art

think of how much art is a part of our world - there's art in smart, tart, start, partition, mart, fart, participate, dart, arthritis, earth, warthog, part, cart, parthenon, artichoke, farthing, party, chart, BART, partner, and heart. can you add some more words to the list? i'd like to know all of them, please.
and then there are other important things to say about art...

i define art as 'the outward expression of the inward experience'. too often we get hung up on thinking there's a certain way to do it or a certain outcome that's expected; we need training in technique; we need to sell or publish before we're 'legit'. well, those are just the stories flying around in our heads. i used to believe them, but not anymore. the truth is, if you have something to say or draw or cook or paint or write or knit or dance or sing or play or bake or build or sculpt or mold or sew or, or, or...
yep, that makes you an artist. putting something 'out there' that's 'in there' is all it takes, and that's the only story that's true. i love participating in and observing the creation of art. everyone's life-process is unique and there's so much to express.
so, as you jump in to more of you, see what leaks out. maybe it's a silly poem or a crazy-happy-dance or a deep, dark secretive painting, or a scrumptious cake-a-dilly delight. it's all good, and you will know yourself just a bit better for having put something observable out there. art - artist - artistic - artistically - artisticallyfragilisticexpialidocious!