James wrote:The way one balances the map can be considered as art. I've seen some clever, and interesting ways of making a map equally fair for all players.
Is the game chess by in its form of its rules, physical presence and mechanics, "art"?
Depends how one interprets it. Art is dynamic, and has no
one meaning.
Chess' unknown inventor of Ancient Indian times created this game which is
art in itself. The rules we play by are his/hers. Think of playing in the mind of an inventor/artist.
It takes a creative mind to invent such things; With creativity, comes art.
However, saying this... I do not consider EVERYTHING as art. This is mainly because I do not educate myself in certain things that COULD potentially be art. I try sometimes, but do not always understand. Not every person has the same mind.
E.G. I've never understood
rock. However, I DO understand many artists, in the
electronica songs they make. Electronica is about emotion, and feeling, what the artist feel, and how they express it with sound. Lyrical or not.
I pity those who label something as.. "not real music", "stupid and repetitive", "there's no words this sucks" out of their own ignorance/arrogance.
I do not expect people to understand all art forms. As such, I do not understand rock, country, certain visual artists.
I do not mock their work, or claim it as anything other than art. It is my own situation that I do not understand it. With time, one can. I only wish people would educate themselves.
*If you would like me to go in the psychoanalytic pathology of it. The suppressed thoughts of one's subconscious could reflect of the type of art created. Many artists experiment with drugs. This is another topic, but is also very interesting. Certain drugs encourage, and allow mixed emotions, and suppressed thoughts to flow freely in their works. While one's unknowing sober thoughts can initiate such abilities. Certain drugs allow artists to display that ability tenfold.
I am in no way labeling all artist as drug abusers. I only state that certain artists, here and there experiment to encourage such free-flowing artistic abilities deeper than most others.
I experiment from time to time, and have made some VERY interesting, and deep music.
A true artist channels their Art thought the conscious thoughts, and perceptions an artist will paint a picture with. With these two memory groups, reflect ALL pre-conscious, and unconscious thoughts.