Prior to seeing that show, I had danced myself. I had already been doing ballet for two years, but I was never sure why I liked doing it so much. I loved to dance, and I put everything I had into it, but I never understood what it was about it that made it so worthwhile to me. The Nutcracker changed that. Looking back on that show, I now know how inexperienced and naive those dancers are. They were all so young. The nutcracker himself being no older than 16. But since The Nutcracker in 2002, I have never questioned why I love what I do. And now it is confirmed to myself that I keep going in hopes that I can potentially alter the life of at least one little kid, just like the nutcracker did me.
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Super Late Art Experience
My most meaningful experience of art in any form was when I was five and my mom took me to see The Nutcracker. This particular performance of The Nutcracker was put on my MoCo, at the time The Moving Company. It was children from ages 10 through 18 and so to me, they were so big and experienced. I watched them dance. I watched the little girl be taken away by the tall boy nutcracker and I watched them dance together. I watched them tell a story through their bodies: using only their bodies, no words. That performance changed dance for me. Their fluid lines, pointe shoes, stamina, strength, facial expressions, love were all amazing to me.
Johann Pachelbel's Canon
One of my most meaningful experiences of art would be the first time I ever heard the song, Pachelbel's Canon. I was in middle school, I must have been thirteen. We had "Chamber Music" night every couple months for the concert band. I was playing trumpet, this was before I started playing guitar. I have always had an innate gift for music, so it was very boring playing those concerts. But we always had side performances; one of the side performances involved four saxophones. One of the saxophonists just so happened to be the girl that I was completely head over heels for, so you bet I sat extra attentive. The next thing I heard was just pure bliss. The articulate melody, the walking baseline, the perfect movement of inexpressible sound...That's the way I remember it. I became possessed by every detail of the song. I had an extreme case of musicophilia.
I walked, sang, and breathed to this song. The fact that the love of my life was the one who played it obviously plays a part in giving the song a certain connotation to me, but the song would have had a similar hold on me otherwise. After I learned the basics of guitar, learning the song completely was what I had to do. I spent two whole weeks staring at lines and lines or horribly written tablature to learn how to play it; and another two months of practice to actually articulate every note. The song still possesses me, but the fact that I can play it helps ease it from conscious mind for the most part. This was one of the very first actual songs I learned on guitar so a lot of my writing is similar to it as far as structure goes, but obviously not as far as quality. Pachelbel knows how to build a song, take everything away, and give it back. The song will always be timeless.
I walked, sang, and breathed to this song. The fact that the love of my life was the one who played it obviously plays a part in giving the song a certain connotation to me, but the song would have had a similar hold on me otherwise. After I learned the basics of guitar, learning the song completely was what I had to do. I spent two whole weeks staring at lines and lines or horribly written tablature to learn how to play it; and another two months of practice to actually articulate every note. The song still possesses me, but the fact that I can play it helps ease it from conscious mind for the most part. This was one of the very first actual songs I learned on guitar so a lot of my writing is similar to it as far as structure goes, but obviously not as far as quality. Pachelbel knows how to build a song, take everything away, and give it back. The song will always be timeless.
Sunday, November 23, 2014
Fly!
It's hard for me to think of a specific experience of art that I deem to be most meaningful. I remember certain specific artworks- but as to which one is most meaningful to me, how can I choose? Each one has meaning. There are, however a few that stand out.
One of the meaningful experiences I have had with art may be when I went to see a Broadway show for the first time in my memory. The stage itself was wondrous, with its shapes and shadows. The lights dimmed, and the music flew in- racing, dancing, rising and falling. It rolled like thunder throughout the room. I could feel it. It was like nothing else I'd encountered before. Then the players leaped and danced onto the stage- that was when the play began. From the life of the music to the movements of the players and the stage itself, it was stunning.
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Aeroplane
To me my most meaningful experience of art was probably my first time listening to "In the aeroplane over the sea" by Neutral Milk Hotel. I remember hating most of it my first listen, yet feeling strangely drawn towards it, as if it where a candy that started off sour but then turned sweet if you gave it a chance and didn't spit it out. Listening to that album was the first time that I had actually listened to an album in full, without putting the album on shuffle or skipping any of the songs. I remember being confused and slightly appalled by the lyrics and how they seemingly made no sense. I also remember being amazed by how all of the songs where interconnected as if the entire album was just one long song. But most importantly I remember being emotionally crushed by the ending, and while I had no idea what the lyrics told, I knew what they meant. The song was musically simple, being Jeff Mangum (singer/songwriter) strumming basic chords accompanied by his nasally singing. The simplicity in the song immediately struck me because the song before was so loud, energetic, and happy that I knew that something special was about to happen. And right I was because I was blessed with "two headed boy pt. 2". I used this album as a gateway into new and more diverse/complex music, and while I've listened to thousands of songs since, "two headed boy pt. 2" will remain among my very favorite.
