Thoughts on things are not art

In response to one of my own posts, a kind blogger posted their own thoughts. The point is well-made that things themselves are not art. The result of creative struggle, be it a painting, drawing of a tiger, or piece of music, is not all there is to art. Often, we refer to the thing as the art when the process of creation - the years of learning, the sweat and tears, the anguish, the joys - are also the art. The journey and the art thing are indivisible. By separating the artistic thing from the journey, we commodify it. We treat it as a unit to be sold and a product to market. In doing so, we not only make the least important aspect - money - the most important, but we also place a fence around the painting, the drawing, the piece of music. In dong so, we boldly declare that the piece of art is done and finished. In this way, it's limited because markets don't understand art that isn't complete or finished. The market wants to simplify things to sell them as easily and quickly as…