the format of sites like myspace, flickr, deviantart, Artzone. It makes things too difficult to locate.

Its better than watching the rubbish on the other type of lcd screen!

Art is everywhere. Art is everywhen. Art is everyone. Art is.
Open your eyes and you are an art observer.
Open your mind and you are an art appreciator.
Open your heart and you are an art lover.
Open your soul and you are an artist.

It all sounds good to me, I think art is our way of visual & emotional communication and art creates an emotional link between the creator and the viewer.
It is colour, form and content, ideas that shape our world.
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Mike Emmett about 3 hours ago
Additionally, why do we buy art? The same reasons we look at it?

RedBubble replied 44 minutes ago
Maybe we feel it brings us closer than just looking?

Why do we buy the DVD when we’ve seen the movie? See the movie, when we’ve read the book? I think we like to switch off everything else in our life for a moment to explore a different story for a moment, and then to pick up the story again to let it speak to a different part of our own narrative.

(geez, deep!)

i feel the presence of art in human culture has very fundamental roots. the essence of art is communication.

all life that exists today has evolved from more primitive forms of life that came before. and these life forms survived and thrived, universally, by acting in commune. when individual organisms act in commune, they each benefit to a greater degree than either could have separately. this is, in fact, an explanation for why single celled organisms became multi-celled creatures…and why those creatures form schools, flocks, herds, etc. ...and why humanity values the family unit and formed clans…and eventually why we form communities, states, and nations. when we act in concert, we thrive to a greater degree than if we hadn’t.

however, on any level, no matter how basic, community requires communication (notice the root). communication in some form, is fundamental to life on earth. we must communicate with one another.

as we evolved, we have attained (1) the ability to manipulate the environment around us and (2) abstract perception. these two components, through our senses, have enable us to communicate in various art forms. before there was spoken language, there art. before there was written language there was art. in fact, written language is derived from artistic pictograms.

art is a form of communication. as such, we have evolved to need it…to desire it…to thrive upon it. we know deep down from long ago, that through art, “i” becomes “we”, and “we” will be better.

For me to get comments from other artists and also to see if I have what it takes to sell art, something that I can create and attract and wow ppl.

My head would blow up if I did not paint what is in it.

Why I create art is….because it’s like breathing to me.. it’s something I have to do..
I look at art to feed my soul… and I have many different tastes , just as I do in food.. Redbubble is a smorgasbord of Art : ) and when I leave..I’m satisfied..because I can view as much or as little as I like : ). I’m not sure I agree that all human’s are creative though. LOL Wen xox

Quite often art allows us to see, not only through someone elses eyes, but things we may never get the chance to within our lifetimes…

I create because I have to, I see art everywhere I look. My mind is in a constant state of seeing and if I do not create what I see things get awefully crowded! Putting my work on RB was and can still be one of the hardest things I have done, it is like putting myself out for scrutiny. As far as taking in others work…it is like seeing a totally different world, never ceases to amaze me!
The Bubble has become a very important place in my life and so many have become like family.
Thank RB for giving me the opprotunity to be apart of this wonderful place!

I create art for the same reason I breath… I must.

Art stimulates emotion…

Why do I make art?...

Art is like a drug… it allows you to escape the ugliness of the world for a little while, and roam a world of filled with beauty. It is much more effective, and a hell of a lot cheaper than a therapist.LOL. Also, art is an outlet, a way of releasing feelings that are bottled up within seeking an outlet to validate itself. It is a way to express these inner feelings when we are at a loss to express them in any other form. Ultimately, art is the expression of the soul of the artists that creates it.

Why do I view art?

Art also lets us share the experiences of another’s path through life, as viewed in their own eyes. Often there is that spark of recognition in a shared experience or feeling that is reflected in an artwork. Viewing art is like a drug as well, as we are able to see things with our eyes that don’t ordinarily occur. This in turn fuels the imagination, the purest form of thought there is.

Oh… almost forgot! I would like to see the stylesheet fixed, so that the page footer does not cover up the content of the artwork description. I write a poem that accompanies each of my artworks, and often I have to use the first comment as a spacer to shove the page footer low enough that it does not cover the text in my artwork description.

