TA Style check: The Art Spirit

The Art Spirit, a book of compiled teachings by renowned artist Robert Henri, works better as a compilation of thoughts and advices. The words were written honestly and without intent to write anything significant. It is merely a collection of sincere advice, honest correspondence, truthful reflection and critique, and pure intentions. At times, it seems like Henri struggles to accurately explain his feelings. Perhaps that is why the same core feelings and thoughts are expressed over and over throughout the entire book. You can definitely tell that he really thinks and feels the way he has written it, and yet it goes deeper than that. Personally, I take a more practical approach towards art and generally adhere to a more practical definition thereof, but it would be ignorant of me to deny the fact that there truly are philosophies at work in art, and that art is not so much a state of doing as it is a state of thinking. As Henri proposes, an artist must concentrate. An artist must use his brain. An artist must learn to see. These are all practical things, in addition to the many practical advices he offers, but his main point is that an artist must feel. He must feel what his subject is. He must feel a certain way about it. He must depict the way he feels in his work. He must constantly and always feel like an artist. If a student learns the business of drawing, he has learned to draw, but nothing else, just as an actor can learn to recite lines, but not truly act. It is something more to be an artist. Being an artist is a state of mind, and according to Henri, that state is relative to each artist. Each should be unique, sincere, and open to ideas, feelings, and concepts. A true student of art must already be an artist. Everything else will follow. This autor is able to use style to be very persuasive and convince us the readers of the irronious idea that "if you have it , you have it, if you dont, you dont". I would say that it is very effective.