Kim asked on her blog:
How do you feel about art as a form of competition?
I do not believe that this is necessarily fair to any piece of artwork or artist. This goes along with the ongoing conversation about good art versus bad. The instance Kim talked about is much like essay contests. The human race is obsessed with competition, and has been since the dawn of time. Art competitions are just another example of the human necessity to be "better" than someone else. I am not a competitive person by nature, but there are always those instances when I get obsessed by the competition myself. I have always thought about sending in an essay for a competition, but since there is no way the judges could be completely subjective, I find it unnecessary. I do not believe that someone can really be "better" at an art form than someone else, their skill is just different. I will forever keep this view and try to get people to understand this and, hopefully, believe me as well.
What do you think? Can someone be better at an art form than someone else? Or is the skill just different?
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