The Knife
For my eighteenth birth day, my coach, gave me a six inch long Shun chef knife by KAI. Made in Japan from Japaneses steel and craftsmen ship. For course for a lot is just really sharp knife, but to me it is one of the finest pieces of art I have ever enjoyed. The way it fits in my hand just right and the pattern on the knife it self make it look like it is wood. It is just beautiful it me and puts most of my other chef knives to shame. http://www.cutleryandmore.com/shun-classic/chefs-knife-p16316 Link there to see it, if you chose to. A lot of you probably will not get where I am coming from ,which is fine none of you work in kitchens, but to me it far surpasses the Monaliesa in beauty to me.
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
All Love
What is love? Well, I can't exactly tell you what love truly is but I can let you into my mad world and the love within. As I see it there are three main kinds of love: the kind that we have for a material item like our car or a favorite blanket when young, second is the kind of love that we have for family, Close friends and pets, and finally the love that makes us go mad, the romantic love we have for a person outside of our family. Those, to me, are the three kinds of love found in the world, there are a couple sub sects of love within those listed but I rather not bore you with a thesis.
To begin, we start with the love for the material. Many may say that don't have this, I personally doubt it, we have all felt it at one time or another, whether it be your car or your favorite stuffed animal when you were a child. It is an odd attachment to something not living that usually gives us a sense of security or pride. The love for an inanimate is one that the depth is often not recognized until the object is gone, it is usually a love that has been lost to know its true significance.
The second, the love of family, friends, and pets, it is an unconditional love that arises from the providing of company and support provided by a living thing. This is most likely the longest lasting love that we will have in our live. Family doesn't usually fade away and truly close friends don't either, they last a life time and give an unmeasurable amount of support, security, and happiness to us through out our lives. This form of love often lasts until death and it is only with death that this love comes to an end, and that is only for the departing party, for the other left alive their love will continue until them meet their end.
The final, romantic love, often the most trivial and brutal of the loves. Hopefully it isn't the shortest love in ones life, but for some it may be. It is the most intense and the most painful, with the extreme joy often comes deep sorrow. But, we'll stay positive and look at the up side, there is almost no end to the joy that can come from this type of love. With that I must let you take what I have said and you can do what you wish with that information. Those are my views on love, and maybe I'm mad, or on point, that is up to you.
To begin, we start with the love for the material. Many may say that don't have this, I personally doubt it, we have all felt it at one time or another, whether it be your car or your favorite stuffed animal when you were a child. It is an odd attachment to something not living that usually gives us a sense of security or pride. The love for an inanimate is one that the depth is often not recognized until the object is gone, it is usually a love that has been lost to know its true significance.
The second, the love of family, friends, and pets, it is an unconditional love that arises from the providing of company and support provided by a living thing. This is most likely the longest lasting love that we will have in our live. Family doesn't usually fade away and truly close friends don't either, they last a life time and give an unmeasurable amount of support, security, and happiness to us through out our lives. This form of love often lasts until death and it is only with death that this love comes to an end, and that is only for the departing party, for the other left alive their love will continue until them meet their end.
The final, romantic love, often the most trivial and brutal of the loves. Hopefully it isn't the shortest love in ones life, but for some it may be. It is the most intense and the most painful, with the extreme joy often comes deep sorrow. But, we'll stay positive and look at the up side, there is almost no end to the joy that can come from this type of love. With that I must let you take what I have said and you can do what you wish with that information. Those are my views on love, and maybe I'm mad, or on point, that is up to you.
Monday, November 17, 2014
On Love
One of the universal things that we all experience is the phenomena of love. What is it? It's an emotion forced upon us by biological evolution or by comedic deities that want to have a laugh. Love can carry people to the highest places or it can leave one completely bitter, and alone. Out of all the things in life, this is what we all want. We crave it. Whether it's just an interaction between chemicals and hormones in our brain, or there really is something there, we can't help but be at it's mercy.
There are obviously all different kinds of emotion you experience when you meet someone. A lot of them could be read as "love" or emotional connection, but sadly most of these are infatuations. These "emotions" are of lust, and are of lower, primitive, biological processes. There are only two types of true love: romantic love, and familial love. Romantic love is what you feel for a spouse, or a girlfriend. If it's true love then each person will mutually feel an unbreakable bond between them. Romantic lovers do anything for the other; they are literally crazy for the other person. Familial love is love for an actual family member, or for a friend. This feeling does not include any aspects of physical expression, or of the "crazy" feeling that romantic lovers feel.
