My guest blogger today is Vina Howell. Vina is our graphic and web designer at SouthPoint and she is so gifted it’s actually scary. Her are some of her thoughts.
“Good Art Sends a Different Message to Everyone. Good Design Sends the Same Message to Everyone.” – John O’Nolan
At this moment in my life, I think I’m ready to be an artist. What’s the difference between a designer and an artist? Artist express themselves through their unique taste, designers express the brand/ the company/ the people with their unique taste. Good art is talent; good design is skill. Design solves a problem; art evokes an emotion. Design has a practical purpose; art has a provoking purpose. Art is subjective; design is objective. Design has a client to please; art pleases those who connect with it.
Artist are dreamers, they break the rules, and create things that were truly just a figment of the imagination. An artist that parades as a designers soon becomes restless because they realize they are not living up to their God-given gifts and talents. They have been parading as a designer all this time, relying on their skill, doing things that are practical and living out the dream someone else had for their lives.
When an artist encounters the ultimate artist, the one who creates from nothing- The Creator God, things change. They began to see what others cannot or refuse to see. They look through a different lens that allows them to draw their life in a way that changes the lives of others. They are able to take the things that God has uniquely placed inside of them and pour them out on the canvas of someone else’s life.
Good art sends a different message to everyone. It crosses cultural and language barriers. It communicates in a way that written and verbal messages cannot. Artists create art that is subjective and everyone may not get why artist do what they do or why a piece of art is the way it is. But those who connect with it can be changed forever. I think we all can choose to be artist. After all, “a life well lived is the most exquisite work of art.” –Erwin McManus
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Agreed!!!
Wow that was amazing Vina. It is something to really keep in mind through life. Something that most of us get to busy doing other things in life to really think about.
Very profound, but I would expect nothing less from Vina Howell. Strength, honor, dignity, beauty, creativity, passion, love, wisdom…. the list goes on and on. Thank you, Vina, for making me think, not just today, but every time I am in your presence.
Vina, I want you to know that this blog powerfully provoked the artist in me. I am a singer, a musician, a composer, and arranger. I lived for many years as a designer, living out others’ dreams for my life, and I am just learning to awaken and embrace the artist that I know God created me to be. Thank you for this post; it caught my breath and my attention. Very well done.