Outside of that… everything is wonderfully perfect, Peter!

I create and view art because I can only speak and understand English.. and that isn’t nearly enough to cover everything that needs to be said :]

I look at art because it is inspiring to see how others see and feel the world, it is uplifting makes me want to create more of my own.
Why do I create art? God has planted creativity of some kind in all of us. He made mankind after His own image and he is the Master Creator. The world he made is full of his artistic expression. The more I look at nature the more I see how awesome God is and that inspires me to express my own artistic creativity.
Grant is right, spoken language “isn’t nearly enough to cover what needs to be said.”
I am greatful that RedBubble provides the vehicle to express ourselves.

I make art cause I can. I love creating something out of nothing it makes me feel powerful and peaceful all at the same time. Looking at other peoples feels like taking a little trip into other peoples minds- it’s a little escape from my own brain.

i create art because its an outlet for energy for me…

and also: when times get rough, creating art makes money

My photography is my way of letting people into my own bubble, to see things as I see them, and to love as I love, or hate as I hate..
I look at other artists work to feed my soul, to see into their bubble and to absorb a world so vast and large, I will never in my lifetime get to see all..but through art..I travel all over the world, and never have to leave home…

I view art – to see if I can find what captured the artists moment of creation… I never “studied” art – so I am learning here on RB.
I create art – because I have those creative moments.. maybe too many of them ??? but I hope that I can convey that moment to someone.. the moment when I saw the beauty, the ugliness, the light, the shadow, that moment !

Because I go mad if I don’t. OK, madder!

~ you can never have too many creative moments! :)
~ I think anyone attracted to art, or to creating art, is essentially attracted to living, and needing to express that pleasure, or pain, that is a part of the experience.

I love vixstix comment. Precisely, i fear I would spontaneously combust.

I started to create art for the satisfaction of my inner voice that had been calling for soooo long..and I now enjoy sharing it with those near and dear to me. It gives me a great sense of achievement when I complete a painting. Now my creativity is expanding to all corners of the world thanks to Redbubble!!

Because it fills in time before my next nooky.

Why do I create it:
It’s a form of communication that is less definite, less confining – but, that’s not why I create it, that’s what happens during and after it’s creation and why I look at the art of others- same thing as reading or chatting. It’s all a learning, a sharing, and that’s why I don’t like people who have nothing to say.

ahem Before anyone gets any ideas in their head, let me assure you that I have yet to meet a person with learning disabilities, or who was autistic and seeminly non-communicative, or who spoke a foreign language, or etc. who had nothing to say. No – it’s the Paris Hilton type, male or female, who I mean, most.

The reason why I create it, is simple. It’s there, it’s in me, and it will come out. I really have no choice in the matter, as to whether or not it will. If I stop paying attenton, it drips out my fingertips, thorugh a pen, and all over my tax papers – so to speak – so the only choice is not whether I will, but, if I will use a canvas, or a digital program, or art paper versus the back of an old envelope, and such as that.

Anyone who has a choice is not, I believe, an artist. They are a person who has a hobby of creating art pieces, or some-such as that. Anyoone who does not have a choice is an artist. Talent notwithstanding, in either case.

I think that art is really about evoking an emotional response, up to and including lust, fear, and disgust.

For me art can make me feel different things, I like to try to see what the artist may be trying to say, or how it makes me feel. When I paint I like to try to give people some beauty or show something that makes them feel good, and it makes me feel good to paint I couldn’t stop i love it so much.

I create art: to give definition, clarity and scope to that which I see,feel,think. I always thought that it was for others to see, but truly it is that I may understand.

I look at art: see above

art keeps me sane it helps me to take a brain break from all the other stuff in my day
It nurtures my soul

What IS art? It is a human activity to create a form of aesthetics to stimulate the senses and emotions. The trouble is if you get too analytical it will dull your enjoyment. Don’t think about it , open up your senses and absorb.

