In this section, I take the most away from the closing paragraph.
It speaks of hybrid artists really reshaping the way that art and design is viewed, and how it will force society to reevaluate its definitions of art.
This kind of thing makes me happy, because something as fluid and creative as the arts is really hindered, rather than helped, through classification. When a person can no longer pick up his preferred medium and be 'random' with it without creating an art piece which has a category, then as a society we've run into a problem.
When everything has a name, it becomes hard for an idea of originality to be tossed around. And regardless of whether things are ever actually original or not, in the art world I feel it is important that the idea of originality remains alive and healthy.
So, the idea that artists are forcing new definitions and reevaluations of art in the past makes me happy.
-Thomas
The "idea of originality"--I like this. And compartmentalizing art does seem rather "limiting," to say the least, doesn't it? How do we avoid such classifications in a realm where everything seems "influenced by" or "reminiscent of" or "paying homage to?"
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