I think that that's why artists make art - it is difficult to put into words unless you are a poet. What it takes is being open to the flow of universal creativity. The Zen artists knew this.
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Zen, per se, is not just an art, it's not just a religion, it's a realisation.
Creativity is not the property of artists alone. It's a basic element of the human character, no matter what culture you're in, no matter where you are on Earth or in history.
I think there's one thing which distinguishes our art - we don't consider. We don't think. We write a little verse because it comes to us.
I think people are 'just creative,' and this can be expressed in a number of ways. Bob Dylan and David Bowie create both music and art.
The key to artistry is being able to say stuff the way other people can't.
We're in a post-conceptual era where it's really the artist's idea and vision that are prized rather than the ability to master the crafts that support the work. Today, our understanding of an artist is closer to a philosopher than to a craftsman.
So much of what we do as artists is a combination of personal experience and imagination, and how that all creeps into your work is not so linear.
It's only when an artist becomes a master that they are fully able to express themselves.
The aim of the poet, or other artist, is first to make something; and it's impossible to make something out of words and not communicate.
Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production of an individual mind.