There are obviously all different kinds of emotion you experience when you meet someone. A lot of them could be read as "love" or emotional connection, but sadly most of these are infatuations. These "emotions" are of lust, and are of lower, primitive, biological processes. There are only two types of true love: romantic love, and familial love. Romantic love is what you feel for a spouse, or a girlfriend. If it's true love then each person will mutually feel an unbreakable bond between them. Romantic lovers do anything for the other; they are literally crazy for the other person. Familial love is love for an actual family member, or for a friend. This feeling does not include any aspects of physical expression, or of the "crazy" feeling that romantic lovers feel.
Friday, November 14, 2014
Yet Another Post About Love
Love is a difficult thing to define. There is a sense of what it is, but it is not easily translated into words. There are, however, different types or degrees of love.
The first is based on attraction and want, and does not truly last. Here, even though those involved may believe that they are in love, the relationship is based on lust, not love-for example, Marais's relationship with Madeleine.
Second is an unrequited love. In this case, one person is devoted to another, wishes to be near the other in fair and stormy weather, and is capable of being emotionally wounded by the other. This is not the same as admiration or obsession, but is similar to both. However, the other does not feel the same. It is a sad love. For example, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, Basil seems to have feelings for Dorian, but Dorian is entirely oblivious. He doesn't realize how much his somewhat- normal actions have hurt Basil.
The last love is a mutual love of person- neither lust nor obsession. It varies in its beings, but this true love is a bond. It stands through rage, sadness, and time- even death. Sainte Columbe and his wife, even though they talked about physical love, simply showed a yearning to be together. There is a companionship. One cares intensely for the other.
Despite these definitions, love does not always fall neatly into one single category. Love is an emotion, by its nature undefinable and uncontrollable. It does not take well to confinement. Humans cannot be whole without love.
Love Being Defined
There are three different kinds of. The first kind is essentially just attraction. This only lasts a short period of time. It is essentially when you just want to hook up with someone. This doesn't form long lasting relationships. The second kind of love is the love that you have for a spouse or significant other. This last much longer than the first kind, it can even last your whole life. it can be the most powerful kind of love because it lasts so long but it can also fade away if the two people change to much.
The third kind of love is the love that you have for your family or close friends. Most people have spent huge portions of their lives with their family and close friends which builds up a connection. People would do almost anything for their family because of the bond that they share. In some cases though, people don't become close to their family because of past issues that they had growing up or when they were raising their own children.
what is love
Love is as old as humanity itself, and probably the reason why were still around. Love can be the cause of extreme happiness, and suicidal depression, yet is often the end goal for most people. When I think of love in a communal standpoint I think of a quote by the ancient Greeks "Happiness of our race lies in the fulfillment of love". But what is love? Are there different types of it? Are there different concentrations of it? At a scientific standpoint love is when your brain releases a whole bunch of "feelgood" chemicals as a response to seeing of hearing someone you feel affection to, these chemicals include dopamine, adrenaline, and norepinephrine. But theirs more to love than just that, right?
From my understanding theirs multiple types of love, lustful love, friendly love, and true love. Lustful love is when you think you are in love with someone but are only attracted to them to fulfill your lustful desires, commonly felt by high schoolers who mistake it for true love. Next is the love that you feel for your friends, (hopefully) not lustful and not nearly as strong as true love, friendly love is basically just a less potent, and not nearly as damaging version of true love. Finally the third and most sought after version of love is true love. True love is when you retire your ego and put another before you, when that person means more to you than yourself and you'd do anything in your power to protect, and be with them for the rest of your life. True love is the reason why humanity has survived, and the key factor of true, and ever long happiness.
From my understanding theirs multiple types of love, lustful love, friendly love, and true love. Lustful love is when you think you are in love with someone but are only attracted to them to fulfill your lustful desires, commonly felt by high schoolers who mistake it for true love. Next is the love that you feel for your friends, (hopefully) not lustful and not nearly as strong as true love, friendly love is basically just a less potent, and not nearly as damaging version of true love. Finally the third and most sought after version of love is true love. True love is when you retire your ego and put another before you, when that person means more to you than yourself and you'd do anything in your power to protect, and be with them for the rest of your life. True love is the reason why humanity has survived, and the key factor of true, and ever long happiness.
