Artificial

By: Chazedelk G. Cerdeña

The world has always been beautiful. Ever since society adopted a fast-paced lifestyle, most of us have rarely noticed the magnificence of simplicity. But the artists are different. They see life in different shades and strokes. That may be the reason why, despite the so-called information age, artists are known to be eccentric.

Artists are always in search for what is beautiful. It is in their nature to crave for beauty and perfection. Through keen perception, an artist collects new ideas from everyday life. And with innovative use of different art media, an artist can interpret these ideas in any way he/she wishes. The results of these interpretations are the artworks that an artist creates.

I am no different from these people. I am also constantly searching for beauty as I go through my daily life. I try to find them in the things I see and in the people I meet. That is why I don't believe in the saying that physical appearance doesn't matter, because they do. Call me judgmental, but oftentimes I just can't help but be a little uneasy whenever I see flaws in people's appearance. Of course I do think that an individual's character is far more important than his/her appearance. So when everyday life fails to inspire me, I refer to art.

I believe that art disturbs and always takes that into consideration whenever I look at an artwork. If it doesn't make me think, it's not worth looking at.

Lately though, instead of indulging myself in paintings,  I've been wondering why it's in the nature of some people to continuously search for beauty. Others barely notice it at all. Then I thought, maybe we keep searching for it because we are dissatisfied with the "beauty" we see in this world. Maybe somewhere deep within ourselves, we know that there is something greater - something more beautiful - that transcends this world. And we yearn to find it. That's when I realized that in our enormous population, only a few of us can be called artists - the rest are ARTificial.