Well, I think I understand when I'm asked to be an artist, and when I'm asked to be a designer, but I think you're getting at practicing versus immersion, aren't you? Like you simply cannot help yourself from stopping to appreciate a sunset?
I confess I'm addicted to Art, have been since I was old enough to creatively mark a surface (much to the chagrin of my parents)—and I "see" the Art in typography, appreciate the lines, the symmetry and the fine reinforcement a poem can adopt by being cast in the "just-so" typeface.
One of my all-time favorites is Benguiat, but it needs to be "served" with the right underlying thought.
Sort of like serving the right cheese at a wine tasting.
My Best,
Gary
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