Yes, what Sjem said!

why we create?,,, because it gives us a sense of fulfillment of our desire in creativity, even when no one would look at it , appreciate it, comment on it…why we look at other art? , because we are “hungry” for it , i can’t describe it in more dictionarious way , language is my limit , not heart nor mind or my eyes.

Self expression, enjoyment, and to make a difference in life.

We take pictures to remind us of where we have been and what beautiy we have captured and we look at others work because it can take you to places you may never see.

For some creating art is as natural to them as breathing. It’s part of their make up. For others it’s escapism or a feeling of expression, an emotional outlet. A desire and hunger to push the boundries of their imagination and take people on a ride with their work. It’s so many things to so many people.
But as the saying goes, “you can’t make an omlette without breaking some eggs!”

there is so much of this world we dont get to see but oh boy when we see art of others from around the world, such a learning curve it can be, dawnx

to enjoy…. to see the beauty of the world through other peoples eyes

art is also a good way of looking at the changes in social activity,and the changes in ourenviroment both domestic and natural

it’s a good way for me to (try to) forget my day job.. it doesn’t always work, but it’s a start

So we can wallow at leisure in that moment when the artist/photographer captured what was in their imagination/lens for only an instant.

Well i look at it like this…....God created us, the heavens and the earth so He is the Ultimate Artist, sooooo if He went to all that trouble then the least i can do is record it and add my bit to it…...life is a canvas!! :0)

Barbara Glatzeder spoke for me, thanks to all! :)

To me, it’s all about imagination.

I like to look at art that sparks my imagination (likewise with movies). I love to create art that will spark other people’s imagination.

In art, it’s about taking and giving more than what the everyday life has to give.

I look at the Art of others to try to find inspiration, to learn and because I never get tired of the punched in the stomach feeling you get when you see something of true beauty or that communicates on many levels.

I make Art because trying to commuicate to others the beauty I see in a particular moment, place,object or slice of time is nourishing and satisfying…........

I create because I need to express myself… because I love playing with materials and seeing them turn into shapes, colors, compositions… because I need to get rid of painful feelings and thoughts – and in the process to feel the happiness of turning lemon into lemonade, hurt into cure, ugliness into beauty. I create also because of the pure joy of playing… it’s like a game and it’s full of surprises and possibilities. And it’s giving ME to the world, all that is unique about me…
Why do I like looking at art? I enjoy beauty, I like being intrigued, getting new thoughts, having my feelings/emotions aroused, being touched, finding myself in the other, learning something new, getting new ideas and inspiration for my own creation… etc.

Art is a visual conversation that you can have in any language. Sometimes the “conversation” is deep and profound. Other times it is light, warm and fuzzy. It doesn’t matter what quality the conversation is, just as long as we all keep talking :-)

Both looking at and creating art- because we can’t NOT do it.

FIsh…..................

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I enjoy looking at art by others because it gives me another window into someone else’s reality/mind/perspective. It also makes me think about my own art and how I can improve it, just as the masters learnt through imitation. The best thing about the internet is that you can see what other artists are doing all over the world almost instantaneously. We live in beautiful times. I create art to keep the mood swings at bay haha but seriously, it is a way of life/form of therapy/celebration of the self and the world we live in.

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Art…it’s a form of growth…to create…to go beyond…to grow!!!!!!!!

It’s an essential need to humans… create.

i look at art 2 me be emotionally challenged in the best of ways…through CREATIVITY!

Just Because!

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I think that artists as a whole i believe, are the type of people who think that we know so much..
- that we have seen so much
- than others in the world are less fortunate that they are not so vastly ‘world cultured and creative and mentaly diverse’
-that yes i have seen and know of all the worlds fruit that is to offer …

and we CREATE art to emphasise this.

and we LOOK at others art to always remind ourselves that we are wrong.

Art is creation…of the highest level of inner dimensions.
Like GOD … you are..

To get into new worlds and show my own strange world to others!
I always think there ’s much more than what we use to see…and it’s unlimited!!!

Art shows us either a unique view of our world or our view beautifully captured. we create art because we can do nothing else. it’s who we are.

