Wednesday, February 11, 2009
I've been taking a sculpture class at Cooper and I've learned more in that one class than in the large portion of my early high school "career." When you try to create art you learn so much more about it then simply studying or looking at it. So during the film class, a lot of things mentioned were so similar to the way we analyze art (paintings/scupture/drawing); composition and such. Film is a form of art, I just never heard it analyzed like that in our school.
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I had a similar experience in college when I took my first Art History course. It created links in my mind between the history and literature that I had been studying already, and opened up an entirely new window into understanding both. Alas, I'm not talented artistically in a "hands on" way, so I never pursued art in that way, but the experience of discovering a new world at my feet was similar to yours, I think, and is a common experience in the life of all scholarly people.
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the club.
At the same time, it was a dissappointment. How could no one have brought it up in all the years here. I felt like I was missing out on so much, but I probably wouldn't have appreciated it at an earlier age. I guess it doesn't matter what could've been, but just knowing that it was out there, and I didn't see it bothered me a lot.
ReplyDeleteThe same thing happened with literature. I was never a "reader" and only recently have I actually understood the power of finishing a good book. It has connected many things for me, and changed the way I respond to everyone and everything around me. I think this is still on a much lower level but it's a start.
Also, about art. I think I've learned to acknowledge "attempts" at art. Usually, when I saw a piece that was of no aesthetic appeal, or obvious conceptual value, I disregarded it. After attempting to create some form of art, I think "attempts" must be at least acknowledged. This also prevents me from forming an opinion on critics. It's rather easy to call something bad, it's a bit harder to call it bad after you've been educated in it, but after you've tried it, your opinion should be considered more? I don't know, I think I need more insight on critics....