Just thinking about Art in general.... and how guilty I feel at times, when I have butchered a perfectly good book before reconstructing its images to form new Art. But I think back to the great Artists who have graced our minds with wonderment' and they too have probably all 'Borrowed' from the recources that lifes envoirenment throws up!
landscape Artists, Portait artists, Installation Artists , collage Artists and every other form of interperative Artists are all using .. images /mood/ colour/ themes and objects that they have inherited from thier current or past surroundings! A little bit of imagination and a creative mind are essential ingredients to reform/form new Art....
I could be wrong' and my guilt could be well justified!
I look at the amazing talent on deviant art and that encourages , inspires and influence my own output. Am I subconsciously using those amazing images to fuel my next collage or image?
Is Theft, Art?
Are we allowed to copy, copyright?
Does influence, infringe copyright?

What do you think?


Steve