The minute a culture stops creating it starts stagnating…

For the Money!!!!!!!!!!!!!...............hehehe…........Hope to see your Ideas and what flow and direction you guys are going with changing the veiwing page…..maybe in the forums….x….Keep us up to date…...x

To know that my lonesome self is not alone.

Art awakes your sences. SEE it, FEEL it, TASTE it,LISTEN to it and above all, TRY it. Good for the soul. x

art is beauty, art is feelings, emotions and experiences, art is stories, a picture book, a part of our lives, art is in everything you see
this is what art is to me

Wow, Peter – bet you’re sorry you asked :)
Just today I was musing at how stagnant my creative self has felt the last several days. Then I wondered, is this what those who don’t create feel all the time?
Stagnant feels empty to me, I don’t like it. So, I have to refuel, observe, get uncomfortable, and expand – so that I can create again.

Here’s my two cents:
Art in all of its forms is connection – connection in a soulful way, not a talk radio way. And it is immortality – for the artist and his passion.

I search out art and I buy art because I like the connection I feel to that passion.

Art allows us to escape from and to transcend the mundane….and to transmit and receive those discoveries in the closest thing we have to a universal language.

I create art to show the way i see things. Someone my just see a feather on the ground….But I will see the fineness of the flight feather…..the wispyness of the down….maybe the crushed hopes of a flightless bird …. ot the amazed look in a childs eyes as the touch a feather for the first time..
I look at Art to see if I can feel the same thing the Artist felt when they created their art.Do I see the same bit of beauty that they did….did it touch me the same way?.....does it inspire me to create as well?

Art is made because it has to be made.

I have my own personal beliefs about art and love that are kind of tied together… we couldn’t exist without beautiful things. We need something to give us a sense of purpose, and as long as we’re able to create something, we have what we want.

It’s an emotional thing, too, of course. I think that goes without saying by now.

What would be the point in life if nothing was beautiful, or if we didn’t appreciate the things that were? Simply put, it just makes sense to make art. It doesn’t make sense not to.

When I look at art, I am moved by expression and the outcome of someones design or free will. It can rise to the genius inside of human kind and deeply touch our emotions.
When I look at photography, I want to experience what I can’t see in life or might miss due to bonds of time and space. When a photographer has done their job or at their best, it may reveal a universe of things we may have never noticed or seen before or even capture an extraordinary event preserved and captured forever. It’s too bad people are overwhelmed with the struggle to survive from day to day that they don’t find the value in art and photography like we wish they could.

It tickles my senses and I feel like there is something I can always learn from others. I have so much to learn from others. I love seeing what others have done. It seems to make my world all the bigger and better.

....because we are curious and we seek the answers….......

to fight the system

because I can

Why Create Art?

The process of creation began when we moved from our Bi-Cameral mind-ness and became self aware – with self-awareness came creation. Our brain was now programmed to be logical (survival) and creative (thinking outside the box) – the outside the box thinking involved the spiritual nature of our being; beauty, awe and wonder filled our minds and our walls, paper tablets, canvas. We developed into self-aware creative individuals. The human species.

Does your dog paint?
Does your cat play the piano (well)?
Do you goldfish build their own castles on the fish bowl floor?

We developed into a unique species. Thinking and Creativity are now the core of our being.

If there was no art there would be no world as we know it, art is in everything from your morning cup of coffee to the patern on your bed spread.

Art is SOUL…..and without IT Man dies !

Man’s was born to create…...IF we hadn’t created the wheel or the Cave drawing’s of France to spur on the viewer….we All be dead and “never” born !

So, I create to make Man think…...to explore the recesses of our mind’s….......to show the beauty, as well as, the horror which Man creates everyday !

An Artist for Peace !

Art is a Mystery.
The comment by ‘Muscular Teeth’ reminded me of a Salvador Dali comment “I’m going to live forever. Geniuses don’t die.”
For many artists that suffer one challenge or another, their art is the beauty in their life. As Pierre Auguste Renoir said in reference to his arthritic hands ” The pain passes, but the beauty remains.”
To me, Art is a Mystery.

To see a world where magic and adventure thrive.

And to make money. Lots of money.

