There's art that still gives me goosebumps.  Hopefully you, too, experience this. It's the kind of goosebumps that expand us to expressions of even more Truthful and Honest... it points to experience unclouded by negative ego/reptilian brain and mental gymnastics.

And so very rare.

An artist friend and I were talking yesterday a bit about competition.  I am still of the opinion that good art is a mix of raw, refined and inspired

....and am willing to be wrong. 

Everything for me is just theory anyway until a better theory comes along that makes more sense.

Maybe we compete for grants or shows or galleries or somewhat.. but I'm with so many others on this one that opine the best art is art we create because it wants to be created. 

That we create what makes our hearts shine and souls (or whatever word you would like to use to describe this essence of self)
sing....    and the uni? or multiverse* satisfied because the seed of inspiration got to GROW.  

Wishing y'all a lovely and creative day.

Til next.
JR

*personally, the multiverse feels more true than the universe thing, but so many of us still say universe... *shrug*