It does make sense. Possibly below the level of your definition of art in the last comment: Unless one goes with the absolutely strict line-art version of something, there's going to be art involved in deciding exactly *how* to represent it. (I've been chewing on how I'd like to work with that if I do this.)
So I guess there's art that is bigger than the artist and artist that is bigger than the art, if that makes sense. Someone realizing his or my vision of how Thor ought to look is doing it in service of Thor, and possibly of my idea. Or whatever else. Lee's getting a trash monster done on his leg. He's the one with the idea of the trash monster, he's just getting someone else to do the physical drawing part and telling them if it looks right.
Then there's being wowed by the designer's vision (or possibly by the relationship energy with the designer) and saying, "You designed something incredible and I think it would look good on my leg!" or "This would be very symbolic of Us." And that's more about the designer than the design.
The middle ground being, "I like Thor (or trees, or personally powerful symbol of choice). I don't know what it should look like, though. How would you put Thor on me?" which is I think what most people do.
I guess in my mind the symbolism, the archetype, always comes first and always comes out of ME, and the rest of the design work is steering, thinking of the artists as, well, tools, like the dentist. What an interesting realization.
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Date: 2008-10-30 12:40 am (UTC)So I guess there's art that is bigger than the artist and artist that is bigger than the art, if that makes sense. Someone realizing his or my vision of how Thor ought to look is doing it in service of Thor, and possibly of my idea. Or whatever else. Lee's getting a trash monster done on his leg. He's the one with the idea of the trash monster, he's just getting someone else to do the physical drawing part and telling them if it looks right.
Then there's being wowed by the designer's vision (or possibly by the relationship energy with the designer) and saying, "You designed something incredible and I think it would look good on my leg!" or "This would be very symbolic of Us." And that's more about the designer than the design.
The middle ground being, "I like Thor (or trees, or personally powerful symbol of choice). I don't know what it should look like, though. How would you put Thor on me?" which is I think what most people do.
I guess in my mind the symbolism, the archetype, always comes first and always comes out of ME, and the rest of the design work is steering, thinking of the artists as, well, tools, like the dentist. What an interesting realization.