What is it that makes a great artist? Is it innovation or perspiration? Is it the ability to adhere to and bring about universal forms or is it instead the unique vision of a form that seemingly was yet to be conceived? To answer these questions in brief--yes.
In listening to a lecture by the great Israeli, Chabad Kabbalist, Rabbi Ginsburg, I came to hear the scriptural validation from the Jewish tradition that I needed. Rav Ginsburg, Shlit'a, tells us that the inspired, gifted artist commands a level just below a prophet but above a judge. That is because an artist is one of the few who is able to synthesize the wisdom (HOKHMAH) of the masculine cognitive side of experience and the feminine (NAVU'A) or the intuitive imaginative side. Both sides are essential and it is the duty of the artist to assimilate them as did Betzalel in fashioning the Tabernacle. I found this to be a lovely thought that I felt obligated to share.
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