Defining Love
Even though 'love' is really just a bunch of chemicals in our brains responding to evolutionary laws, it really is a quizzical and wondrous thing. The true, pure, absolute love is the thing fairytales are made of and very rarely occurs in real life. It is the love that is unconditional and does more than disregard and ignore flaws in the other person, they love the flaws. Then there is the comfortable love. The love between friends and family, where you acknowledge each others faults and mistakes, but still end up forgiving them anyways. The third one is the most confusing one, it is the love where you think it is meaningful and eternal, but it ends. Usually it is confused for something else, like friendship or lust or desperation. This is the 'love' where it is only felt on one side, or it is not an honest relationship.
These three different types of love will be experienced by everyone at some point in their life. And even though it seems to be a negative thing. It helps grow character, even when the love ends in a tragic way. It is an unfortunate pattern of life, that we all can't meet the true, pure, absolute love right off the bat. But we all need to make a few mistakes in order to find perfection.
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Love is...
Love is very complex. There is no one definition for the word love. There are many characteristics of love, though. Most describe love as putting someone else's needs before yours and caring about them to an unfathomable amount. Love is when you would do anything to see the other person happy or when you would sacrifice your own happiness just to get them to smile. Love is when you can go through Hell and back with someone and still look at them and know that you could never in your life stop caring for them, no matter what selfish or terrible things they have done. Although there isn't one true definition for love, there are many parts that add up to create the love that we as humans feel.
There are two different kinds of love, as I see it. There is the kind of love you have with your friends and family. The love where even though your mom slept for half an hour last night she would still make you cinnamon rolls before you go to school if you asked. Or the love between your friends when you are having a bad day and they do something sweet to surprise you. And there are many ways to show this kind of love that people do not always think about. Your dad telling you to put on your seatbelt or your friend texting you to see if you are okay when you didn't show up for school. These are things that are very overlooked in our world but show the true compassion of love for one another.
Then there is the love between two people. The special bond you get when you truly could picture yourself spending your life with one person. This love is hard to find but once you find it you never let it go. No matter what happens you still want that person to be by your side. This is the love where you ache to be together all the time, you crave the other persons attention almost. You would do absolutely anything to make the other person happy, even if it means completely losing your own happiness, or even yourself. This kind of love can be wreckless and has destroyed many people, but it can also be the best thing that you will ever experience. It can be the reason you dont drive into a tree when you feel like life has nothing left for you or the reason you can manage to get up in the early morning. This kind of love often seems common but isn't, as we can tell by divorce rates. But when this love is truly found it cannot ever be stopped.
There are two different kinds of love, as I see it. There is the kind of love you have with your friends and family. The love where even though your mom slept for half an hour last night she would still make you cinnamon rolls before you go to school if you asked. Or the love between your friends when you are having a bad day and they do something sweet to surprise you. And there are many ways to show this kind of love that people do not always think about. Your dad telling you to put on your seatbelt or your friend texting you to see if you are okay when you didn't show up for school. These are things that are very overlooked in our world but show the true compassion of love for one another.
Then there is the love between two people. The special bond you get when you truly could picture yourself spending your life with one person. This love is hard to find but once you find it you never let it go. No matter what happens you still want that person to be by your side. This is the love where you ache to be together all the time, you crave the other persons attention almost. You would do absolutely anything to make the other person happy, even if it means completely losing your own happiness, or even yourself. This kind of love can be wreckless and has destroyed many people, but it can also be the best thing that you will ever experience. It can be the reason you dont drive into a tree when you feel like life has nothing left for you or the reason you can manage to get up in the early morning. This kind of love often seems common but isn't, as we can tell by divorce rates. But when this love is truly found it cannot ever be stopped.
Love
Love is all in the eye of the beholder. One person might see something in someone that another might see as annoying. I believe that there are a few different kinds of love that people can feel. The first form of love that people can feel is desire and longing. Someone having a strong feeling for someone else emotionally and romantically. This isn't all about physical characteristic but how this person makes you feel when your around them also affects this kind of love. Usually in the beginning of a relationship this type of love is experienced and when you've met someone that already know that you really liked them.
The other love is a divine love something that you really love doing or something you live for. This love can usually be found in religion because some people devote there lives to doing and being what their religion wants them too. This sort of divine love can also be found in things such as art, music, sports because people can express themselves and their love through these things. Maybe not as much sports but people still dedicate their lives to it and truly love it. People also live through their art and music as well expressing their love through it as well since it can usually express love better than words ever can.
