I have quite a lot of ideas for paintings that might not have previously been attempted. I have also some thoughts about concepts in both music and the visual arts that to my knowledge are new. Unfortunately, I can't write music, play a musical instrument well or paint. I doubt that this is unique. Some musicians/artists have tremendous technical ability but think mainly in terms of the tried and tested. A few might be open to the ideas of other people. Is there a way that new ideas and proven ability can be brought together somehow - some sort of website? - so that there is a genuine collaboration rather than the ideas simply being stolen? Person X says "this is the idea" and Person Y then says "I will put it into action", with each benefiting from what is produced.
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Not really answering your question Lateralthinking1, but seeing the phrase "gap between artistic ideas and artistic ability" immediately put me in mind of John Cage's infamous 'silence' piece 4'33". That's a big artistic idea which requires only numeric counting ability from the on-stage performer(s) and comparatively nothing from the offstage performers other than to listen (which requires an ear or two, but no artistic ability).
[Of course there will people (including at least one on this forum) who insist it requires utmost artistic concentration from both.]
If a performance artist or non-musician had come up with this piece, and it wasn't published by a respectable publisher, would it have been long-since forgotten? Possibly.
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