Diversifying is an early 21st C. Imperative

The Heartstorming definition of creating is causing what you love or what matters to you to come into being. This definition is about the qualities of an action; a way of living. However, it does not address the question: What is art? Can art be made without passion? Is art in the eyes of the beholder? Does art demand that it must adhere to ‘artistic’ characteristics? Must it be beautiful? Is commercial art ! really an art?

There are many articles discussing Commercial Art v. Fine Art on the Internet. Google it. The symbol v. (for versus) suggests a contest or hierarchy between the two. I often hear an argument saying that some of the greatest art in the world, which usually gets directed towards the Sistine Chapel ceiling, saying that Michelangelo was a commercial artist. Michelangelo was a commissioned artist. And the kind of commission awarded him by Pope Julius was

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PhotoWing’s mission is to highlight and help facilitate the power of photography to influence the world. PhotoWings is a vehicle for bringing together people from divergent perspectives who share an interest in photography, whether from a need to illustrate an important cause or for the pure passion for images. PhotoWings will be featuring a range of remarkable articles, interviews, photographers’ projects, “think pieces’, book reviews, educational pages and lots more. Our Resource Center will be both useful and motivating on many levels to photographers and many others with a wide spectrum of interests. Look for upcoming information on our PhotoWings Outreach program and see our ‘Contact Us’ section, where you will be able to give us your suggestions. We are always looking for new web sites to include that are of social, historical or cultural relevance to our PhotoWings audience or ones that be pragmatically helpful.

PhotoWings is filled with links to resources for grants, rich with interviews with photographers, curators, and other informative prominent people in the photography world; book reviews, answers to how to get your projects funded and seen. Visit this information filled site founded by Suzie Katz from San Francisco.

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