Traditionally, the term art was used to refer to any skill or mastery. Generally, art is made with the intention of stimulating thoughts and emotions. Art tends to facilitate intuitive rather than rational understanding, and is usually consciously created with this intention. Works of art are elusive, refractive to attempts at classification, because they can be appreciated in more than one way, and are often susceptible to many different interpretations. Even art that superficially depicts a mundane event or object, may invite reflection upon elevated themes. How to define a work of art? Imagine you are an art critic whose mission is to compare the meanings you find in a wide range of individual artworks. What will be your criteria to define what is “good art” and what is not?
Art is an act of expressing feelings, thoughts, and observations. Also, it can simply refer to the developed and efficient use of a language to convey meaning with immediacy and or depth. Art is often intended to appeal to and connect with human emotion. It can arouse aesthetic or moral feelings, and can be understood as a way of communicating these feelings. Art is a form of communication between the individual and the world as a whole.
The word art is also used to apply judgments of value. Art can be a measure of high quality and high value that gives the term its flavor of subjectivity. Making judgments of value requires a basis for criticism. Though perception is always colored by experience, and is necessarily subjective, it is commonly understood that what is not somehow aesthetically satisfying cannot be art. Different people like different things and you may like some oil painting, for example, and other person can perceive it like garbage. All viewpoints are subjective. Everyone has his own way to define what is art and what is not.
Art, as creativity, is something humans must do. In this way they can express themselves, convey their feelings. People should do what they really like to do. So, if you like to paint – paint, if you like to dance – dance, etc. Practice, improve your skills and find the best way to express yourself!
