Should I pay any attention to logic??

Question

How important is logic to an artist?
In creative areas is it really necessary??

Answer 1

Logic might not be necessary in some 'subsections' of creative work, but logic is certainly important to an artist who wishes to make a living as an artist. There are logical ways an artist must pursue (e.g., sell your work occasionally, for the dollars it takes to buy the butter you smear on your bread).

But beyond that commonplace observation, logic has a place in art: Suppose you're a painter and the work you want to do next is purely for your own purpose, say, watching how the brush works. There, the 'logic of the problem' demands that you watch how the brush works.

And if the work you do next has 'I need a few bucks' as its initiating impulse, the 'logic of the problem' demands that you take market considerations into account. The 'Elvis on black velvet' has been done to death--and you ain't gonna get $500 for another one, so, instead, you do 'clowns being machine-gunned by alien invaders,' a currently faddish subject. And you avoid blues, again attending current tastes.

Get the point? Logic is a tool you bring to a problem--and being a creative artist doesn't exempt you from problems.

Answer 2

The whole point of being an artist is that you see the logic in your art that others can not so easily see! You can dream the logical result of the creative process. Without logic you will just create fakery. If you can not see the truth in what you are creating, then go back to school and learn how to be a plumber or electrician.

;-D They make good money.

Answer 3

Yes, you should pay attention to logic.

It is useful to determine which project to take on and how much to charge and which client is likely to give you another project... etc. The business of art is still a business.

In creative area, it would depends on what you want to achieve. Logical things leave people comfortable. Illogical things agitate people. Order and chaos are very useful in the creative process. In large scale 3 dimensional / structural art, it is likely that you are forced into something logical for safety reasons.

Answer 4

Logic as we employ it, not define, is a collection of observations generally obtained through personal experience(s). It can not be the same through out this world, or it is context dependent and of course very personal. Artists are not out of this world, though they behave as if a separate set of rules apply to them and they are autonomous. They contradict themselves so often that they resemble a babe just getting its first steps. Fall, get up, fall and again get up. Their quest for realism is matched only by their obsession to abstraction. A true artist, not this contradictionist, arts for his satisfaction alone. That people appreciate his/her art is because the human population can be divided into classes of 'ISO logical' humans. Hence personal logic ought to play a big role in a true artist. An 'artist' who tries to give people what they want is in my view at best an imitator, not really an artist.

Answer 5

Yes, of course, logically.
It's of utmost imp.to an artist to instill logic in the work of art.
It's not necessary always in creative areas, but still better if utilised, to make others understand artist's artwork.

Answer 6

Logic is useful in argument, in discourse and for Philosophy. Logic tries to arrive at truth where truth is illusive. Logic is tautology attenuated but rarely works without a priori assertions. For the creative arts I can find no use.

Answer 7

well if you know logic you can be very creative in using it. thats how lawyers get people off the hook who are obviously wrong.

also logic is good for day to day conversations and arguments. other people might not be able to see why something doesnt work but you will be able to.

but for like painting a picture or writing music or something? i think if logic had any value here it would be very small.

but i would still considor taking at least one class in logic in your lifetime.

Answer 8

I am assuming by "artist" you mean someone who paints pictures. You can throw paint up there in any fashion. You can butt paint, hair paint, finger paint. It all becomes art when you can actually get somebody to pay for it. However, in the main, people want landscape or seascape portraits or something that matches the interior decoration of their rooms. Generally you have to please the buying public to make any kind of money. So if by being logical, you mean the picture makes sense, then yes, the picture has to make sense to someone with the dough.

Answer 9

of course, you need logic to be able to come up with valid conclusions. it can help with common sense, so if you are an artist it is necessary too.

my gosh if you don't have logic then you'd come up with wrong ideas and colors and all those stuff that aren't related to what you should be doing/creating. unless it's chaos that you want to interpret or something...

Answer 10

Logic is as inmportant as you make it. But, I don't think it always works in the real world when so many problems are so complex they can't be represented in a truth table