I my subjective view, two things make the artist. One is art, as the article states. The other is some trauma that disabled the future artist to be fully comfortable with society and thus to be somewhat maladjusted -- an outsider to some degree. As the person matures, art becomes the way to try to renegotiate a place in society --- as an artist.
wc ----- Original Message ---- From: joseph berg <[email protected]> To: aesthetics-l <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, June 9, 2010 3:05:04 PM Subject: "'What makes one an artist?' This issue is never raised in the post-art world..." http://books.google.com/books?id=J3jYMSBjSFUC&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=%22post-art +world%22&source=bl&ots=rWBDnBl8vJ&sig=ymKBnaiEo0cc22vp53CJhjAjdMA&hl=en&ei=S fMPTMnqJIeMNouMxdAM&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBgQ6AEwADgK# v=onepage&q=%22post-art%20world%22&f=false"'What makes one an artist?' This issue is never raised in the post-art world..."
