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I think this is also ab what ppl consider art to be, a lot of ppl have a very narrow vision of what *is* art, they think art = classics or illustration work, when that simply isn't true. What ppl want nowadays is to be famous online for something, when this misses the point entirely of what art is

Art is far more accessible than any work that involves standing, walking, manual labor, even technology. It’s one of the most accessible activities available to a person, because there are so many avenues/media to execute it. There’s a reason why so many disabled people fall into art.

what i thought when i got my first point & shoot digital camera. it had so many features & filters on it that let me experiment with photography in ways that would've needed multiple pro cameras not too long ago

The notion of what is/isn't "art" has been so thoroughly gate-kept by Society and I hate that people give in to the BS that you have to be published/famous/dead or even "good" to be an artist/writer/whatevz. Pour your heart and soul and trauma and joy and imagination into it and it *is* "real art".

this is an incredibly kind & compassionate take, i think: one that genuinely acknowledges that yeah, not everyone can make art in specific ways, but art is so vast & myriad that everyone has A way. i am really sorry you've experienced a loss of one, & really think you've nailed this issue perfectly.

Followed. Love love love all of this.

this!! i stopped being able to draw at any length years ago because of the debilitating nerve pain it causes, but there are still other ways i find to create art and express myself. "art" in its existence is not nearly as rigid as people want it to be.