Thorne opened this issue on Feb 04, 2002 ยท 52 posts
welcomesite posted Tue, 05 February 2002 at 8:23 AM
I shudder whenever I hear someone dismissing another person's work as " non-art " There are many things wrong with this.. However much, or little, talent an individual has.. what you are seeing is "their" art. It may not be as good as yours.. but it is them, expressing a vision.. and it then becomes a big part of "them". To insult it is to insult them. I don't mean, pointing out ways to improve certain areas.. that is fine. I mean condemning them as 'non-artists'. Isn't it possible that the most beautiful piece of art on this entire site was 'merely posed' by someone who created none of the models, textures, etc.? I admire modelers very much.. but don't condemn others simply because this is not their area of expertise. Many times this stops people in their tracks. They give up pursuing their artistic visions. Maybe they would have evolved into an artist who even you would have admired? Maybe their work is already great.. and we're just not advanced enough to realize it, as has happened with so many great artists, in history? Or maybe they really did suck.. but they derived pleasure from 'trying'... and sharing their efforts with you? Who are we to crush this part of their 'being' ?