All of us are familiar with the term "art" or "artwork" generally speaking. But experience has taught me that word is defined differently by numerous people. Throughout all the definitions and various usages of the word, I have rarely heard art used to describe writing. Why is that? People refer to painters and musicians as artists. Samuel L. Jackson has been emphatic in describing acting as a finely developed craft. Why not writers? Given my definition of art (unique work displaying unusual talent that appeals to the senses in a non traditional form), why wouldn't writing be considered art? Not everyone can take words and blend them into a story that makes a reader want to keep turning the pages to find out what's next.
When this is done, you have appealed to that person's visual sense with your words along with their mental stimulation by making them envision the characters, the setting, the facial expressions. Their senses are now being used non-traditionally. The same as when watching a film or looking at a painted picture and putting a story to it. With this in mind, own the "Artist" label, and if anyone challenges your claim to that title, challenge them to write a full story worth reading beyond the first five pages. No shade, facts only. See y'all next time.
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