Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Reading Response #1




      I have difficulty expressing myself through writing because I feel like I can never convey through words what exactly I want to express, but I felt like this statement from the article answered for myself why I’m at Tyler. “Whether you are among the observers of the producers of art you have selected to engage in an activity that offers neither guarantees, nor defined measures of value nor supervision nor even a definition of itself.   Yet compensation is granted.  It comes in the form of unfettered freedom and the opportunity to enrich human experience through your efforts”.  I connected with certain parts of “In the Making” but thought it was a little scientific and analytical at certain points, which bothered me.   Her vocabulary was a little stiff and formal, which was unsettling to read because it’s like she was trying to scientifically break down the artistic process I guess to explain to others who don’t understand?
      She gave good analogies throughout though, like describing a work of art’s life span from it’s inception, gestation in the studio to it’s delivery into the cultural arena.  Overall, it was enlightening to see how far we’ve come in the art world from the controlling guilds in the 1300’s to the artistic freedom we have today.

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