(play with the title! ;D)
Of all the quotations that my professor presented, the ones by Julia Cameron and Magdalena Abakanowicz best express my own explanation of art.
“Art is not thinking something up. It is the opposite --- getting something down.”
by Julia Cameron
“Art does not solve problems but makes us aware of their existence. It opens our eyes to
see and our brain to imagine.”
by Magdalena Abakanowicz
When Julia Cameron stated her own meaning of art, it reminded me of my way on how to produce an artwork such as paintings, poems/stories, simple doodles, etc. When I produce such thing, I don't plan it or thinking of what to draw rather, I use my thoughts and feelings to create something. For example, when I am depressed, I just let my hands to make a stroke and doodle then in the end, I realize that what I've done shows my problems or my feelings. It even sometimes help me realize and understand things that's been bothering me.
Magdalena's meaning of art somehow relates to my explanation of what art is from Julia's. Magdalena's meaning of art also reminds me of the photojournalists. Since they take photos of people, animals, things in current happenings. They are like bringing those things in action, which I really appreciate and that's also the reason why I want to be a photojournalist. I want to show people, everywhere in the world, the usual and unusual things that is happening in this world that they haven't seen yet (the unusual things) and the things that they usually see but they don't get the real meaning of the action. In short, I want to let the people appreciate all of the things in the world that God has given us through art. And probably, I could also bring change in the world through that (hopefully!).
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