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How do you define "content" vs. "art"?
🕑 Added 2022-03-04 16:43:17 +0000 UTC(Quick reminder before the discussion question, our first Double Stream Day sprints will be TODAY at 2:30pm CST.)
OKAY! So this question has been mulling around my brain for a bit and I wanted to hear y'alls opinions. What do you think is the difference between "content" and "art" and how would you define the two?
Is it a matter of quality, the purpose of the creation, the intended audience, or something else?
Let's take bookstagrammers as an example. It's often the aesthetics, the beautiful photography, the witty descriptions, that make bookstagrammers popular. There are so many skills involved in being a phenomenal bookstagrammer that are transferable in creating art.
But then....isn't the goal of the bookstagrammer still basically a book review? I often think of reviews as content, but what if the review is particularly funny and perfectly written? How close is that to a collection of personal essays or a humorous autobiography? I consider those to be "art" rather than content. But is that because I can often find those in a bookstore or because I pay for them with money and not just my time in consuming them?
And then I think about cookbooks. A lot of artistry goes into their creation (cooking/baking is both art and science, the continued testing and perfecting of the recipes, the elegant and enticing shots of the food, the actual layout and cover design) and yet I think of them moreso as "content."
Anyways, you can see how I've spiraled bahaha. I can do this for basically any form of art. (Take writing. Though I consider fiction clearly art, I sometimes wonder if journalism is more "content," even though they involve almost the same skills.)
All that to say, I'd love to hear your thoughts on this!! Please do comment down below and let me know what you think!
Thanks and hope to see some of y'all this weekend! 🔮
Comments
Regina Duke
Laced in Blood (mystery) with Dripping in Blood as the sequel. For a Thriller, Splatter is the best.
BethIsWriting
I missed yesterday's stream so I apologize if I end up repeating anything that was already discussed. I think the two can go hand-in-hand. I'm a Graphic Designer and in my job I Photoshop a lot of aesthetic lifestyle images to be used in product flyers. For me it's being creative/artistic while creating a piece of content. Similarly, f you look at other forms of graphic design, like posters from Hatch Show Print, they are works of printmaking art while being content. Perhaps art is the piece itself and content is how it is being used. Shakespeare's works are art, but when they're studied they become content.
