All Art has Quality; if it doesn't, it's not Art.

What did I learn about "ARTiculation" and "The Alphabet of Art"?

Obviously, as the adage lives on: "A Picture Paints a Thousand Words". In this sense, I mean to say, there's more to Art than what we initially see. Just as anything that is sparked, imagined, and then created there must be rhyme and reason to the piece, but not only that, it must follow the rules of art. To be ascetically pleasing is not enough, there must be effort to the composition and obedience to the rules of line, texture, shape, form, etc.

For Trillium, I believe that we should be just as "picky" with the art submissions as we are with the writing. Just because something looks nice does not mean it's a good piece of art. There is more to it than simply that fact:
-It must be striking. The piece must have that crucial element which causes me (as an observer) to offer over my full attention.
-It must say something worth while. All art makes a statement conveyed by the artist. The piece must have something to say that makes me want to listen.
-It must be beautiful. Yes, what is "beautiful" is determined by individual preference, but the piece must still be pleasing to the general eye.
-It must be original. No one likes to hear clich'es in poetry, and so we don't want to see it in the artwork either. I need to feel like I'm seeing it for the first time, and not like it's just another version of another piece.


We don't have to be artists to see what good art is, we don't have to be writers to know if a poem or prose is of quality, and we don't have to be musicians to hear the flaws in a song. We need to fine tune our ability to contemplate, and judge the submissions for Trillium. Let's make this the best Trillium yet!