We can’t even agree as to what art may be, never mind understand the creative motivation.
It’s partly a response to a creative urge which, I suspect, is rooted in a desire to produce something than will live longer than we do. There is also the primitive magical component expressed in cave art – if we depict something we then own it in some way.
I’m more writer than photographer and in that, I feel the absolute compulsion. Artistic work is not something you choose to do – you have no choice. It is compulsive. I tell people that you aren’t a writer unless you write something everyday – anything. Even an email can be a creative act. I am paid to write part of the time and while I try to write even prosaic assignments creatively, I treasure the times when the bills are paid and I can just free-write or develop a project. Thus with photography – you are not a photographic artist unless everyday you either conceive, plan or execute a photograph. It is what you are.

It amazes me that I can sit here in my computer chair and take a trip around the world. I can see the beauty from Africa, Turkey, Australia, Jamaca, London…. all through the eyes of my own personal tour guides!! I look because there is beauty to be found everywhere, in everything!!! That is the same reason that I create!

To feel good and to know I am not the only one out there that feels as I do.

...”art” is something men drew before language ~ “art” can bring a world together just like food and music…
we need art because we as humans have emotions ~ emotions are what we really ‘run on’ like fuel… if there were no emotions, there would not be comment threads, disagreements… emotion makes the world into individuals who are then affected by an emtion to do – DO, art, books, create, design… even make us laugh!

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to express a feeling…a mood…an idea. to bring the veiwer to a place they may never have been . in a way to grab at something inside them that they can experiece and see what the artist feels,,,felt …saw…sees…......simply…to share

To express and capture the beauty of our natural world and the mood and feelings that welled up inside me at that time. Hopefully, I will have captured these moods well enough for other too feel when they look at my images.

We assume everything will be available forever, we take our natural environment for granted. The hedge you only saw yesterday, where you saw small birds darting in out of, may tomorrow been replaced by a housing estate, or a motorway, maybe a great storm may change the landscape too.

After I look at good art I am changed and I look at everything else a bit differently. It keeps me open to the possibilities of the world.

To join the higher conscious, to reach out into the space that isn’t defined by rules, and laws and definition. Both through creation and through seeing we have the opportunity to experience without confinement, to breath deeply of the human soul and have it course through our very being.

I have joined a thousand minds, I have lived in a thousand lives, I have been party to the intimacy of an experience known specifically to one, but shared by all.

Creation is a God-given gift, but the real gift is in that it is not mine, but is for everyone, and I have the joy of sharing and experiencing others gifts too.

This is life, this is living, this is ‘The Creation’.

To capture the beauty, power and emotion of a moment so that it can live on and be shared with others. To inspire and be inspired.

We create art because we are compelled to. (The act of creation)
We create art because it is comprised of the things that make us who we are. (Existentialism)
We create art because it is, in itself, the act of taking something ugly and turning it into something aesthetically pleasing.

And we enjoy art for those very reasons.

I like to show people you can be in the right place at the right time. It’s a good message to spread.

Art in general provides a window into the mind of its creator. I love seeing representations of a person’s imagination, seeing things never seen by another human being until they decided to show it to the world. Even in a media like photography, you’re still seeing a perspective with lines, shading and geometry unique to that perspective.

That is what makes art special, the choice to share and to actively engage in an intimate relationship with your viewers.

I look at art to be moved and inspired and I create art because I love it!

I think people create art to express themselves in one way or another, weather its a point of view, an emotions or something else.

Art can also help promote healing in the body and soul

Art is very powerful stuff

For education and stimulation. A good story is as good as image work. Although, there is a chance you learn so much more with a story as it can encompass a wider, more diverse blend of fact, fiction and emotional flavours within a handful of words rather than a singular view image art seem to have.

Image art is a good reminder, thought provoker and inspirational lighter. It can highlight aspects of humanity. Written works gets to the heart of it.

A fellow artist and dear friend of mine put it perfectly, and I quote him all the time on it. He said… “We do this art thing, or we burst into flames…” – Sam Raffa.

