<P>@X0D<FONT FRESNO><CENTER>Is that ART?<P></FONT></CENTER>
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@X0ATHIS ARTICLE@X03 is reflection of a short chat session in #scene.si. It doesn`t respond to any particular 
person or work, it is just thinking about the meaning of making music, demos, pictures and any other form 
of expression. The very last word of previous sentence is quite important to this dispute, cause` this is 
what this article is all about. Is making of music (in continuation I will refer to "artwork" and any work 
/making of music, pictures etc./ as music, as I am basically composer) just a waste of time or is it an 
important form of expression? 
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@X0AMAKING ELECTRONIC@X03 music is an effort. We should all agree on that fact. You have to compile some 
samples, put them in patterns, catch the right tempo, listen to it and then create some organised whole 
out of it and then listen to it again, add some more samples and circulate in these spiral steps until the 
form of work is satisfying to creator. Why does somebody spend two or three hours at least on this task? 
The complete answer differs from person to person, but why all this energy? Why making of some work 
that satisfies us? And why does it satisfies us at all? One could say it`s just for fun. OK. It can be just for 
fun. But his piece is different from someone elses. My only conclusion to this is that everything you make, 
say or do is the reflection of yourself, your thoughts, instincts, passions, secret fantasies . The work does 
express something! At this point we can surely say it is some "form of expression" no matter the creator is 
aware of it. 
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@X0AIF SOMEBODY@X03 is not aware of it and he takes his work as fun hobby he will never be able to 
communicate over his work. What does that mean? His work is just fun for him and he is doing it to spend 
some time that he could spend just with staring onto ceiling. He just doesnt care about deeper 
"expression" meaning of his work. Of course he cares if someone likes his work, cause he feels like he is 
good at it. It is reward for his "craftsmanship". Yes, at this point hes nothing but craftsman. Or more 
precisely: he acts like craftsman. But as a craftsman he is nothing less than somebody who is aware of 
expression meaning of the work. And even a craftsman can give someone else some form of feelings over 
his work. But at this point it is just one way communication. Actually it is not a communication! 
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@X0AMY OPINION@X03 is that we should all communicate over all forms of media mainly to understand ourselves 
better and to find related souls. Souls who understand similar reality like us (the thing about different 
realities is a chance for some other article). To explore what do we feel and what do we like and what do 
we hate. To achieve that kind of "life state", or we can call it a life stage, understanding this is not 
necessary, but to feel a need to explore yourself is necessary. And somebody who is aware of 
expression power of his work is also listening to others work as they were expressing others feelings. 
<P>That is communication!  
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@X0AHERE`s THE FINAL:@X03 when somebody understands or feels all this communication and expression 
processes, he understands that he is a unique human being. And if he tries to express his being, which is 
unique, his work will be unique. And more as this uniqueness of his being is expressed in his work, more 
this work is close to pure ART. And as more his feeling and uniqueness expressed in his work is innocent, 
powerful and pure, more it is close to Underground. But this is theme for another article.  


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(Septic Productions / Klub K4 / SkyLined / KLONArt) 