I think that alot of what was said in this chapter is valid especially the part where he says, "Art is a way we assert our identities as individuals and break out of the narrow roles nature casts us in". This statement is interesting becuase it really narrows down the defination of art which at times can be so broad.
The process that Scott explains that all artists take first is step one: idea/forum. This i agree with totally, but scott also goes on to say that some artists skip this step and straight to the second step which ultimately leads to failure. Personally, i think that its completely impossible to skip the first step. People just dont do things for no reason, and with that being said, artists cant skip this first step. It might be they draw or paint simply becuase they feel like doing it and thats a valid idea/forum as any.
I also really liked the idea that people always copy their idols and produce work that is really a "surface" level. However, i think that this process of copying others work is definately a step in its own. Im not sure if Scott mentions this step in detail, but i think it should be added to the process which he suggests in this chapter.
Also, i think that these steps of process could further be added to with step which represents refinement or modification. An example of this is the picture above from fanboy.com. Here you see the simpsons at their early stage, of course at this time this cartoon was already at the end of the steps which scott mentions. However, its more recent version is very different and the process to which the simpsons took to get here should be a step of its own.
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