Is Work, 10 Sep 2022

The 'work' part of artwork is perhaps most visible to others that attempt the practice. Without endeavoring to create that which you love, it is often inscrutable and mysticized, alien and attributed to some idea of 'genius' or ‘gift’. Talent certainly plays its part, but it is a manifestation of devotion, of care, of efforts in aggregate, singularly expressed. This does not mean one cannot appreciate or enjoy an artwork of a mode unfamiliar to them, only that it will be a more exoticized, crush-like notion, less concerned with the how or why, and mare enamored with the magic tricK.