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Also, I recently wrote something that goes along with this. A bit lengthy… but I think it harmonizes with your question. :)

During that bleak time in U.S. history known as The Great Depression, there was something called The Works Progress Administration, or the New Deal. In short, the government created an opportunity for artists, writers and musicians to put their collective muses to work in bolstering up the minds and hearts of people who had little inspiration left in their lives, while at the same time creating an opportunity for artists to put a little money back into their ragged pockets as well.

At the heart of the WPA was a need to capture the moment on film, in writing, on canvas, and in melody. To take what was happening, and document it in a way that served both as a historic record, and as a celebration to the determination and grit that kept people alive, and kept the tiny coals of hope aglow.

Even beyond the government sponsered program, artists of all kinds heard the call of need. Of desperation. People needed escape. They wanted something that could transport them in that dark hour, to a place where their mind’s could take flight…their hearts could mend, and they could forget the growling in their stomachs, and the tears that stained their children’s cheeks.

It was during this time, in 1939, that The Wizard of Oz came to the silver screen. With it’s opening of a black and white life for Dorothy in the dustbowl of Kansas, to the sudden sensory tsunami of color as she was whisked away to Oz… it was an epic journey that would make people’s hearts burst open with possibility, if only they would believe in it.

The message behind all of this is a poignant one. In a time when Big Business grinds to a hault, and the hands of hard working individuals wring in worry and despair… it is a rallying cry for artists everywhere. The gift that comes freely to us, of muse and creativity, can be the glimpse of color through sepia colored glasses. It can be the melody that lifts tear stained eyes, and helps them see the true nature of human spirit. It is the crazy cartoon that still makes children laugh, despite the worn threads of their clothes and the the worries that are beyond their years.

Art knows no limits. It does not need Wall Street to buy and sell it’s heart. It does not need oil barons to back it’s worth. It is oblivious to the deception of mortgage companies, credit card telemarketers, and gas titans. It exists, because it is the very essence of the world we live in. It is the rose that continues to bloom in drought. It is the blazing sunset that paints the sky over a closed factory. It is the dance of mist and sparkle of frost over homes in foreclosure. It is the diamond sky and pearl moon above a war torn city. Art exists, because our world exists. Our universe exists. We exist. And to those of us whose lifeblood runs in rainbows through our veins, and our every breath is a technicolor sigh…. it is our turn to be the infusion of hope in these anemic times. We don’t have to wait for a government to set up a program. We don’t have to wait to see our neighbor in tears. We know what to do. It is in our very nature to be empathetic to the shift in the global consciousness. And now is the time to grab our paint brush, our pen, our trumpets…and blast away the tornado twisting at our back door with a rush of color, light, and song.

The tornado is not here to take us to Oz. We are here to bring Oz to the tornado, banishing it away with the click of our ruby red shoes, singing and dancing all the way home.

To inspire yourself and inspire others …
To create and help others create…

I think I make art because I can’t help my self. It’s definatly an obsession. As a child I drew pictures of beautiful princess’s in fabulous dresses, Roller boots, mr. spikey, the sock monster and countless fairies and pixies. I’m sure it’s something to do with communicating ideals that stay with you unlike the words you communicate that are gone as soon as you say them.
I’ve recently done a preach about art but I didn’t reallly think about these questions even though now they seem like the most important.

http://www.redbubble.com/people/charissamay/writing/2457660-the-art-nun-in-me-preaches

i see art as the journey towards uniting people together in one single image

a means to reach out, express onself…...a way to put feelings and moods in words, sounds, images…..we see art and we see a portrait of someones mind at the moment in which that art was created

...............and cause its pretty

For some out there, we have a world of our own and like to show it through all kinds of mediums, we have to get it out somehow because if we don’t we think about it all the time—-getting it out is like a release. Also, in a way it’s an addiction and obsession, we can’t help ourselves. it’s also very fun and saves you from boredom.

to me, art is an expression, whether be emotions or personality.
art can also be a message, whether to the world, a certain area or just one person
i look at art sometimes because of the colours, rythem, contrast. i love art that expresses some type of emotion.
i look at art sometimes to see someone’s expression. art teaches me about ppl and the world we live in.
another reason art is beautifull :p

because i can’t help it.
i try to spend time on other stuff and it always turns into taking in or creating art.

