Art is a science—at least, it begins as one.
You can approach it through structure, process, repetition.
You can master technique, apply logic, and train your eye.
You can spend years refining craft—like a scientist running experiments.
But that alone doesn’t make you an artist.

To be an artist, you have to be on top of the game—
Not necessarily admired, not necessarily seen.
But attuned. Ready. Open.

Because at some point, the spark comes.
Unplanned. Unpredictable.
A moment that lifts the work from practiced to profound.
That spark—that something—can’t be replicated or scheduled.
That’s the difference between a mere variation and something truly new.
Between imitation and creation.