05-29-2014, 06:12 AM
Well, there are degrees of a calm mind. There have been times in my life when it was enough to see an image, imagine an interpretation of it and I had no need to actually produce anything: Calm mind, no art. There were years when I amused myself making up poems in my head with no desire to write them down, no art. It's the communication that makes it art, without that need to communicate, no art. I still made stuff, I craved crafts more concrete than words and pictures.
During times when my mind was more stressed out, it could go either way, produce or not produce, it varied.
Right now my mind is a strange combo of calm and hypersensitivity. Valuing words over something more utile is a surprise to me. I don't expect a masterpiece, I'm just amusing myself.
So to answer your question, I don't have a clue.
I'm sure art comes out of all sorts of things, variable for each person and each state of mind.
During times when my mind was more stressed out, it could go either way, produce or not produce, it varied.
Right now my mind is a strange combo of calm and hypersensitivity. Valuing words over something more utile is a surprise to me. I don't expect a masterpiece, I'm just amusing myself.
So to answer your question, I don't have a clue.
I'm sure art comes out of all sorts of things, variable for each person and each state of mind.
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