I don't know if this topic is a debatable topic, but it was going through my mind for a long time, so I wanted to say it.
"Artists are very emotional"
I have heard this phrase/dialogue/line/whatever so many times, that I wonder sometimes that if it is even true or has it just become a simple phrase?
The reason, I think it has little meaning. How an artist can be sadder than a person who lost all his business in fraud or happier than a person who's both wife and child survived, or than a father who found his son alive after four day search under the school building's rubble.
It is true that artist (including, actors, painters, poets, writers, etc) that they have emotions, but when they come on TV and say that artists are close to nature, near to God, they can express their sadness and happiness in a better way. They can portray common man's feelings better then the common man.
I object!! How can they do that? Why do they say that the abstract art they make shows the conflicts of a human being or of the world? How can a poet tell a story of a beggar in his poems, when he himself is sitting in his air conditioned room?
Jaab tak experience na kiya ho, you can never understand the true feelings.
What Artists make, write, act, portray is their imagination, it is not emotions. Emotions are based on reality, and imagination is fiction.
Ok ..well just like heart girl I dunno if im gonna agree or disagree with wht ur saying, Saba di...lolz
But like heart girl...I think artists are emotional and imaginative. One day they might just be sitting infort of a canvas and decide to paint something, because they see wht they want to paint in their head. Or one day maybe the artist..went through some tough things ..I unno wht ..but something unfortunate lets say ..he/she can make a panting on how he/she feels.
And ..di ..u gave a example of poets. You said how can they about beggers whn they are sitting in AC room ..well that doesn't happen all the time. Wht about the ppls in the old days? The days whn there was no AC? Doesn't poetry come from the heart? Whn writing poetry I dun think it would matter if u have experienced wht ur writing about or not.
but doesn't every person strugle in life, arent' we all struggling? then why artists are only considered more emotional then anyone else.
art/peotry is just the way they express their emotions, we have our own ways. so why they are considered more emotinal?
It is true that artist (including, actors, painters, poets, writers, etc) that they have emotions, but when they come on TV and say that artists are close to nature, near to God, they can express their sadness and happiness in a better way. They can portray common man's feelings better then the common man.
I object!! How can they do that? Why do they say that the abstract art they make shows the conflicts of a human being or of the world? How can a poet tell a story of a beggar in his poems, when he himself is sitting in his air conditioned room?
Hey I think this is being a bit unfair! How is that different from all of us sitting with our feet up and clicking away at the key board with views on POWs, BlueStar, Rape victims.. do any of us have first hand experience? but that does not make us incapable of empathizing. And you can do that best only when you mind and heart stirs at life's nuances. Artists are more intune with their emotions because their work is inspired by it. Their creativity draws on what they see and what they feel.
I don't know if this topic is a debatable topic, but it was going through my mind for a long time, so I wanted to say it.
"Artists are very emotional"
I have heard this phrase/dialogue/line/whatever so many times, that I wonder sometimes that if it is even true or has it just become a simple phrase?
The reason, I think it has little meaning. How an artist can be sadder than a person who lost all his business in fraud or happier than a person who's both wife and child survived, or than a father who found his son alive after four day search under the school building's rubble.
It is true that artist (including, actors, painters, poets, writers, etc) that they have emotions, but when they come on TV and say that artists are close to nature, near to God, they can express their sadness and happiness in a better way. They can portray common man's feelings better then the common man.
I object!! How can they do that? Why do they say that the abstract art they make shows the conflicts of a human being or of the world? How can a poet tell a story of a beggar in his poems, when he himself is sitting in his air conditioned room?
Jaab tak experience na kiya ho, you can never understand the true feelings.
What Artists make, write, act, portray is their imagination, it is not emotions. Emotions are based on reality, and imagination is fiction.
I disagree with the statement "Artists are emotional" in the sense that they are very sad people who have experienced great tragedy in life.
NO they have not. Some artists definitely have, but not all.
However, "Artists are emotionally sensitive" - they are highly sensitised to other's feelings, they observe others and they feel. There is a subtle difference between being emotional and being conscious of other's feelings.
To convey pain, an artist often places him/herself in the situation of others and then writes, acts, paints, films.
Fiction is almost always rooted in reality. Even the best fantasy novel finds roots in reality - the theme always conveys a larger/universal meaning. An artist is just a person who uses the right words, actions, colours, techniques to depict the emotions of a common man.
A story which YOU find touching is always something that the artist has written from their heart. If they dont feel it, then you dont feel it. Simple.