Yesterday was a bit of a low point. This morning I woke up, wrote my paper, wrote an artist statement (for like the 50th time), studied for a quiz and worked in my studio. I think it's the evenings that make one so upset.
I am not the first person to have noticed that. Especially if the days are especially sunny it makes you feel happier inside somehow, like as if sunshine comes from inside of you.
I read somewhere once that you get out of life what you put into the world. I don't know if it's true or not, but I like that phrase. It makes you want to do better things in life and be a better person to others. More polite, more caring, less judgmental.
Japan - I really want to go there.
It's infuriating how little people know about the world and how stupid they are. Sometimes they don't even hide their stupidity and it drives me crazy, but today is a good day so I held back the negativity and "didn't put it out into the world". Someone asked me about my hand but I didn't want to tell them what happened. Let's be mysterious. This girl in my class pointed to a Japanese ink drawings and asked if it's a chair drawn... Goddamn fucking retard it's the gates that we've been shown in class so many times before. And yet "but why is it soo small". It's like grandma why are your ears so big. So I can hear you better.
Whatever, what is the point of trying to make people understand art when they ask the dumbest questions possible. Why is the grass not green in this painting but yellow. Why is her face red. Why is she giving him an apple. Why is there a purple cloud. I don't know... why do you even exist? Can we not leave at least a tiny amount of preconceived perceptions at home at least for one goddamn day? This is why artists don't explain their art any more - there is no point. The audience makes no effort to get rid of the standardized values that have been implemented on them from birth. They can't take the glasses of general ignorance off. Nobody wants to get rid of their preconceived ideas, ideals and norms of society. That is why art is becoming a more and more exclusive "club". VIP only.
I'm a big fan of Gerhard Richter lately:
I am not the first person to have noticed that. Especially if the days are especially sunny it makes you feel happier inside somehow, like as if sunshine comes from inside of you.
I read somewhere once that you get out of life what you put into the world. I don't know if it's true or not, but I like that phrase. It makes you want to do better things in life and be a better person to others. More polite, more caring, less judgmental.
Japan - I really want to go there.
It's infuriating how little people know about the world and how stupid they are. Sometimes they don't even hide their stupidity and it drives me crazy, but today is a good day so I held back the negativity and "didn't put it out into the world". Someone asked me about my hand but I didn't want to tell them what happened. Let's be mysterious. This girl in my class pointed to a Japanese ink drawings and asked if it's a chair drawn... Goddamn fucking retard it's the gates that we've been shown in class so many times before. And yet "but why is it soo small". It's like grandma why are your ears so big. So I can hear you better.
Whatever, what is the point of trying to make people understand art when they ask the dumbest questions possible. Why is the grass not green in this painting but yellow. Why is her face red. Why is she giving him an apple. Why is there a purple cloud. I don't know... why do you even exist? Can we not leave at least a tiny amount of preconceived perceptions at home at least for one goddamn day? This is why artists don't explain their art any more - there is no point. The audience makes no effort to get rid of the standardized values that have been implemented on them from birth. They can't take the glasses of general ignorance off. Nobody wants to get rid of their preconceived ideas, ideals and norms of society. That is why art is becoming a more and more exclusive "club". VIP only.
I'm a big fan of Gerhard Richter lately:
But still... what's wrong or special with your hands?
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