The Origins & Essences Of Artistic Creation

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"How does a work of art come to be? It might seem necessary to define "work of art" before one proceeds to answer this question, but many thinkers find it necessary to introduce notions of creation when trying to distinguish works of art from other sorts of objects. The situation seems to be this: If one answers the question, "What is a work of art," one will presuppose an answer to "How does a work of art come to be?" And if one answers the question, "How does a work of art come to be," one will presuppose an answer to the question, "What is a work of art?" How can we escape the circle?
It seems sound to say that works of art are differentiated from natural objects because human making (creation) is necessary to the former but not to the latter. But not all artifacts, or ... "

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