The arts present a natural affinity with gift-giving, rather than with commercial exchange.
Hans Abbing
If artists merely wants to perfect their technique, the model-as-object might suffice, but if artists want to create art, they have to accept models as cocreators. Increasing specialization has led many artists to dedicate their entire life to very narrow lines of art. Crossing the line to picture beyond the constraints of everyday life.
S. R. Philips, in "Modeling life", State University of New York press
How to think like an artist ? Action demands knowledge and motivation.
Contemporary art runs towards participatory arts, as opposed to traditional spectator arts. Art is not just about getting what the artist want, it’s about first helping viewers to get what they want as interlocutors. Drawing a connection between mimicry=chameleon and affiliation, operating on similar lines, for similar reasons.