From class we've read articles and talked about art and creativity but something really stuck out to me in "Sea of Information". The authors writing really got into my soul. It showed me how art takes time to be formed. The energy that comes from literature doesn't just flow out all the time. It takes diligence. There is a driving force behind it. Sometimes I feel like life is like this. It is this constant push that keeps us moving but we have to put so much effort into making it worth wild. If we just live the art of our life is meaning less, but as Andrea Barrett illustrates through her writing art take constant studying and revision to make great. You can be a good artist/singer/performer/whatever but it takes studying and practice to make a masterpiece. Sometimes, I feel that art is overlooked. It is seen as something it was not supposed to be. In writing the sounds of words are so great. The first time listening to poetry can be the most beautiful thing. However, there are works that the more you look into the more they mean. A good song, for example, is something that on the hundredth listening can be so much more than it was the first time. I feel that is what makes art.
Our MindBooks are a vast exploration into what this world of art is. From just sitting and looking at others I have seen such creative ideas that come out of single thought. This thought, however, was more than just an instantaneous post. It was cultivated. The idea of bring in outside information and refining it to fit exactly, or as close as possible, in the form of which the creator wanted. Sometimes, I look at these MindBooks and wish they can hold more than just the physical. I wish that sounds could be captured. That the actual emotion could be locked up in that book. But then again that is what art is. The capturing of emotions and feelings without explanation.
I think that this week, as many weeks have been and most likely will be, was an exploration into the world of creating art. We read how difficult ideas can be in "Sea of Information" by Andrea Barrett and we acted on that by trying to do something new in out MindBooks. This is were our best conversations and discussions came from during this week.
Art is overlooked or at least some aspects more than others. I understand what you mean with diligence. No one can just give a performance like MIchael Jackson or just paint like Van Gogh. It takes effort. It takes planning. It certainly did not occur over night. This great legends had the raw talent but they had to harvest it. They had to be driven by their emotions. Thank you for bringing this side of the "Sea of Information".
ReplyDeleteNigel, you brought out a very good point from the "Sea of Information". I think people understand that art was meant to be cherished and looked at, or listened to, with careful eyes and ears, but they don't understand that sometimes it will take a lot more time than you'd want to create it. Sometimes things come to you and you need to write it down that instant and it happens to be good, but it's never really made a masterpiece until you commit time and effort into the piece. This was written very well and your mind wanders in phenomenal ways.
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