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Artists are cognitively grounded in the aesthetic. That

is, they are aware of, and think about, the sensory and

emotive qualities of phenomena and things. Absolutely

anything can be the object of aesthetic consideration,

even things that don’t seem in the least bit sensuous,

like a series of random numbers or an abstract idea.

Every artist formulates their own problems to solve

and sets their own criteria for success.

Artists do myriad things. Six of these things are

discussed on the following pages. This limited (and

arbitrary) sampling is intended to emphasize how, in

totality, the work of artists has a substance, spirit, and

methodology different from that found in most other

types of work. Highlights from the lives of seminal

20th-century artists are used to illustrate these six

things.