Edgar Degas's Definition Of Art

As complex as the topic of art is, I define art as an act of expressing our feelings, thoughts, and observations in our daily lives. Famous French artist, Edgar Degas, had once said, “ Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” In other words, creating art, is the ability to open a person’s eye-mind, allowing them to interpret their own meaning. Degas’ definition combined with my own, is an explanation of how different people see different things in their interpretation of everything they see, either it be from books to art work or events that happen in our everyday lives. I chose my definition of art combined with Degas’s definition because art, profoundly, means being able to let our emotions out in the form of any concept we

As an artist, having the ability to make people see what they want them to see enhances the audience’s ability to appreciate what has been created. Let’s say I wanted to celebrate an achievement and decided to bake a cake for my family, as a way to celebrate my cheerful mood. Now, I’m no chef whatsoever, but I’d at the very least attempt to put in effort because I want my family to appreciate what I had baked, even if I know I’m not a professional baker. I imagine the aftermath scenario going only both ways, either my family ends up loving the delicious, round chocolate cake, or hating and tossing it away in the trash. As the baker, I’d obviously want my family to devour what I had baked, to love the cake not only for its physical appearance but appreciate the meaning and reason behind me tirelessly baking and decorating the cake. Food are often produced by artists (chefs) and people like myself, not only for feeding purposes and because we like doing so, but also because we want to capture people’s arousing emotions. As simple as a sweet spongy like and mouthwatering, rich chocolate cake can make the chefs baking and the person eating feel all sorts of emotions: longing desire, hunger and genuine happiness. All forms of art evoke emotions from people seeing and interacting with the said “art”. Art does not necessarily have to make us feel happiness, sometimes, “good” art can also make people

An example I will use to clarify my definition along with Degas’ is through one of my all time favorite song “Where is the Love” by the Black Eyed Peas. The Black Eyed Peas is a well known hip hop group consisting of Will.i.am, Apl.de.ap, Taboo and Fergie, who are also known as famous individual singers in the music industry. In 2003, the song was published along with the music video, where in the middle of the video, as the artists sang the chorus of their song where is the love, they also had children of different ethnicity mouth the words, emphasizing “where is the love”. I first heard the song in middle school, and from then on, I just loved listening to the lyrics because of the powerful message and chills it left