Poll: Art or Life? What's more beautiful?

[Madara XIII]

Helloooooooooooooooooooo Escapists.....and lacktheknack hehehe

Well then knowing little old Madara XIII, you know what kind of thread this is.
Yep another poll.
This is the situation. My little sister is a hell of a sketch artist at the age of 12 and I'm starting to wonder why the hell I didn't get the artistic talent >=/
Anyways, bitterness about my genes aside, I heard her say how art is more beautiful than life and me being the smartass know-it-all that I am had to butt in and insist an argument that life is more beautiful than art.

However to sum up everything that was said, here are the arguments for both points:

My Sister, Jordan's Argument: Art
She said that art is more beautiful because it not only imitates life at times, but it adds beauty to where there is none or may be lacking or even reveals the true hidden beauty of what's being painted. She says that art is so much more beautiful, because it immortalizes the things that cannot last in that given moment and preserves them long after what was painted has died or no longer exists. And yes, this is what she said. I'm shocked myself that my little 12 year old sister is a freaking braniac when it comes to her love for art.

My Argument: Life
I said that life is more beautiful than art because, unlike art life is fleeting and only temporary, motivating people to truly cherish the beauty of these few moments in which cannot always be captured, but are meant to be enjoyed and savored like a small yet delectable dessert. It is more beautiful because in reference to Greek Mythology, the beauty of life and humans is what drove the Gods to mess around and fornicate with human women, because unlike the Goddesses they were mortal and would not last and in a way drove a sense of jealousy within the Gods, because they got to cherish life while Immortality would eventually become boring after a certain point.

So I have to ask you all.

What do you think is more beautiful?

 

[Redingold]

Yes.

That's technically a valid answer, since it is either one or the other. Or perhaps both of them, depending on what is being depicted.

 

[Madara XIII]

Yes.

That's technically a valid answer, since it is either one or the other. Or perhaps both of them, depending on what is being depicted.

Curse you Liquid Ocelot and your awesome use of Loopholes! CURSE YOU I SAY!!

 

[CptRumGuy]

The Art of Life.

Had to be said, sorry.

 

[Sudenak]

I think art would technically have the tiniest edge.

At first, I thought that they both held an equal beauty. Time eventually claims both (those pure white statues we ogle used to be rather garishly colored in their prime, y'know), and at times of sifting through the mediocrity and tedium of both, I find something that is so jaw-droppingly beautiful that I momentarily forget my cynicism and just marvel at it.

But then I gave it some thought.

Art, when it achieves that awe-inspiring beauty that life can, did so because someone had the sheer talent to do so. Some human somewhere, with our limited vision, twitchy fingers, and mortality managed to forge something so beautiful as to rival nature. That gives it the edge.

But only just so x3

 

[Jamboxdotcom]

Art, by a small margin. And that's talking pure potential, not averages. On average, i'd say life wins by a fair margin. But the best art basically takes the best of life and improves upon it, or does something unique with it.
Also, when i say "art" i'm including all media: visual art, music, food, theater, literature, sculpture, etc.

Also also, poll was tricky, as while i believe that art can exceed life, on average it falls short, as i mentioned above.

 

[Cheery Lunatic]

Life.

Because I would feel like a hipster if I said art.

 

[Rascarin]

Hmm.

To me, art is an expression of life (or, our experiences of life). It captures moments, conveys emotion, and touches the intangible. A piece of art is a small moment of life, that can speak to many.

Life is an individual experience. While one many people can experience a single piece of art, only one person will ever experience their unique life. There are some moments that are unique to the person and their experiences that cannot be conveyed through art.

I guess art takes life and shares it. It takes a moment of a persons life and allows another to see it. Life is all the more precious, however, because it is mostly unique and fleeting. There are some things that cannot be conveyed through art, simply because no other person could appreciate them if they were shared.

Both have value, and both are equally beautiful.

 

[Xan Krieger]

Art, Mirror's Edge looks better then any city in real life and Crysis 2 has better graphics than real life.

 

[Nekkie]

Art, life is limited by its own boundries, art is free from all that.

Altough im not saying both can be beautifull. Altough i do not agree that art being less temporary than life is one of the things that make it more beautifull.

 

[Scabadus]

Without wishing to start a religious flame-war, I've got to go with art since I believe that all of life is simple coincidence. It's fascinating how life works, but there isn't beauty in the same way that something made out of a desire for creativity and expression has beauty.

 

[lacktheknack]

Helloooooooooooooooooooo Escapists.....and lacktheknack hehehe

O__O Care to explain?

Life, because I'm technically minded and real life just fits together waaaaay too well for me to not be awed by it.

 

[Seanfall]

Art because life sucks. And art never called me 'fatty'.

 

[Vivace-Vivian]

Art, always art. I have many reasons but I simply find it more appealing.

 

[Pariah87]

Both can be beautiful, yet I prefer the beauty of life/nature. I guess it depends how you look at things. Art is obviously more personal to the artist him/herself, yes it can capture a moment but to me at least it takes something away.

No artist or writer could capture the beauty of those moments I had in some woods in cumbria. At the bottom of a rock face by a shallow pool which fed into a stream, the gentle breeze, sunlight filtering through the trees above. Most of all the silence. I was completely alone and in that place at that moment I felt like I was the only human being in existence. Art has never brought me that tranquility and happiness. Others will look at a painting and see some rich deep meaning which is lost on me. Different things for different people.

 

[Kenjitsuka]

If you truly would know the full depth of live in all of it's billions of forms you would laugh at art's cheap immitations.

Seriously, there is NOTHING you can think off with your still evolving human brain that nature hasn't already tried and mocked dozens and dozens of alterations on.

 

[ramboondiea]

art is derived from life, without life true masterpieces would never have existed, the greatest pieces of art are those that conjure up emotions, but for the artist to have been able to correctly convey the meaning behind their art they could have had to experience those emotions, then convey there interpretation through their medium of choice

 

[Joey Wonton]

You're built by evolution to enjoy life. Therefore, it is more suited for someone to see life as beautiful, because we are made that way. However, evolution is never a complete adaptation, and therefore is not perfectly beautiful.

Art is built by artists playing on the subjects we enjoy due to our evolution.

The subject matter of art is influenced by humans, and the design of humans is influenced by life.

Therefore life defines art.
Life is the 'designer' of art and so the master and creator.

Life wins.