Short and Misunderstood

Art is a small word, but do not let its size fool you. Although the word is a few syllables short of being taken seriously, its context is vivid and virtually infinitive. Webster’s New World Dictionary specifically defines art as “any craft, trade or profession, or its principles,” “skill; craftsmanship.” Unfortunately, general society fails to realize this. As a group built on the laws of freedom of speech, promoting creativity and primarily expression, we at XPRES strongly desire to change the way art is seen by most individuals and prove that everyone has an art. We will do this by exposing society to the broader aspect of the short three letter word.  

For the typical human being, when the word “art” is mentioned, the first things that come to mind are anything related to a pencil, paint and a masterpiece of some sort. This may not be true for some, but generally art has received a vague persona. It has been accepted as any and/or everything related to graphics, drawing, painting, sculpting, building, and etc. It is true that society admires art of many sorts, such as paintings in art museums, to a wide variety of artistic professions. But, when it comes down to claiming art skills of their own, most deny their abilities. This is basically because they ultimately have a misconception of the term.

Most of society sees elaborate art sculptors, paintings and etc. and automatically assume that they cannot do art simply because they have difficulties painting or drawing, building, dancing and so on. Although these are examples of art, they are only forms of art, all a part of a larger system. The same individual who has difficulties with the common aspect of art may alternatively be an extraordinary mathematician. Math may not be framed and sold for thousands of dollars, but math is indeed a skill, which also requires practice. This alone makes math an art, thus making the mathematician an artist. This does not only apply to math, but an enormous variety of skills and practices as well. Consequently: athletes are artist, scientists are artist, engineers are artists, and linguists are artists and so on. Due to the fact that art is a form of expression, these skills provide a way for numerous individuals to express their unique personality through the passion of their art.

XPRES is all about creativity, unrestricted arts and utilizing these skills to freely exhibit unique individual expression. Even if a particular skill is not what’s common among general art forms, it is yet an art. Combining a wide variety of miscellaneous art forms will help not only those involved in the group, but also society, develop the skill of cross-appropriation. With all of these arts compacted into a central area, everyone involved in the group has the opportunity to borrow characteristics from particular art forms, and use them to enhance their own, truly making the skill unique to the individual. This develops self-character and exposes society to art beyond what is commonly assumed by most. This is how XPRES will make a revolutionary change.

Change amongst society will not necessarily be immediate, but will gradually take its course. As XPRES emerges into the mainstream, so will its system of expression; resulting in the recognition of arts surpassing everything that is common to the subject. This uncommon group will ignite a revolution and establish an uncommon law counteracting a common assumption. XPRES will attract a larger group of people by exposing civilians to a new aspect of art. Those who weren’t originally interested in the common art, may now take interest in being that athletic or scientific artist and etc.  The word art may remain short and brief when spoken, but its essence is too large to be contained. Art will no longer be misunderstood, but respected as it should be.