Art is HOW. I'm sure there's a term of it... and it's probably just as difficult to understand in itself. How do went surpass this issue? How do we illustrate the unknown with understandable language? Art. This is an art we developed over time with shared language, alphabet, and illustrations. (great! now I sound like freaky-art-guy) With this in mind,once art intersects with what is known, this idea becomes something known itself. Now the art has been interpretted, the mystery of the idea is unveiled, and is now part of our shared history of ideas. Simply an archive of what we've experienced. Art is often LESS about "what" is captured, MORE about "how" the art is captured. How did feel when you heard that song on the radio for the first time? Has a painting ever left with a feeling of understanding a time, place or situation better? Did the scene in the movie make you cry? Angry? I was never an "art student" in those proper terms. So, I don't know if I'm regurgitating some first year of art school banter or not. I just know over the past couple years, I've found myself in awe of the creative works by many on an entirely new level. Sometimes to the level of geekiness and stating the obvious because it's so much more pertinent to the work in my own eyes. So, if art is an idea. Design is the art assimilating that ether into reality in language we can fathom. I am a designer, publisher of ideas. peace- seanrox **NOTE, after writing this blog, occurred to me to Google and see how relevent this concept is... this is what I found: Art is a Verb, Not a Noun, by Paul Butzi Some free essay about Art being "how" jonathan sobol, A veteran modern artist agrees. "It is generally accepted that art has no meaning unless it is put before an audience." - Ethymonics "Art is about being creative and emotional." - Eric Halpin "Art is how we as people express all our deepest emotions concerning life – all that we understand, and all that we do not." - Purdue University President Martin C. Jischke in 1952