Response to Sarah's question:

"[Tolstoy] tries to bring out the artist in everyone by stating that the most sincere artist is the one that can reach every member of an audience with just purity and truth. The only problem with this is that she leaves artistry open to any one. For instance, Justin Beiber and Katy Perry reach a nation with their music, an art, so does that make them artist?"

Looking through my iPod, when i look for the singers and/or rappers I want to listen to, i have to search these people up, as, by "artists." Truly, Justin Beiber and Katy Perry aren't actual artists. I believe that people in the music world (a part of the art world) has mistaken what the word "artist" is. They don't write their own music. Those who do write their music and/or choose the tune, music etc...is considered the artist. But the songs that Justin Beiber and Katy Perry do write and actually create themselves, then, they are considered artist. Every song, like a book or a movie, has a directer, editor, etc...on the back of a CD album and movie cover, located at the bottom in small print. Those people found there are considered artists. We give people like Justin Beiber and Katy Perry way too much credit. This situation is kind of similar to the Mona Lisa, too. Everyone wants to see the Mona Lisa and not the artist.

Art is kind of similar to sports. Anyone can play a sport and there are many types of sports, such as football, baseball, basketball, volleyball, hockey etc... and there are many levels of a sport, like in hockey, there are levels such as "A level" or "B level" teams. Anyone can be an artist but then there are so many different levels of art an artist can be on.

People don't really care about who wrote the lyrics of the song but rather who sings the song and that is why so many true musicians/artists are missing out on the fame they should deserve. However, most artists goals are to reach out to people with their art work, meaning that the song writers for Justin Beiber and Katy Perry had accomplished that.