The other love is a divine love something that you really love doing or something you live for. This love can usually be found in religion because some people devote there lives to doing and being what their religion wants them too. This sort of divine love can also be found in things such as art, music, sports because people can express themselves and their love through these things. Maybe not as much sports but people still dedicate their lives to it and truly love it. People also live through their art and music as well expressing their love through it as well since it can usually express love better than words ever can.
Definition of Love
Love is an emotional state that connects one so deeply with another that it is almost impossible to live without them. There are different forms of love, however, varying between love for family, friends, partners, and even pets. Love for a family member is caused from the connection that develops throughout infancy and childhood. When family members, especially parents, care for and raise their child they develop a love for that child that will certainly last forever in their minds. The child also develops an intense attachment to those who raise them. This kind of love hopefully lasts as one's entire life, and consists of feelings and emotions of friendship, dependence, and biological connection. Love for friends is usually reserved for one two of our closest and best friends. These friends become incredibly close because they are basically the family that we choose for ourselves. Friends can be the people who know the most about you, even more than your own family, which connects them with you at a deeply personal level. Although we may feel that we will love and be with them forever, this type of friend-love may not last more than a few years.
Love for a partner can be the most powerful type of love. This kind of love begins with an attraction deep rooted in the veins of evolution. The physical attraction for another is what sets the stage for the mental and emotional connection to follow. One may argue that beauty does not play a role in the partner they choose for themselves, but when the feeling of true love arises, that significant other is usually seen as the most beautiful thing in the world. This kind of love with a partner consists of deep and uncontrollable emotions and feelings towards that person. You know this love when you can not picture your life without the other. It is possible for this love to last forever, but quite often ends at some point in the couples lives. This love is perhaps the strongest because it is made up of deep mental, emotional, and sexual connections that flourish within a relationship. If ended abruptly, this love can cause you to plunge into deep depression and drastically change your life. For example, when Sainte Columbe's wife, in All the Mornings of the World, died, Columbe's life dramatically changed. He devoted his life to putting his emotions into music and trying to express the feelings he could not express with words. Love is an something that is essential to the human condition and will without a doubt change your life at some point.
Love for a partner can be the most powerful type of love. This kind of love begins with an attraction deep rooted in the veins of evolution. The physical attraction for another is what sets the stage for the mental and emotional connection to follow. One may argue that beauty does not play a role in the partner they choose for themselves, but when the feeling of true love arises, that significant other is usually seen as the most beautiful thing in the world. This kind of love with a partner consists of deep and uncontrollable emotions and feelings towards that person. You know this love when you can not picture your life without the other. It is possible for this love to last forever, but quite often ends at some point in the couples lives. This love is perhaps the strongest because it is made up of deep mental, emotional, and sexual connections that flourish within a relationship. If ended abruptly, this love can cause you to plunge into deep depression and drastically change your life. For example, when Sainte Columbe's wife, in All the Mornings of the World, died, Columbe's life dramatically changed. He devoted his life to putting his emotions into music and trying to express the feelings he could not express with words. Love is an something that is essential to the human condition and will without a doubt change your life at some point.
Love Defining
Love is crazy, its one of the most crazy things we humans take part in. It dives people to the edge and back, but in a lot of cases it seems people do not come back from the edge. A lost love or stolen love can utterly destroy someone's life. By becoming consumed by the loss of love in their life, it turns into an unbreakable obsession. Not every love has that kind of power to it though, it is rare I think for a love like that to come around. The most common kind of love I believe is that of family. The bonds of family are some of the strongest bonds out there. Next is the love of someone your in a relationship with. Lastly is the love that seams to drown out the rest of the world except of that special someone.
The most important and one of the most powerful love is that one has with their family. Even if your dirt pore, have no job and seemingly alone, you can always rely one your families love and support. Over time the strength and meaning of loving one's family has altered. Used to be if someone insulted your house or family member you would kill them, in a duel or start a feud. That person had threatened that what protects and loves you. So you must eliminate that threat. But not to many people seam to go to those extreme anymore to protect their family loved ones. Now a days the threats that need warding off are lack of housing, lack of food or job and those can be solved without killing others.
Next kind of love is that which brings some to matrimony or just gets two people hitched. It seams to be pretty common, but what is more common than that is the number of people divorced. So I do not think it is a very strong love, but it is quite a binding love. This kind of love was originally never to actually be about love. Was just a predetermined contract your parents would set up, as a land deal or keep a treaty. Not to bring too love birds together "for ever". But of course once and a while there is love that is true and unbreakable. The kind of love that has brain washed many girls form corny chick flicks like the note book, lucky one, safe haven ect. They think that this is the standard of all love. Just like how porn has brain washed guys about sex. We talked about this in class, it was pretty funny and true. But never the less I do think once and a while a love like that comes along.
