What does art look like as an idea?

Question:

What does art look like as an idea?

In visual art, much of art begins visually as a drawing or thumbnail in a sketchbook. But from a visual perspective, how do ideas for dance, theater, and music begin? Are the ideas for a dance/song/play drawn? Written? What does art look like in its rawest/most basic form? How does performance art first become an idea? In what means as well?

This is a little abstract but I was wondering if anyone in performance art could give me some examples of how their ideas are first captured. Thank you.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

great question! I think it has to be individual to the artist...especially when you're using terms from one discipline to describe another. It seems that at it's most basic form, there must be a theme; a statement. (Even if the point is to steadfastly NOT have a concrete statement...)