In life we experience so much. We see beauty, we hear humor, and we feel love. But what causes us to feel these things? In what aspect does life do we choose between good and great. As a person who wants to do well in life I have always compared myself to the great. Good enough, usually isn't enough. However, I've seen people try so hard to be good at something and they've missed the point. They missed the reason why they did it in the first place.
Art is the best way to explain this. Some people are so amazing at drawing, or painting, or dancing, or whatever but no matter how good they are they don't stand out. What makes someone who is technically perfect so much less than someone who may be flawed in their skills but you feel them? Is it because we as humans know perfection isn't real? And when we experience it we are bored by it or we ignore it?
This occurs so much in school. The student who spends their life working on their textbooks and pushing to be that perfect five point o always seems to be the one that misses out. Well that or they are the most miraculous person in the world. It seems that the student who work for the grade and the end result miss out on why they are their in the first place.
I have many friends who are so upset with school. "It's so much work! Why am I here," said by many of my friends, even myself at times. It can sometimes be hard to see the end result when your in the midst of construction but we wouldn't be in school if it was useless. The classes I do the best in are the classes I like the most. I can't tell if I like them because I do well, or I do well because I like them but I know that in both cases they are the classes I learn the most from. The hardest part is understanding that when it gets hard and things turn for the worst we need to put the most effort in staying afloat. It could be that we find things interest because they fit within what we are good at.
But does that explain for why we enjoy art? Music, dance, paintings they are all something that people pay huge amounts of money on yet many don't excel in those areas. Could interesting things be caused by passion? By their creation? Is something interesting because we don't have all of it? These questions I don't know the answers to. But I have the rest of my life to search because in the end I want my life to be interesting. I want to be remembered. Things that are boring never get remembered.
When I first read the title of this entry, it made me really curious. I thought that was a pretty good question to begin with. It doesn't have a quick answer. In your blog, I agreed to a lot of the things you said. I'm really into music so I understand where you're coming from.
ReplyDeletei really enjoyed reading this. it got to the heart of problems i have seen in school since early middle school. i don't fully agree with your statement that the talented in the fine arts don't stand out but i do see where you are coming from in saying it. however i feel as if school stresses academia over art and flaunts the good student over the creative ones so i definitely see validity in your point. i also really like the part where you mention the amazing student misses out on school. i could not agree more, i see students bury their nose in a book that block their view of the outside world. all in all i thought it was very well written and a good read.
ReplyDeleteI really like what you choose for this blog prompt because i feel like so many people can relate to this issue, especially students that just want to make good grades. I think it's just the pressure that's put on us as students to do well and so we forget to actually learn. Also when you mention art i instantly agreed. When i first started art all i wanted to do was learn how to draw perfectly and in the right way, but what i learned last year was that what really draws people into your art is the uniqueness that you put into it. When you make it your own then it becomes more valuable. i really enjoyed reading your blog because it made me think about what i'm doing in my life and rethink the reasons why i do certain things. You are also a very good writer and i cant wait to read another one of your blogs!
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