The most important and one of the most powerful love is that one has with their family. Even if your dirt pore, have no job and seemingly alone, you can always rely one your families love and support. Over time the strength and meaning of loving one's family has altered. Used to be if someone insulted your house or family member you would kill them, in a duel or start a feud. That person had threatened that what protects and loves you. So you must eliminate that threat. But not to many people seam to go to those extreme anymore to protect their family loved ones. Now a days the threats that need warding off are lack of housing, lack of food or job and those can be solved without killing others.
Next kind of love is that which brings some to matrimony or just gets two people hitched. It seams to be pretty common, but what is more common than that is the number of people divorced. So I do not think it is a very strong love, but it is quite a binding love. This kind of love was originally never to actually be about love. Was just a predetermined contract your parents would set up, as a land deal or keep a treaty. Not to bring too love birds together "for ever". But of course once and a while there is love that is true and unbreakable. The kind of love that has brain washed many girls form corny chick flicks like the note book, lucky one, safe haven ect. They think that this is the standard of all love. Just like how porn has brain washed guys about sex. We talked about this in class, it was pretty funny and true. But never the less I do think once and a while a love like that comes along.
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Artistic Perception
Good art is all about what affects our senses. Whether that be physical senses (like food I guess), or emotional feelings. Art, by itself, does not have to necessarily be beautiful. But when art has a motive, it takes a whole new form. The motive doesn't even have to be clear to the viewer, just the fact that it has a purpose is reason alone for that piece to be significant. The whole new form that is achieved is beauty. Art's message is to teach, and at the moment when the viewer understands, harmony between ambiguous metaphor and earth-shattering realization occurs. That harmony is beauty.
Now, since art's purpose was to teach, and once you learned it's offer, you experienced real beauty, beauty and truth are directly related. Things that are beautiful in art do not have to fit the normal stereo-type of the perfect female/male form, or even complimentary colors, they simply have to teach. That's why things that are horribly depressing, can a lot of the time be beautiful. Such as a painting who is depicting loss or death...those can be seen as beautiful. Looking at that painting you're experiencing the unfathomable, the unknown, the end of life as you know it; the very truth of this piece of art. These are very large aspects of that painting that you experience all at once, (gestalt as I remember our teacher saying, haha) so how can that not be beautiful?
Now, since art's purpose was to teach, and once you learned it's offer, you experienced real beauty, beauty and truth are directly related. Things that are beautiful in art do not have to fit the normal stereo-type of the perfect female/male form, or even complimentary colors, they simply have to teach. That's why things that are horribly depressing, can a lot of the time be beautiful. Such as a painting who is depicting loss or death...those can be seen as beautiful. Looking at that painting you're experiencing the unfathomable, the unknown, the end of life as you know it; the very truth of this piece of art. These are very large aspects of that painting that you experience all at once, (gestalt as I remember our teacher saying, haha) so how can that not be beautiful?
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Beautiful true art
What is the relationship between art and truth?
Art and truth are directly related because art is a way of expressing the truth. It may not be the literal truth, but it is the truth that the artist perceives. Art is created by the expression of the artist, so whatever emotion and meaning the artist puts behind that piece of art is a little piece of truth from that artists mind. Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon is an example of an artist portraying truth in his art. Picasso expresses the true nature of feminine beauty and prostitution through this rough and almost disturbing painting. Although art expresses the truth behind the artist, that truth may not extend to the rest of society. The artistic interpretation of a certain scene or issue may represent the truth in the artist's mind, but not truth whatsoever in the mind of an observer.
Beauty is something that can really influence the appreciation of art. If a piece of art is aesthetically beautiful, it is usually much more appealing to those who view it than a piece of art that shows no aesthetic beauty. Although beauty may make art more pleasurable to look at, it absolutely does not make it more truthful. In some cases beauty can actually conceal the truth. The truth of something that is portrayed with beauty in a piece of artwork may actually be quite ugly. Although a piece of art is capable of displaying enormous amounts of beauty, emotion, and meaning, the true nature of the artist is always revealed in his work.
Art and truth are directly related because art is a way of expressing the truth. It may not be the literal truth, but it is the truth that the artist perceives. Art is created by the expression of the artist, so whatever emotion and meaning the artist puts behind that piece of art is a little piece of truth from that artists mind. Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon is an example of an artist portraying truth in his art. Picasso expresses the true nature of feminine beauty and prostitution through this rough and almost disturbing painting. Although art expresses the truth behind the artist, that truth may not extend to the rest of society. The artistic interpretation of a certain scene or issue may represent the truth in the artist's mind, but not truth whatsoever in the mind of an observer.
