skydivingcoffee

Very interesting thread guys. Keep it up.

One thing to respond to. Yes, art is interpretation, however the feeling that the artist is trying to put to canvas determines how the painting will come out.

Perhaps the artist saw painting #2 but his feeling made him draw #1. Perhaps he was in a somber or calculating mood. Would we call it bad art because everthing was lined up in the center of the page? Maybe he felt like an accountant that day. He is still expressing himself as well as if he were to arrange it differently. Take the egyptian art as example. They liked to line the important aspects up in the center with the lesser radiating out in a very linier way.

My point is that wether art is pleasing or not is often not in alignment with wether the artist succeeded in conveying his message or his feelings. I think this is a little divergent from the art of Bonsai as I've never seen anyone try to make a sad bonsai. Just a couple of thoughts that occured to me.