When I try and explain what I mean by the Integrative (Z)arts, it's a winding road to get there. What's integrative mean in this arty kind of way? Why call it Zart instead of art? (that's a weird word isn't it?) I'll answer these important questions and also questions like "how come your studio is so messy?" and "what are you going to do with THAT?!" and MUCH MUCH more!! In order to get to the bottom of what I mean by Integrative (Z)arts, I need to know what kind of person I'm talking to. The audience is everything. Here's a little parable you may have heard:
"Six blind men are asked to determine what an elephant looks like by feeling different parts of the elephant's body. The blind man who feels a leg says the elephant is like a pillar; the one who feels the tail says the elephant is like a rope; the one who feels the trunk says the elephant is like a tree branch; the one who feels the ear says the elephant is like a hand fan; the one who feels the belly says the elephant is like a wall; and the one who feels the tusk says the elephant is like a solid pipe. But of course they are all right." (the art below is a wall relief from northern thailand, from wikipedia)
Definitions of things limit them.
If you really must know what Zart is see this.