First, I'll like to note that I'm beginning to realize how how much I will reveal from posting in this blog. I actually had the idea that this blog wasn't that big of a deal for some kids. But, everyone seems to be dead honest in their posts, it seems.
I really enjoyed today. I thought it was a sick way to get to know each other, like an icebreaker. Passing rulers, sharing pens, etc. Plus, there's time for serious small talk when thinking about what to put on your web. The patterns of the entire mess were really nice, aside from the huge white spots on some parts. I do admit, other than the shapes that the lines and words make, visually, the mural looks rather bland from just sharpie and white canvas. Maybe that's not the point. There is other beauty besides color and visual pleasure. Another honest complaint, a little more time would've been nice.
But, apart from that trivial stuff, I made a discovery after thinking about today. Like the blog posts, I saw that amongst others, some kids basically graffiti'd their entire lives, their insecurities and secrets up on the wall, for everyone to see. That's mindblowing to me. What's even more fucking nuts is that this mural thing is actually the perfect first STAC project. It's a great introduction to or transition into art. I'm getting the idea that art is just pure, honest, vulnerable thought in different mediums. From the infinitely expansive human mind to more tangible things, like sound, paintings, poetry. So, our first project was the simple and bold alternative to art, but still serving the same purpose - showing our demons and thoughts for people to see. This is hard to accept for me, being in fixed classes all my life where there is only one right answer and you, as a person, really don't matter. Everything is about image, and genuine ideas and urges are ignored or blocked to maintain image. When "normal" people don't understand what art is or why artists do what they do and call it weird or crazy, it's actually the opposite. Artists look at everyone else and wonder how people can manage going about without letting go of all that shit inside them and creating some sort of out let for it. Makes me wonder if the most restless artists are the most at peace.
Even makes me that anything is art, the way you brush your teeth, your accent, your personality - all ways of expressing who you are. I really don't know. Wish I had answers.
"I really don't know. Wish I had answers."
ReplyDeleteJei Jei Jei! Don't forget your Rilke! You've got something better than answers: you've got QUESTIONS!!!
An answer is the end. A question is the beginning. Where is it better to be, if it is something that is to be enjoyed?
This is a great blog post, and your candor and honesty are so refreshing. So much of what is great about you was so clear from your application, and now there it is on the blog post. And up on our wall outside of our room. And your are encircled by the "our" aren't you?
Great sentence: When "normal" people don't understand what art is or why artists do what they do and call it weird or crazy, it's actually the opposite. Artists look at everyone else and wonder how people can manage going about without letting go of all that shit inside them and creating some sort of out let for it."
You're officially an artist, because you've discovered the big secret. It's like you're at a zoo, and the people only think they're looking into cages at the animals; instead, the animals are looking in... there is something seductively subversive about this thought.
Warm regards,
Luke
PS - any idea what your project might be?
I know I already said this to you before, but I still believe that this blogpost is brilliance.
ReplyDelete"I'm getting the idea that art is just pure, honest, vulnerable thought in different mediums. "
Art is simply a metaphor to express pure and honest feelings. It's a layer of remove from the real feeling, but that layer of remove is the only way that it can be communicated to a wider audience. The goal of an artist is to make that layer of remove as small as possible and to make those feelings easy to understand and communicate, but in a way that's still entertaining.
It makes you wonder though. Why put the effort to express your feelings when you could just say I'm happy or I'm sad? That's because whatever art you study, it takes skill, and learning skills and using them can be fun, interesting, and oddly satisfying. It makes art sort of a game to see how you can combine the skills you've acquired to best express your feelings.
First off there is so much to say about this blog post. It is incredibly eye-opening and just every sentence is beautiful. You put art into words and the way you match these words are like a fresh breath of air. Whenever I decide that this is the sentence I love the next sentence blows me away.
ReplyDelete"I'm getting the idea that art is just pure, honest, vulnerable thought in different mediums. From the infinitely expansive human mind to more tangible things, like sound, paintings, poetry."
Art is this one word that can be completely vague but explain the most detailed things. Like Ellen said, it is just like stripping off a layer to express yourself. Just to express the raw thoughts inside your mind without words. Sometimes you have to feel something and not put it in words. You just absorb the feeling without the pain.
"I'm getting the idea that art is just pure, honest, vulnerable thought in different mediums. From the infinitely expansive human mind to more tangible things, like sound, paintings, poetry."
ReplyDeleteUgh. Jei Woo. my man.
I remember last year I became slightly obsessed with this idea that art is just thought and feeling and that everything we do is reflective because art is translated life. Everything we decide and everything we create, (or not create) is autobiographical. Whether we want it to be or not. Art is the living example of this. It is pure expression and thought. You can not lie in art. And every meaning that we see in art and music and writing, all comes from ourselves.
Last year, Luke had us all write our own little mythic scenes to find ourselves and see our own lives as myths. As stories. As art. I took the assignment a bit too seriously (as I often do) and have written at least 3 of these "scenes" since, because they tell me so much about who I am and what I want. What I need to do. Art is life is art is life is