Take a look at the images.
You decide.
Or, we let others decide and we lose our agency.
This wonderfully creative woman named Agnes Kasparkova spends her summers painting luscious, ultramarine blue flowers on people’s homes. Intricate and imaginary, these flowers are celebrated as her art. According to the post, she is from Louka, Czech Republic and in her 90s.
And people hold her in great esteem because she beautifies their village.
Take a look at her bandana; it’s design is not too far removed from what she is painting. One could hold the bandana in great esteem because it beautifies her hair but let’s be real, no one would do that. The bandana is just a utilitarian object keeping her hair away from her face.
What am I getting at here? I want to start the conversation about craft – utilitarian objects – hobbies – fine art. I am not trying to convince you of anything; I am simply asking you to give this some thought. Why is art either out-of-reach-too-high or below-consideration-too-low?
Here is the article about Agnes.
And here is one of many articles about the origins of the bandana:
