The concept of "artists of the future may not know that they are artists" is a very interesting one. It seems as though a common thought in topics related to this class is that there is no contemporary working definition of what qualifies as art. In this digital day and age, there are so many new ways to be creative, that many people can find a way to be artsy.
Future Artist Scenario X reminds me a bit of myself, because though I do not spend 99.9% of my waking hours glued to my computer, I do spend probably around 50% (weird!). There is always an email to check or a facebook notification to check, or assignments such as this one to do. Everyone is on their computers all the time, and the more time we spend on them, the more savvy we become and thus more likely to become creative.
In Future Artist Scenario Y, it says he received no formal artist training, but he studied computer science. Therefore he may possibly be able to create computer games or make designs on programs like photoshop. Without knowing anything about art, it is very possible to do either of those things. Long ago, artists, especially painters, had serious training and were viewed almost like celebrities. Now, not to say people are necessarily less talented than they once were, but there are so many different ways to create art its almost as if any one can do it.
One of the most popular art forms (I would argue that it is an art form, maybe it isn't) in Boulder lives within all of the students in this town who consider themselves djs, who create sounds "remixing" and mashing up other songs and noises. This is a good example of being able to create art with no art training, but with advanced computer knowledge and access to technology.
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