I received this comment on my Facebook page just today. Kathy and I went to West Covina High School together.
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“Humm interesting you and your friends thought I was strange. I confess that I don’t remember you at all. I saw your post on another WCHS alumna, so clicked and added you.
“In regards to what art is, my rep Bob Hogge of Monkdogz Urban Art in… New York, has a wonderful UTube on it. It’s posted on one of my websites: http://www.kathyostman-magnusen.com/Kathy_Ostman-Magnusen_Art/Bob_Hogge_About_Art_Video.html
“I have always contended that art is whatever the artist perceives it to be. I have noted that It is somewhat characteristic of Evangelical Christians to feel the need to put god in there somewhere, be it in their explanation of why they created what they did, to a fish by their signature on a tangible work. My personal belief is that god IS creativity and that everything we eat, drink, smell, touch, and see, becomes the dream we breathe, that ultimately must be shared in some way. Art is an expression, mingled with a cultivated imagination, that simply cannot help itself. It must speak in some way. It can be as simple as setting a table for dinner, to as complex as a symphony.
“Thank you for your compliment of my art and BE STRANGE Wayne Tilden, it creates an interesting journey”
by – Kathy Ostman-Magnusson,
Used with permission
The Arts Spot 
Another Person’s Outlook
September 13, 2010
Wayne Discussion, Opinions arts, comment, Gifts 1 Comment
“In regards to what art is, my rep Bob Hogge of Monkdogz Urban Art in… New York, has a wonderful UTube on it. It’s posted on one of my websites: http://www.kathyostman-magnusen.com/Kathy_Ostman-Magnusen_Art/Bob_Hogge_About_Art_Video.html
“I have always contended that art is whatever the artist perceives it to be. I have noted that It is somewhat characteristic of Evangelical Christians to feel the need to put god in there somewhere, be it in their explanation of why they created what they did, to a fish by their signature on a tangible work. My personal belief is that god IS creativity and that everything we eat, drink, smell, touch, and see, becomes the dream we breathe, that ultimately must be shared in some way. Art is an expression, mingled with a cultivated imagination, that simply cannot help itself. It must speak in some way. It can be as simple as setting a table for dinner, to as complex as a symphony.
“Thank you for your compliment of my art and BE STRANGE Wayne Tilden, it creates an interesting journey”
Used with permission