One of my “Thin Ice” cartoons shows my polar bear talking to me as I draw in my studio.
The bear asks, “Dp you think drawing all these Polar Bear caroons is going to change anyone?”I answer, “Yes….me.”
Being an artist is a path to enlightenment.
Creativity flows through us if we are honest.
It’s not the result that is important, but the process…the journey.

there ain’t any point whatever. are there any trees growing in your backyard? jes come up to them and ask: “wthat’s the point you grow here?” there will be no answer. if trees knew what they grow for they would die of sheer boredom.

That it might change someone’s day (or moment). That one may be moved… and lifted out of the ‘everyday’/asleep’.

to share our imagery, and symbolism which keeps our mind machine well oiled

Art delivers what touches us and in turn touches others

PS. I remember answering this question last year. It’s good to see the focus doesn’t change and it’s nice ask this question every so often to seen how to move a head whilst remaining grounded and set on the true vision.

Art is taking an inner vision and making it reality.

art is a softener of life, it rounds out the hard edges of our daily life,gives us a time out for tea if you will.
I know personally i’ve made people happy thru my art and i thank God for the gift!

to reflect, escape, create, extend, express, qualify and many more reasons beside I am sure.

To feel less lonely, that is, confirm that we are several human beings over here who are able to exchange emotions, beyond analysis, beyond (reasonable) words

Art for Hearts Sake

Some time back I posted this work called:
What’s Your Point?

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It’s interesting to see people’s views about art and why it’s made.
However, I’m more interested in what exactly will be the updates to the Show Art page.
Not much said about that except that you all are thinking of hcanging it…. any details?

To record beauty and emotion as it is seen through my eyes.

art gives me a sense of comfort..

it also is good for the passing on of information.

there is so much to it.. but thought I would add my words here..

cheers.

art takes me places I might not otherwise go. sometimes it is a beautiful place and other times it might not be so beautiful, but it is a place I am not at and is an attraction to me. creating art is showcasing a part of who I am (although I haven’t done anything for a very long time) and putting it out there for others to see a piece of who I am or what I’m thinking or where I’d like to be or glad I am not.

To capture the serenity of the moment and the beauty of our creator by his intelligent design.

I have been busy making art – and then recovering from the exertion- and only just now come to read this article.

I’m with lightsmith : “I have no choice. Art drives to be created. ” But then I realise I do have a choice; there are many things that I can choose to do with each passing moment. Yet while ever I draw breath I will make art. It is life; it ranks with food, sex, love, sleep, music, dance…

Looking at art is like the breath in; making art is the breath out.

for me my art is… exposing myself on a canvas.

It’s my thoughts & feelings expressed in colour & composition to create an emotional reaction or feeling for the viewer. A visual energy & rhythm that captivate the viewer is perfection to my eyes.

Showing your work is what we all strive to do but the viewer doesn’t always understand it. People always feel the need to associate it with something real instead of see it for what it is.

Creating art gives me freedom. I could lock my self away in my studio for day on end & be very content! I think your born with the obsession!!!

I create art and look at art as it gives me perspective. I see the perspective of others – hardship, happiness, anguish, pleasure and the entire plethora of human emotion. I also believe in contributing to this phenomenon, this ‘shared perspective’ and thus I create art from myself, that someone else may see my view of the world around me.

To me art is like water. I keep drinking it in.
I know I have no art in my bubble (yet). I am trying to paint.
I look at all your works of art and it removes me from the moment I was in. It takes me away with it. I love all your work. I think you are all fantastic.
Art makes me remember. Thank you.

Because I’d like to think that some things touch me. What art makes me feel makes me realize that I’m actually a human being.
I’m feeling so detached from the human kind, the spoken world, that art is the only way for me to have emotions and to feel them.
I just wish I was more creative and able to express myself though it. Now I just relate to what have been expressed by someone else.

