We take our new computer tools for granted these days. They just appear. They are always there. We can do anything. At one point they didn't exist and all we could do is what our mind could conceive. Today our mind doesn't have to do any of the thinking. - Thats only half true. You would have to have the mental dexterity to be able to do certain things and understand what the computer can and cannot do. Naturally the more you know, the more possibilities are open to you. In essence that means you have to know how to use certain image creation and manipulation programs. You have to know what you are capable of doing. Still and all....you have to make creative decisions. Only an artist can do that. You have to know what looks good, and what doesn't. What pleases the eye and what repels. Can you draw interest, or are you doing what the common person can do? What makes your work so special? These are all questions a artist of today has to ask themselves. We all know the quote of Paul Gauguin: "Art is either plagiarism or it is revolution." - No truer words have been echoed. So with everyone having access to digital tools, "What are you doing with them?" Is it ground breaking or is it self indulgence? We can be assured in the case of Kandinsky, there was no copying or replication from anyone. He was guided by his own truths and discoveries.
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