Monday Madness: Art.

Art.

Did you notice the period at the end of the title? That made it abstract. Did you appreciate the abstract nature? Well, I didn't appreciate the abstract nature of the period either. I just put the dot there to make it more artsy, as this is an art post. I know it may seem strange for me to be writing about art because I probably don't seem like the type to appreciate art. I'm not. At least, I don't think I am. I don't generally look at a painting to discover the inner workings of the artist's mind or soul. 'Oh, you used red there? Clearly, you were angry.' Well, I like red and, to me, it breathes vibrancy and passion. Ooh. I just hit you with some color meaning. I'm not immune to the meanings of colors or what they represent. In fact, I did a speech heavily based around the meanings of colors. To date, it has been the most important speech of my life. For the purposes of this post, I am primarily referring to art as paintings, sculptures, and those types of thing. Art can be found everywhere, in music, in nature, almost everywhere. However, when it comes to art (paintings and such), I often feel like I missed the boat.

My portrait of the ocean

I don't want to give the impression that I am one of these people who thinks that art is stupid, there is no way to make a living making works of art, and people who are artists are all out in left field. Art is not stupid, people do make a living as artists, and all artists are not out in left field. I have heard that artists think with one part of their brain, while people like me think with the other part of their brain. I believe that thinking with the more artistic part of your brain allows you to appreciate the beauty in life a little more easily and can bring happiness and calm in an otherwise chaotic world. I think that looking at things in a more artistic way can help bring order to the chaos because you can see how things fit together without having to know why. I have to know why things fit together most of the time. I want to sort things out logically. Sometimes, I can overlook that it is simply enough to know that things are working without explaining them. Some things cannot be explained. One of those things is love and there is no point trying to explain love. This is about art, of course, love and art are intrinsically linked. Nevertheless, I'm moving on to the next point.

Love is crazy

I have been to art museums locally and in London. That probably sounds more sophisticated than it is. Mallory and I sort of breezed through the art museum in London. I like beautiful things and I like to be entertained. Of course, it can be hard for a painting or sculpture to be entertaining for me, but I can appreciate its beauty. That being said, I'm not looking for hidden meanings. I'll leave that to Robert Langdon. I just can't seem to appreciate art the way some people do. Not being able to appreciate art, of course, does not mean that I cannot appreciate beauty. I appreciate the varying hues created by the sunrise peeking over the mountains on my way to work in the mornings. I appreciate the ornate stonework on the front of Westminster Abbey. I appreciate awe inspiring works of architecture probably more than a painting on a canvas. I spent a lot of my time in London photographing buildings and such. Creating beauty out of stone is more incredible to me than putting paint on canvas. However, people that can paint and make sculptures (wait aren't sculptures the end result of creating beauty out of stone?) are incredible to me too.

impression of cubism

I have painted one thing that actually looks halfway decent. I did it under careful instruction and advisement following step-by-step instructions. This is not really art per se because it didn't express anything about my feelings or my worldview. Those types of brain utilization don't fire up my neurons. My brain just doesn't work that way. My brain is more logical and wants to explain things, as you know. I've always said that I am intelligent but not intellectual. I associate being intellectual with seeing a deeper meaning in paintings for example. It is amazing to me that people can think on such a deep level and can create the things they do. It is great that people can be inspired by works of art and can feel a connection with another person that they may have never met.

This isn't the thing I painted that looks halfway decent

 In conclusion, I am clearly incredible at art. HA! I don't know how art works most of the time. Perhaps, I am spending too much time thinking about it and that is my problem. I need to accept it for what it is and the deeper connections will stem from that. These one of a kind pieces here are probably evidence that I do not know anything about art. However, if any of you appreciate these works, please feel free to let me know. I am not accepting constructive criticism at this time though. Or probably ever. :)