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Originally Posted by RT14
How do you figure my logic points to that?
While painting and sculpting takes a lot of patience, the MOST important characteristic a true artist has is his/her talent. Well, it should be, but as johnnyluv says, unfortunately it often is not. I could make a leaf made of salt, if you can't I think you've got some issues. I could not paint a beautiful painting or sculpt a beautiful piece of work.
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And the talent of a true artist is (Generally) their ability to create something aesthetically pleasing.
Anyone can draw lines on a paper, but it takes artistic talent to arrange them in an aesthetically pleasing way, be it literal or abstract.
Anyone can squish clay into shapes, but it takes artistic talent to do so in an aesthetically pleasing way, be it literal or abstract.
Yes, anyone can pour salt in piles or lines, but to do so in aesthetically pleasing way takes artistic talent.
You may not see anything pleasing in the art Yamamoto creates, and that's fine as art is inherently subjective, but the whole "pouring salt is easy, so anyone could create the works he creates" reminds me of a similar refrain from those who say that anyone could create abstract paintings like the one below because they're just a bunch of simple shapes and colors.
It's not the shapes that are hard, it's the arrangement and interplay.