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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

The nature of things

Ars est nihil sans naturam

What do you think? Comment. Please? :-)
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5 comments:

  1. UndercoverBlondeAugust 12, 2008 at 11:01 PM

    So, so true.

    *is at a loss loss for something wise to say*

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  2. ClaytonAugust 12, 2008 at 11:04 PM

    I guess that just supports the phrase, Grace, No? ;-)

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  3. AnonymousAugust 12, 2008 at 11:14 PM

    Well Mr. Clayton, I think you're downright crazy, not for this blog, just in general. What do *I* think? I think it depends on what definition of nature you're refering to. Human nature vs. the outdoorsy nature. Human nature makes this statement very true because art is left so open for personal interpretation, and varies from artist to artist because of their nature. The outdoorsy nature leaves something to be desired because even though it may ring true for some art, not all art is related to the outdoorsy nature that we think of, there is some art which uses only natural things, or are based on things seen or found in nature. Regardless, art is dependant upon nature in some form or another.

    Is that what you wanted? Does that satisfy you? I can't believe you made me think. (;

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  4. ClaytonAugust 12, 2008 at 11:27 PM

    Ah, wonderful! I love it when people say I'm crazy! they're usually right, but I want to tell you what I think about it. Nature refers to one's "natural talent" so, "art is nothing without nature" means, art is nothing without talent. you can have someone with talent who is not trained, but not someone trained with no talent.
    one can be great with no art. but not great with no nature.

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  5. Little Drummer BoyAugust 13, 2008 at 12:26 AM

    Awesome thought, Clayton! So, here's what I thought as soon as I read your comment and figured out what the Latin meant ^_^: Basically, here's how it goes for me: God is the Great Original Creator, Humans are created in the image of God, thus, Humans are artists, all born with the ability and some desire to express themselves artistically. In fact, one of my former Pastor's sermons was all about this idea and it was quite persuasive for me. So, in one sense, I think that it's possible that since we all have, to some extent (for some, a VERY limited extent), this "natural talent", there really isn't any artistic expression that is nihil "nothing".
    Also, just thinking about this, if it takes nature to be an artist or to have art, how is it possible to be great but have no art? Because if you have no nature, you have no art...right? I'm just trying to understand the last thing you said in your comment. It seems that if you don't have one, you don't have either?

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