Beauty is something that can really influence the appreciation of art. If a piece of art is aesthetically beautiful, it is usually much more appealing to those who view it than a piece of art that shows no aesthetic beauty. Although beauty may make art more pleasurable to look at, it absolutely does not make it more truthful. In some cases beauty can actually conceal the truth. The truth of something that is portrayed with beauty in a piece of artwork may actually be quite ugly. Although a piece of art is capable of displaying enormous amounts of beauty, emotion, and meaning, the true nature of the artist is always revealed in his work.
The Truth in Art and Beauty
Art and truth are different concepts. That is a fact. They are different. With that being said, they are very much the same. Art is the free expression of one's inner being. Their soul is extended and open for the world to see and interpret. There is something so honest in that. There is truth and integrity involved in the utter immersion of one into their art. All forms of art are expression, therefore, every form of art has truth to it. I think there's no where anyone can be as honest with the world and with themselves as when they are creating art. There's a rawness and a realness to the creation that strips the artist of all preservation of the ideal of who they are and what they stand for and all that is left is the artist and their true thoughts and feelings and beliefs. The absolute truth is an ever changing concept but I think we come closest to finding it in ourselves by constantly digging into ourselves, eventually so deep that only we can know truly what our own truth is.
Beauty is the concept of the perfect being. I think along with the truth found in art, real art also brings us one step closer to obtaining real, true beauty. True, beauty is seen in the eye of the beholder, but at the same time, not every beholder has an idea as to what their beauty is. I think some people need to go through the self digging and the self realizations to come to the conclusion of true beauty and what that means to them. I also believe there is a subtle beauty in truth. My own personal beauty, I see as honesty, yet generosity. I think someone who is truly beautiful can be both honest and kind, and that's rare within society now. I am just one person, though, and that is just one person's idea. Beauty, truth, and art are all open to interpretation both in my theories about the definitions of these concepts, and in the overall meaning of these terms and how they connect.
art and beauty
Art and truth can go hand in hand. Art can reveal a lot of truth within itself. Sometimes the truth found in art can be harsh and hard to look at. For example, paintings of bloody war scenes show a truth that many of us do not want to see. The truth found in art can also be self expression. It could be someone expressing their true feelings that they have trouble revealing any other way than by using art.
The truth in art can be thought of as beautiful. I think it's beautiful to be able to express your true feelings through something you created. It's beautiful that someone is willing to open up in a way and show hundreds of random people they're personal or intimate feelings through art. Although the truth can be harsh, one can always find beauty in it.
The truth in art can be thought of as beautiful. I think it's beautiful to be able to express your true feelings through something you created. It's beautiful that someone is willing to open up in a way and show hundreds of random people they're personal or intimate feelings through art. Although the truth can be harsh, one can always find beauty in it.
Art, Truth, and Beauty
The relationship between art and truth is viewed differently by everyone, but most people agree on certain aspects. Art generally shows some kind of truth from the life of the artist that created it. The artist is making part of themselves vulnerable to the arts viewers. They are often showing a part of their past or a current emotion that is taking up space in their brain. They are releasing the truth of their life onto some kind of artistic canvas.
Beauty plays a big role in the relationship of art and truth also. Beauty comes out in the artwork that the artist has created. The beauty of the work is the way that the artist has made themselves so vulnerable to the world. The beauty and the truth are fairly similar, but the beauty is more. The beauty is also how other people view the work. Some people will get one thing out of the art while others will get something else out of the art. Most everybody will get some kind of opinion or emotion out of most works of art, even if it is just trying to figure out what the artist was thinking when they were creating it. The beauty aspect ties in with art and truth in the way that although the art could be realistic to some part of the artists life or emotions, the viewer will see it however they want to and will take something personal from it.
Beauty plays a big role in the relationship of art and truth also. Beauty comes out in the artwork that the artist has created. The beauty of the work is the way that the artist has made themselves so vulnerable to the world. The beauty and the truth are fairly similar, but the beauty is more. The beauty is also how other people view the work. Some people will get one thing out of the art while others will get something else out of the art. Most everybody will get some kind of opinion or emotion out of most works of art, even if it is just trying to figure out what the artist was thinking when they were creating it. The beauty aspect ties in with art and truth in the way that although the art could be realistic to some part of the artists life or emotions, the viewer will see it however they want to and will take something personal from it.
Art and truth, where does beauty fit?
