Salabon
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From my own observations, once new art forms and/or civilizations have established themselves, there is a lack of standardization and professionalization of art. People who aren’t artists by trade, but have strong artistic inclinations will feel a sudden pull and urge to contribute to the new scene out of passion and often years of built up experience and emotional development. People who were typically outside of the art end up breaking through and these sincere experiences flow into their work. Some are immensely successful, money flows in to the craft, and others start believing they can make a name for themselves as a ‘professional artist’ and start focusing on the craft above all else, but often times their creations feel artificial.
Historical exhibit A: Up until the Elizabethan era, most poetry was created by the nobility. Today, nobody cares for that aristocratic art anymore outside of pure academic reasons. The Elizabethan literary Renaissance was thrown into full swing by people from mostly middle and working class backgrounds that never involved art but clearly were exposed to it and internalized it for some time until it could bloom. Sincerity flowed into their craft and some of the most lasting works from that era are the sincere ones. Then, the overly erudite and refined came along and, faced with no unique experiences and content of their own, could only remix the current gold standards. Their work could only ever appeal to those deeply trained in the arts, but perhaps not life. Ben Jonson immediately comes to mind as someone who made huge waves back then, but only nowadays is closer to an echo of a whimpered splash.
Gaming is no different and experienced something similar, I’m sure that’s something you all here can attest to. Nowadays, it seems the best chance of finding something genuine and new won’t come from the moneyed institutions clamoring for attention and money at the expense of quality and artistic merit, but from the individual or small groups of people whose passion just requires an outlet lest they go insane.
Personally, I don’t worry too much, civilizations and art all are born, all will decay, and all will die. However, something new always comes from the void in ways we usually don’t expect. Somethings those things are wonderful should we still be lucid, clear, and malleable enough to let them leave an impression on us in the same way that the first stroke of paint on an empty canvas creates the strongest contrast and impact.
Historical exhibit A: Up until the Elizabethan era, most poetry was created by the nobility. Today, nobody cares for that aristocratic art anymore outside of pure academic reasons. The Elizabethan literary Renaissance was thrown into full swing by people from mostly middle and working class backgrounds that never involved art but clearly were exposed to it and internalized it for some time until it could bloom. Sincerity flowed into their craft and some of the most lasting works from that era are the sincere ones. Then, the overly erudite and refined came along and, faced with no unique experiences and content of their own, could only remix the current gold standards. Their work could only ever appeal to those deeply trained in the arts, but perhaps not life. Ben Jonson immediately comes to mind as someone who made huge waves back then, but only nowadays is closer to an echo of a whimpered splash.
Gaming is no different and experienced something similar, I’m sure that’s something you all here can attest to. Nowadays, it seems the best chance of finding something genuine and new won’t come from the moneyed institutions clamoring for attention and money at the expense of quality and artistic merit, but from the individual or small groups of people whose passion just requires an outlet lest they go insane.
Personally, I don’t worry too much, civilizations and art all are born, all will decay, and all will die. However, something new always comes from the void in ways we usually don’t expect. Somethings those things are wonderful should we still be lucid, clear, and malleable enough to let them leave an impression on us in the same way that the first stroke of paint on an empty canvas creates the strongest contrast and impact.
