my thought of the day

Today we had a lecture on Craft and one question was put to the whole lecture hall.

It was i had to claim to be an Artist, Designer or Craftsmen, what would i say i was?

and i thought, does it really matter?

I am able to draw and paint and enjoy it making me an artist, i am able to come up with a way of communicating though design making me a Designer and i am able to make and craft objects making me a Craftsmen.

I feel there is no reason to be put into these groups, most would be competent at all of the above. So apart from what my Degree will say at the end of the day i don't really want to sit there and put a label on what i do, just thought that maybe this labeling thing is holding back a lot of potential of a lot of people. So why make everyone's potential smaller?

i am happy either way. But it is just another way to label and once you have a label people can start to assume things about you.

Just a thought.