Why do I create Art? Because it is relaxing and fun..
Why do I look at other art? To see the world thru others eyes. My bucket list is already too long..LOL

It is in the eye of the beholder, It is a wonderful world

Why do we create “art?” No- let’s just ask: why do we create? “Art” is a label, a social construct, an idea, concept, and designated as such by other-than-those-who-create. IMNSHO: we create because we are living creat-ures! We come to these lives with a goal that not many of us are sure of – and thus, we creat-ures create to reach out, to communicate, to connect with something, as we exist unaware that we are so much more than physical matter. The other “elements” that we are reach beyond us to other creat-ures through tangible creations and beg themselves to be paid attention to.

Which leads to the second question: why do we look at “art?” The answer is the same. We are curious creat-ures, too, and because we feel so alone in our bodies (yes, we all do…), we look at other creat-ures and what they create – to feel a connection – to find something that effects us that is not within us!!

i know- sounds weird, eccentric…fantastic…..well? is it? ask Yourselves?

i know why i create: i HAVE TO. (read my profile)

i know why YOU look: because YOU too must…..we are all connected in ways that our creations reasonably resemble. “ART” is a temporary anxiolytic. it calms us to do, to make, to look, to admire and imagine…..

What do YOU think when you look at “art?” THAT is a more pertinent question, i think….

it is all about the inner journey we all fantisize when stimulated from outside of ourselves…..

_PEACE

Shiva :)

Thanks to Red Bubble I have a reason to log in to my computer- there are always images here to remind me that the world is a beautiful place after all. I live for Art= pure and simple.

I create art to better myself , to show others the beauty of the my world around me, to enjoy the beauty of others’ world around them. Art is an expression, to give to show to feel. I love photography and I love painting.. to see what comes out of me. Photography is also a way to create memories… of wonderful times had with our friends and family.

I create art because it is something that is inside of me that has to be expressed, and the beautiful thing is that we are ALL different so there is an infinite amount of wonderful art out there that comes from each of our individual selves:) I, for one, am not happy if I am not creating something, or thinking of things to create, or write…or sing:)

I create art because it’s a new-found joy to be able to do so. I spent the first 40 years of my life arrogantly and ignorantly believing art was for people who couldn’t handle maths and technical stuff. How wrong was I?! It was Photoshop version 4 that opened my mind to possibilities with photos I’d taken decades earlier. Now I like to spend all of my time creating what pleases me. The only other person I try to please with this is my wife, and even that’s so hard that mostly, I just create what I want. Even that’s hard, because I’m just a rookie.
Luckily, I can get just as much pleasure looking at other peoples’ art. Keep creating, people!!

Art is process. Art delivers that process called creation.

The point- to communicate with others the escence of something in one’s perception.

One way to look at art is as social therapy. We can see the artist as a therapist who articulates something the society is experiencing and perhaps not saying, as one who expresses emotion in reaction to a social event, an emotion that finds a home in others. Art has the ability to represent, to symbolize, to move and to make something communicable that otherwise not be. Art is able to express outrage and compassion, to amuse, to point out truth and to heal.

Through art in its many forms we are able to see and experience life through anothers eyes. To see beauty as someone else sees it. To open our minds to a different point of view or to validate our own.. To share in the creative process. To view the artist’s reality, their joy, their pain, their life story. To enjoy the beauty of Nature and the beauty of the human soul. For those brave enough to put into a photograph or writing or even a T-shirt a piece of themselves to share with others. As we view art, we have the opportunity to feel a little of what the artist felt when creating their work. Art can make us laugh, cry, or stand in awe of such beauty. My favorite part of photography is that in one click of the camera you have captured a moment that will never come again You’ve captured a memory for a child, or teen, or an adult that allows them to look back and remember through the photograph the experience that has been captured there. Art, especially here on Red Bubble gives me the opportunity to be able to see and experience a place of beauty that otherwise I would never see. Art is one of the highest form of creating for the purpose of sharing part of your life story, your inner soul with others. Sort of a gift of self. Those viewing the art if they are sensitie to the gift that has been placed in that particular piece of art go away feeling uplifted and priviledged to have been able to be a part of creation in its many forms