The concepts of art, truth, and beauty are very closely related, we often find works of art that display truth, no matter how disgusting or twisted, to be beautiful. For example, a portrait that has a photo realistic design to it can be appreciated by anyone, but when compared to a portrait displaying a truth turns dull and is quickly forgotten about. Humans appreciate things that we can connect to, and while the concept of beauty is entirely subjective it is generally agreed that meaning outweighs aesthetics.
Beauty often overshadows truth in art, its well known that aesthetic portraits are more appreciated by the mass conscientious than an expressive painting. But the reason that paintings similar to expressionism last longer is because while they may look less aesthetic, they convey a deeper meaning and truth to them, instead of looking into a mirror your looking into an artists mind, which to me is far more interesting.
Beauty often overshadows truth in art, its well known that aesthetic portraits are more appreciated by the mass conscientious than an expressive painting. But the reason that paintings similar to expressionism last longer is because while they may look less aesthetic, they convey a deeper meaning and truth to them, instead of looking into a mirror your looking into an artists mind, which to me is far more interesting.
Art, truth, and beauty
Art. Truth. Beauty.
All three of these things are relative, depending how much emphasis the viewer places on it. Beauty and art is something appreciated by all, but is idolized by only those who really understand it. I believe that the same thing applies to truth. If you understand the truth of something on a personal level it will affect you more than the truth about something that you have no connection to. Everything we know about art, truth, and beauty is relative and immeasurable. There are no absolute rules or definitions, it is too personal for anything as simple as that.
The purpose of Art is not to be beautiful, it is to have meaning to the viewer. Comparatively, The purpose of beauty is not to be truthful. A person may have physical beauty but not inner beauty or spiritual beauty. In Les Demoiselles d'Avignon by Picasso, the women portrayed are are not beautiful, they are dead on the inside as well as the outside.Truth may be wanted, but not desirable. Beauty is the opposite. It may be desirable, but at the end of the day it is not wanted.
All three of these things are relative, depending how much emphasis the viewer places on it. Beauty and art is something appreciated by all, but is idolized by only those who really understand it. I believe that the same thing applies to truth. If you understand the truth of something on a personal level it will affect you more than the truth about something that you have no connection to. Everything we know about art, truth, and beauty is relative and immeasurable. There are no absolute rules or definitions, it is too personal for anything as simple as that.
The purpose of Art is not to be beautiful, it is to have meaning to the viewer. Comparatively, The purpose of beauty is not to be truthful. A person may have physical beauty but not inner beauty or spiritual beauty. In Les Demoiselles d'Avignon by Picasso, the women portrayed are are not beautiful, they are dead on the inside as well as the outside.Truth may be wanted, but not desirable. Beauty is the opposite. It may be desirable, but at the end of the day it is not wanted.
Monday, November 3, 2014
between art and the trueth with beauty
Art is what you make, there does not need to be beauty or truth behind it. Just like the Les Demoiselles d'Avignom, it is not truthful or beautiful. Art is just that art, there can be truth or beauty, just depends upon what the artist is going for. Art can follow one and not the other or miss both or have both. But with art it always comes down to the beholder to think what they will about something. Were some people see beauty others see horrendous, someone might see something as the edgy raw truth while others just see over exaggeration. I also think art and truth can be a ying and yang in the art world. There is what someone sees and creates or what someone feels and creates. Depending upon who views the art, they decide if there is beauty in the work.
Art, Truth, and Beauty
Art is not always truthful. Art can depict lies and exaggerations of the truth. There is no rules or guidelines for art. It can be truthful or it can filled with lies, it is still art. Anything that is meant to be viewed is art. Art is not always beautiful, though. An example of this is Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. The painting was ugly and vile, but it was still a great work of art. Art can be beautiful or ugly, or show the truth or lies, it si still art either way.
Sunday, November 2, 2014
art and truth
Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon shows the truth in the art. I believe that in this painting Picasso was trying to make us think about the Beauty standard in society and what we see as beautiful. Great works of art challenge ideas and this one challenged what we see as beauty in our society. Even though it is a great work of art some people couldn't bear to look at it because they saw it vile.
Art depending on the viewer can bring out different truths to them, its all about the perception of the person who is viewing it. Some are more obvious than other, but in Picasso's Les Demoisells d'Avignon he is showing that art doesn't have to be beautiful in order to make an outstanding work of art like he did.
Art depending on the viewer can bring out different truths to them, its all about the perception of the person who is viewing it. Some are more obvious than other, but in Picasso's Les Demoisells d'Avignon he is showing that art doesn't have to be beautiful in order to make an outstanding work of art like he did.
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