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Art Mediums, (zaibatsu), 12/17/2018
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My daughter is an artist. Art is the thing that she does
when she has free time. It's the thing she does in the few
brief moments before she has to run to other things. Its the
thing that she thinks about and talks about and fills her
room with. She's an artist because she loves to create art.
The other day, my daughter said to me, "dad, it seems like
all of the artists are switching to digital art." Ok, first
off, my daughter has a tendency to use hyperbole when
talking about what "all the other kids" are doing. It's
normal, I think, for an adolescent to fret about fitting in.
Second, she spends a lot of time on the internet looking at
what other people are doing with art... and surprise,
surprise, a lot of people online are posting digital
artworks.
I had a short talk with her about art mediums, and the joy
that comes from working with a wide variety of mediums. I'm
not an artist, but my younger brother is, and he absolutely
loves a wide variety of mediums, including digital ones. I
encouraged her to continue with the mediums she loves, as
she explores digital methods. There is absolutely no reason
to abandon one to explore another.
