And I think you hit the nail on the head there with what I was trying to verbalize and managed to kind of miss...
There are artists in the art community who fight. There are fighters in the fighting community who are artists. There is no dividing line between both pools... Some people are strictly interested in fighting, some are strictly interested in arting, but there is a significant overlap of both groups. Significant enough to make the whole issue of keeping fighting and arts separate really, really stupid.
It's that "us vs. them" mentality that has been driving me quietly insane for a while now (and it is a mentality, I'm sorry to say, that I've seen and heard coming more from the arts community than from anywhere else). And the whole thing about making arts "sexy" just rankles me... Art IS sexy if you're doing it right. If you're enthusiastic and open and approachable and willing to share it with others, there's no stopping you. I look at the people who enjoy fighting and am in awe of their enthusiasm and passion that they have for their art, and it inspires me. I hope people see me geeked out over my own little projects and get turned on too. Inspiration is sexy, and if we don't inspire then we're not ever going to flourish.
Re: Knights as Stick Jocks
There are artists in the art community who fight. There are fighters in the fighting community who are artists. There is no dividing line between both pools... Some people are strictly interested in fighting, some are strictly interested in arting, but there is a significant overlap of both groups. Significant enough to make the whole issue of keeping fighting and arts separate really, really stupid.
It's that "us vs. them" mentality that has been driving me quietly insane for a while now (and it is a mentality, I'm sorry to say, that I've seen and heard coming more from the arts community than from anywhere else). And the whole thing about making arts "sexy" just rankles me... Art IS sexy if you're doing it right. If you're enthusiastic and open and approachable and willing to share it with others, there's no stopping you. I look at the people who enjoy fighting and am in awe of their enthusiasm and passion that they have for their art, and it inspires me. I hope people see me geeked out over my own little projects and get turned on too. Inspiration is sexy, and if we don't inspire then we're not ever going to flourish.
/rant