Intentionality

The dragon looked at me, and I at it, we had discussed at length the nature of art. In all its mighty years, it still had not quite come to terms with the enigma that is art, but did have some insightful thoughts on the nature of it. There was one point upon which we immediately agreed. "If the artist intends it to be art, is it? I should think so..." I trailed off in thought, and the dragon was quick to reply, "But of course, for who has the ultimate say in their creations, other than the creator?" I found this point immensely interesting, given the next thought which came to mind, "What of art with no creator, what of nature?" "That is a trickier definition, and depends largely upon your beliefs little one, were the gods not the creator of it? Or, should you not follow that belief, does art, in fact, need a creator, or does it simply need a viewer?" I should like to pose that question to all of you, reading this journal, the responses would be most interesting, and likely to provide much food for thought.