Poll Are You Artistic?

[Deleted member 8714]

I drew my avatar several years ago. It's in watercolor pencils. Its title is Forcing The Hand and represents just about everything which was done to me. I also draw with colored pencils and graphic pencils. I enjoy drawing flowers in varying degrees of wilting. I once won first place in an art contest for a colored pencil drawing.

I am musically inclined as well. I have written music along with the words. I have written poetry. I am writing two novels. One of which I want to get published, it's in the final draft. The other novel is what I would call a memory dump and I started it after my mother died. I started off journaling back in 1976.

I love doing calligraphy. My granddaughters get excited when they receive a book as a gift and I've written something in it to them in calligraphy.

 

[LovinHuggin]

Yes I like to dabble in lots of things.

 

[danc21]

I voted yes. I would say i was an artist because i can see art as being something you love doing and can drag you to a place that takes you away from everything you are feeling and gives you a different feeling of love and accomplishment. For example when you finish a beautiful painting or, take a perfect framed picture, or pick up them last few perfect notes on a guitar. Which is what i play, i don't know where i would be if it wasn't for music.

 

[Teddy]

I'm not at all artistic :( Maybe some people are created to be the "audience".

Without an audience half the process would be missing.
There are several reasons to create art but even in art therapy it can tell you that it is just as important for the person who sees it and experiences it because whilst their reasons may be different to the artist, the work has created something on another level. It has allowed and inspired some one else to think. It has given them an experience that they would not have otherwise had.
You don't need to be the creator to be artistic. It is being a part of the process in whatever form that takes that makes you artistic.
Every one is artistic in some form it is just what has been said by whom that has affected the process to either continue or to be left stunted.

 

[danc21]

Amen :)

 

[Teddy]

Forgot to say what arty stuff I do.
I love clay work the most but now seem to spend my time just doing the clay work in my job and not for a hobby.
I sew a fair bit and love to quilt and do hand stitching etc.
I hate knitting! LOL
I don't paint because I can't get it the way I want. But I love to draw if and when time allows and my self talk doesn't take over and put me off.
I like looking at abstract art but cant' 'let go' enough to do it myself.
I went to art college for three years full time and majored in ceramics. I then had a successful career in my art until I gave it up when I had kids.
I used to make 'clay into lace' and do very fine work with the clay and push all the boundaries I could find.

I hate people who tell others they can't do it and are no good at doing it.
I hate art teachers who rub stuff out and tell kids to start again.
I hate any one who discourages others from having a go at whatever takes their fancy.
I think every one should focus on what they are trying to express rather than the end result.
I hate art critics as they are usually the least talented and the most arrogant.

I have now had my 'dummy spit for the day'.
Thanks I feel better. LOL

 

[Srain]

Oddly enough I have my moments in a lot of different ways except the one thing I would dearly love, singing. I couldn't carry a tune with a fork lift to save my soul!! :speechless: It's so so bad, however, there is always the car and I let 'er rip. Fortunately, I have other outlets but only spurts so it is very strange for me. I'm really confused by it, I wonder if anyone else goes through this.

I have painted some beautiful hands, gotten great reviews, gave most away but then lost interest. I went back to writing, wrote a few beautiful poems, not many, gave them away, had nothing more to say, dried up - blank. I decorated several rooms of our home, they look great, got tired, lost interest. This is really bugging me. It seems like once I get validated I don't think it's really that great so I move on. I know, terrible insecurities, poor self-worth, blah blah blah. I had better self-worth as a teenager, it's so aggravating.

I would probably do better if I didn't show them to people ;)

Rain

 

[Teddy]

Nah.....
Get in the car, tune on the stereo, wind down the windows and scream your butt off. LOL so cool for the soul. If you cant sing a tune, then scream one. LOL
I would no more sing Kareoke than take my clothes off in public and the feeling of screaming a song is fabulous. I don't sing as I can't but man oh man can I scream.....
As for changing your artistic avenues, Go for it. Change, experiment and enjoy. Paint your fridge pink. It looks great when you paint your fridge with nail polish. Too cool for school. LOL Then it comes off so easily.
Get kids into it and go paint a pattern on the concrete with chalk. Then you can wash it off when you are sick of it.
Who cares?? Art can be fun and so great for the soul... Just don't think about it and enjoy the moments while you are in it. Finger painting is a hoot and so is painting your partner. Very funny...

 

[Sqweak]

Um, I'm fashion major menswear- tailoring was my concentration but I recently moved over to graphics and textile design. I'm also found of photography 6x6, 120 and digital formats I love my Nikon and my Yashica. I've recently been shooting a lot with my holga but I’m thinking about switching to the flash version... okay I'm rambling sorry. :notworthy: I've also done a lot of fine art painting and air brushing in my time but not nearly as much as what I’ve mentioned above.

 

[Amy Jo]

I used to draw pretty damn goods--portraits and the like. Lots of charcoal scenes. Now I write mostly poetry, LOVE writing!

 

[Serene]

This is a great thread. My story is a little different. I come from a musical family (on my father's side). My brother and I were expected to play instruments. My father asked me what instrument I wanted to play in the band. I said, "saxophone." He rented a flute for me. My brother and I both excelled in music. Today I play flute, piano and guitar. I also sing...used to sing a some jazz clubs.

I tried so hard to earn my father's love by being a great musician. I was a great musician. I was first chair in every band. I won all kinds of awards. I loved and still do love playing, but I never thought I was good enough because my father never gave any praise. I have been performing since I was 9 years old and I've been told that I am quite good. People always ask me, "When are you going to put out a CD?" There is this voice in my head that always says that I'm not good enough.

I don't know how I would have gotten through life without my music. It is the only thing (other than God which I sometimes believe in and sometimes don't) that is there for me always. When I had my first kidney stone and had no idea what was happening to me and thought I was dying I sang 'Round Midnight to get through the pain. The nurses must have thought I was insane. One time I was in Cancun and was very scared. I went to the hotel stairwell and sang a couple of sets of jazz tunes. It heals me.

I also draw, paint, make jewelry and crochet.

I believe everyone is creative. Some people never let it out.

 

[Teddy]

Art is about expression of feelings and what is happening around you. Art is not just about the finished object. That is why dance is art. It expresses. There is no right nor wrong so it is just a wonderful way to let it all out.
Unblock the inner you by expressed it some how. It is very useful.

Some art therapists see it in two different ways.

The first way: The art has achieved the goal of release and therapy just by the doing / painting etc.

The second way: the art is created in whatever form and then discussed. You perhaps may draw a self portrait and then discuss why certain things are in certain colors or in certain places etc. It is quite amazing just how much you can learn about how you truely feel by drawing a self portrait. Or by drawing your own family. Draw stick figures if you like it is fascinating.

But always remember that every one is artistic, It is just what you or other perceive is the most acceptable of art.