Art as imitation, realism, mimesis is an old idea, but it's not a creative one. Imitation is kitsch, banal, and vulgar. It's a desire to stop the river. "Verweile doch! Du bist so schön!" "Ah, linger on, thou art so fair!." It's deceitful. It's precisely what's frozen that seems beautiful. Such art fears development, movement, life. It's an art oriented toward domination. Any movement is perceived as disobedience, a potential danger. The world is as if nailed to a cross—fixed in painting, sculpture, music; it's static and repeatable, reproducible.
Art as creativity seeks a reality that is by no means apparent. Reality is used as a foundation, from which something is fashioned that allows for dialogue with oneself and with others.
For example. One site, two different compositions. The meaning is elusive, it is changeable, and that is precisely why it is productive for the one who looks at the image.
22 March, 2026