Blog 7

Art Which Can't Be Art

This article talks about the change of art. When talking about art in the past, it must be related to objects which was amazing and creative. They must have their own unique properties in order to be an art object. However, today, the concept of art has already changed. Art can be created in our daily life. After thinking deeply about things happening around you, then they can probably become a artwork. It is just similar as brushing teeth. You can brush teeth without any consideration or you can observe your facial expression when brushing teeth, you can get different experience in these two different ways. Art becomes more closer to our life, which let someone suspect whether art is becoming nonart. In my opinion, it is false. Since art do not have a specific and absolute concept. Everything can become an art in different directions and standards.

There is one question I have, who defined the art firstly and what was he based on? Is this definition too subjective?

The Desert

This article talks about what is the difference between art and reality. Actually, art is not mysterious, it is just normal things which are captured by someone, then he uses his perspective to understand it and describe it in his own way which is more abstract, then an art work is done. Art comes from daily life, however, it is more than daily life. Artists cannot just take the public to see the tangible things, they must modify the pictures with technology skills or professional skills to make the picture more creative and unique. After modifying, an artwork is born.


From this article, I have a question. Is it true that almost every artist experienced a phase that they do not really know what is art?

George Saunders Has Written the Best
Book You’ll Read This Year 

This article introduces a writer named George Saunders. He has already written five books until now. At the beginning of the article, there is a story about trick accident, which let Saunders feel the coming death. Each second during that period is so long that he could not say anything but no. However, he knew that he was going to die. When he realized that it was not true, he felt that the world is so beautiful. This kind of feeling I can understand. Once you come over something which is really hard to you, you may feel relaxed and happy. You may feel the sky is bluer and, the grass is greener and everything is so cute and beautiful. Before this kind of experience, Saunders often write the books which is funny but also black. It can reflect present-America, however many people think they are too violent. After this experience, he is interested in writing death. He thinks about this all the time because he does not like a sudden news. In addition, he does not believe humanist verities can be useful all the time. It cannot explain everything in the universe since the future is unpredictable.

This article is quite clear for me to read. I just want to know when he feels that death is coming, does he remain of somebody?