artful inquiries

during some of my summer vacation time, i found myself strolling the streets of california. with more malls and plazas than the day is long, one may never find themselves bored. after viewing several galleries with my aunt and uncle, i began to notice their distain for the "art." my uncle would stand in front of a piece for a few minutes and then just huff and roll his eyes. my uncle, who has a degree in art history finally explained to me, " theres a point in life when people need to realize the difference between "art" and things that are just "home decor." real art takes years to perfect. real art has been touched by the hands of the artist-theres of piece of them in every single work. i just wish people could understand that...all of these things are just home decor, mass produced. you cant just slap a frame on something and call it art! when you look at true art it mistifies you, makes you not be able to look away. and for a few seconds, it makes you forget everything that you we thinking about 30 seconds ago when you were looking at another piece....its a gift really." usually at this point i would interject, but i found myself in silence and in total agreement with everything he had said. this type of insight can only come with age. i appreciated the moment with him...
later in the week, i was reading a book to the effect of if "in her shoes" and "the devil wears prada" had a book love child; haha, i loved it. in this book, the main character falls for a young cliche trust-fund boy who will inherit his fathers art gallery. through out the book, they converse about art and such. in one chapter she asks herself: " is art really art if no one ever sees it?" this statement left me thinking for a few minutes. i found myslef not able to continue reading. its kinda like when people create such amazing contrubutions, and never receive praise for it, until either its too late to matter then have already passed away. and so ive had that in my head all day. and it inspired me to do this blog crap. so your welcome :)