tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19391319.post113698190913244507..comments2023-08-29T16:02:50.918+04:00Comments on Utopian: The Eye of the BeholderPractical Utopianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05220304972069936018noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19391319.post-1137043785409774052006-01-12T09:29:00.000+04:002006-01-12T09:29:00.000+04:00you know i think that the art world orbits around ...you know i think that the art world orbits around the mona lisa due to its mysterious exterior! for example, try and cover the left half of her face with ur hand and look at her mouth, then do the same thing only cover her right half now. One half tells you she's smiling, the other half tells you she's frowning.<BR/><BR/>I, like you, am more into the literary form of art. Funny thing :p about Gertrude Stein LOL, i actually googled her and ur right her writings are absolutely horrific!!! Damn we can do a much better job LOOL.<BR/>Really makes you wonder what made her famous?? Did someone who was dazzled by her pieces force others to promote her or something? lol<BR/><BR/>i do get what you're saying :p about surprising u with the smallest things. U know, u do the same thing too, u'd talk about things that would surprise me, which is what gives you such a lasting appeal.<BR/><BR/>u see i didn't really think of the differences of perception in that context; each person coming from a different background and thus relating the piece of art to themselves.. well i guess art is a form of expression that reflects on the thoughts of the artist who gained these thoughts after coming from such and such background.<BR/><BR/>i absolutely loved what you said about it being only God and yourself know the intensity of ur feelings and reasons behind what you do.<BR/>lol maybe nothing should be classified as art or not haha.. usually i guess the most common thing that judges seek is genius. for example, genius in the mona lisa is the fact that she's smiling/frowning at the same time, and the way her hands are exquisitely drawn; or maybe a shakespearean piece, where all human emotions would be addressed (not everyone did that). but is it only genius that classifies something as art? it could look pretty or ugly, but it's art if the artist intended it to be so!<BR/><BR/>lol let's both :p go back in time and get our poems published, we'd be famous!!!Practical Utopianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05220304972069936018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19391319.post-1137019441483693282006-01-12T02:44:00.000+04:002006-01-12T02:44:00.000+04:00awwww ok first, im HONORED that u mention me there...awwww ok first, im HONORED that u mention me there :$ *blush* <BR/><BR/>:)<BR/><BR/>secondly, a very good subject u have here. i always wonder why is art what it is. there are 'masterpieces' i look at and i wonder 'gosh whats so artistic about this'. the art world orbits around monalisa, yet i think i've seen so many more intricate paintings. why arent they as famous?<BR/><BR/>similarly, since i am more into the literary world than art (in its graphic form)...i would mention that when i took American Literature at university, we studied poems by Gertrude Stein and i was horrified. i told my instructor that if THIS is literature, then my poems should be published in literary books too LOLLLL :P and then i asked him why were these poems and short stories considered literary masterpieces. were they born at the right time? if i was born in 1880 and wrote my poems back then, would i have been the emily dickinson of the arab world?!<BR/><BR/>but the sticky part is that we are all individuals, no matter how similar we are. i love ur words and there are SO many aspects about ur writings that i can relate to, yet u manage to surprise me with the thoughts. that is because u mention such trivial things that i do notice, yet i forget to give them credibility by writing or thinking more about them. do u get what i mean or have i lost u in blabber-space :P<BR/><BR/>thats why...i agree when u say that all of us have different eyes and different ways of looking at things. different things mean different things to us. our backgrounds are different. our life is different and our experiences are different so we look at everything around us from the context of our life.<BR/><BR/>art is what u can relate to. whether it's the colour or the words or the general/specific idea that it represents.<BR/><BR/>but to classify art on a larger scale...like classifying it as 'art' globally would be a question mark. to me at least. i dont see anybody being credible enough to judge my work. only god and i know the intensity of the feelings and my reason behind writing what i do. no one else can judge me. so will my stuff never be called art?!<BR/><BR/>should i really have been born in 1880. I KNEW IT. I KNEW IT. i was born in the wrong age :Pflaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10608444097834518404noreply@blogger.com