[art.]

as an art LOVER, i have found that the more closely i look at art, the more i see around me and the more i see where it doesn't exist.

at vassar, i constantly wondered, "what is art?"

my professors each presented their arguments--art is beautiful. what is beautiful is pure to our senses--it gives us an uplifting feeling of recognition. like, "hey. i dig that."

do you know what i mean?

whether or not we know what it is about a work of art that makes it beautiful, there is still some "flash, some shimmer of recognition".

my favorite thing about art is that it both gives and receives. to properly look at a work of art, we see symmetry...we see disorder. we see things we like and things we don't like. and art that really appeals to us, strikes a balanced chord that agrees with us somehow. and the more we appreciate it and are grateful for its beauty, the more it can teach us about ourselves.

it's a lot like love, don't you think :)