> Art is about studying & talking with other artists to learn how they work, the processes they use, how they solve problems; Everything else makes sense to me

> Art is about studying & talking with other artists to learn how they work, the processes they use, how they solve problems; Everything else makes sense to me, but isn't this a bit narrow? It implies that all art is the search for some higher truth, and that it can only be achieved as a communal effort. This academic, analytical approach would seem to fit your personal art career and that of many artists important to at history. But surely there is still artistic truth in the individual practising and experimenting for themselves, outside any scene or context. There are also examples of people doing this who are considered important to art.