What is an artist?

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Not what makes something art, but who counts as an artist and who decides: an inborn gift, a status others grant, or a widespread human drive?

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An artist is a rare person born with an inborn creative gift — feeling more deeply and pouring out an inner vision, not made by training.

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You're an artist when the art world treats you as one — critics review you, galleries show you, museums keep you. A status granted, not a spark.

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Strength: explains why the same object is art in a gallery, junk in a skip. Weakness: makes 'artist' a matter of fashion and gatekeeping.

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Powerful art by untrained people outside the art world, made because they must — it challenges both the genius and artworld views.

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Many cultures had no special 'artist' role — people wove, carved and sang as part of ordinary life — hinting 'the artist' is a recent Western idea.

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If 'the artist' is a spotlight some cultures shine on a few, then making may be an ordinary human drive we all share.

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Born genius · art world status · outsider art (neither) · a Western invention (maybe we're all makers).