I get what you are saying, but if it reaches and has an impact on even just 1 person, wouldn't you say that has value?
I also want to point out that if we were stuck on a desert island and needed your art work for fire, I would greatly appreciate it. Not as art, but still. We could admire it until the ashes flew away. :)
Absolutely! That for sure has value. For example, hearing a thoughtful comment from you and @papacrusher below means a lot to me, and hopefully I was able to stir the pot for you two.
What I was trying to communicate (and may have been unclear about) is that people can make their art out to be so important that they make the creative process a real grind, or they never even make their art.
Art is important in a way (that's the hand-wavy-shoulder-shrugging "kind of"). But there are so many contexts in which the importance of our art is dwarfed by really upsetting life events and circumstances.
So, when we are chugging along, doing our day-to-day thing, I think artists should strive to keep the importance of their work in perspective. It's just art.
By taking a lighter approach, I think artists can make more art and better art.
Is there fishing on your desert island? Can we find something to use? Art? Lol
Have you heard of Guy Harvey? He combined his love of art and fishing. Now he designs all the popular fishing prints for shirts and all sorts of other stuff.
How bout Dom Castagnola on Facebook? I love his digital designs. All fish related but soooo good.
What do you think of this concept of combining art into another field of interest?
I haven't heard of those two, but sounds like interesting stuff!
I believe in an obscenely broad definition of art, so I think art naturally crosses into other fields of interest.
If it's art to someone else, it's probably art to me too!
(lol I now notice the large fish you are holding in your pic)