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Art Vs. Athlete Culture

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ARTIST vs. ATHLETE CULTURE
There are many differences and similarities in culture of an artist and athletes. People view artists and athletes having many similar cultural values like determination, creators, and both being entertainers. People also view artists and athletes having very different values that are more physical like people compare that athletes use there body’s physically and artists you their minds for imagery. In two different articles it compared and contrasted how artist and athletes can come together or be very different. Artists and Athletes are built from two different cultures but when viewed together they compare more than contrast.
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Artists are creators and so are athletes. They show a love and passion for what they like to do. In an article that I read by Abby Schukei called “Artists and Athletes: Are They Really that Different?” it explains a teacher was explaining how these two fields come together all the time and more specifically on how athlete Hillary Werth was also an artist and how she grew up in a family where her exposure was of both fields. Abby schukei stated that Hillary Werth felt “Both making art and engaging in athletics take hard work, practice, and drive. Both pursuits are rigorous. I often liken practicing an athletic skill to refining an art skill. A basketball player isn’t going to perfect their free throw shooting without practice. The same goes for an artist looking to get better at drawing” (Abby schukei, 2016). This really sums how you as an individual can be both. It shows that it can be hard to be apart both the life of art and sports but it can be done with the right influence. During the interview that Abby had with Hillary she summed up how it is important to encourage your child to be both an artist and an athlete by stating “Both artists and athletes share a common trait in their pursuit of excellence and in their will for mastery. When asked about the similarities between the two Hillary said, “The passion that …show more content…

I started off as an athlete where I ran track and was a figure skated. My father pushed me to be an athlete because I had the natural ability to be great. Both of these I felt prepared me for what I thought my future would be. In 6th grade I remember sitting in my grandfather’s living room with a paint brush and a blank canvas. My grandfather said “just start painting whatever you’re feeling”, well soon enough I was an athlete that had an eye for art. Towards the end of my high school career I felt that I needed to make a choice artist or athlete. I wound up attending that following spring school of visual arts where there was no athletic program. I feel that I made the wrong choice now because there could have been more opportunity stationed for me to be both. I now agree that both an artist and an athlete are more alike than opposite. They both mentally and physically strive for perfection, focus, and the capability to become better. Artists need to work harder to create and be more competitive than other artists who are trying to create the same images. Athletes work hard to be the best physically and mentally stronger and super seed other athletes and their personal records. They both have determination which is one thing that both areas can come together and share. While using many sources to compare and contrast I found that my own personal experiences proved that artist’s can be athletes and

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