What is an artist? Semantically, I bounce around a lot using musician and artist interchangeably, sometimes going specific and referring to one as a painter, sculptor, writer, etc… I try to avoid the term “creative” like when I’m referring to a person as a creative… that’s my least favorite term used to describe someone who creates things. Ultimately, though, what I’m going after or trying to talk about is the artist, defined thusly, by Wiktionary:

A person who creates art; A person who creates art as an occupation; A person who is skilled at some activity; Artistic

So that’s it, it’s settled… the artist defined for future writings on this here site.