Art can be anything. It is not limited to simply paintings, drawings, and sculptures. Our whole entire universe is a work of art. Without art the world would be a gray wasteland. Art and creativity are everywhere. Buildings are art, the way they are built, the shapes used to make them, the creativity of the design and architecture of the building, and where they are strategically placed throughout a city is art. Plants are also art. Some tree trunks grow in a twist that leads up to a beautiful array of branches with luscious green leaves, that change colors in the autumn, which is also a form of art.
Francisco De Goya’s painting, Saturn Devouring One of His Children at first glance by any sane person is a horrific image, and I still believe it to be. However, one can see Goya’s painting as beautiful because of the deeper meaning or message it can put forth, the story it tells, or simply that the texture and colors of which it is composed. It is not necessarily pleasing to the eye, but because the piece is so powerful it is considered an extraordinarily beautiful piece of artwork. Claude Monet’s, Fisherman’s Cottage on the Cliffs at Varengeville at first look is seen as beautiful with its lush green plants surrounding an intimate cottage overlooking the deep blue ocean with sail boats gliding on the waves. It creates a vacation scene, and gives one a feeling of serenity as if they are there on that cliff overlooking such beauty. Your imagination pulls you into the painting.
Art is not just a concept, idea, or object. Art is a way of life, it is our world. Without art and creativity, we have nothing. The world would be a dull lifeless place if there were no such thing as art because art is apparent in everything we do and in everything that we are.
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| Twisted Tree in Autumn |
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| Saturn Devouring One of his Children. Francisco De Goya. |
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| Fisherman's Cottage on the Cliffs at Varengeville. Claude Monet. |
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