Marcel Duchamp said that "Painting is a drug."
His quote applies to photography as well. And digital art. And manga and anime. And thoughtless pornography. And writing.
It is all a drug that easily lulls its creators into detours of safety and simplicity.
Yet, the artists who have moved me on this site, (like you, perhaps?) are truly rich enough to push limits, take risks and allow themselves to articulate, (however eloquently or foolishly) their notions that art is MORE than a drug. When art is most powerful, it is far more than decoration, game-playing and diversion.
Art is a dangerous tool for expression, revolution, meditation and ind