Thurs, Feb. 7

I love the idea of conceptual art, because part of me really feels like it isn't art. But I guess that I really need to look at it like I look at dance. They are creating a picture with things from their environment, they are not necessarily creating what is in the environment. I love the urinal. What a weird, unartistic idea, and yet it was a hit. Who knew?


I want to think about what makes an artist an artist. Who decides that you are an artist? How do you reach artist status? Am I an artist? I think that I am an artist. I dance. Dance is art via movement, and I am dancing a lot these days. But I also think that all movement is dance-like in nature, whether its a pretty dance or a yuck dance. So when I see someone cross a street, their body language and their gait are telling a story; they are dancing. Are their hands in their pockets? What types of gestures are they making with their hands and what are their eyes doing?

This idea of all movement being a dance and movement in general being a dance makes everyone an artist. I haven't decided how I feel about that yet, but I'll let you know...