It's sad that you say "this inherent beauty is lacking in the art world" and I'm quite sure that it's because many of us just copy what we see on the surface, without actually understanding the inner beauty.
Yes, that's a much better way of expressing what I wish I said; I didn't mean to sound ignorant, but as a more "left-minded" individual I guess my bias is given. (Ah I wish it was easy to accept the whole-mind in me.)
but I think, some of the problem is also access to that kind of education.
Yes, you are definitely right because it's obvious to me that I never really had access to the majority of the art, history, science and spirituality database-complex you speak of. Well, I always did, but never really acknowledged it because it was never presented to me. But though the education today has done so many things for everyone, in some ways I still despise the how and why. I think the most important thing is to teach students how to think, not what to think. It's really hard to say when the "Thinking 101" class should be taught: freshmen year before students are presented with tons of potentially valuable information, or senior year when students have more of a firm head on their shoulders to actually comprehend the significance of it all- it's different for everyone. A lot of the time. educational information seems to be the teacher's knowledge skewed with their opinion. Unfortunately, most students don't seem to pick up on this. And in the end, opinionated information is passed on as fact. This is the flaw I see in college. If everyone knew how to think for themselves and therefore be able formulate their own ideas based on a wide range of solid facts, then there would be constant achievement, presumedly, for the rest of those people's lives. The Renaissance Man LIVES!
But even so, watching video lectures and reading books is not the same as having a professor or professional to go to for help. There are a lot of things to understand, and it can be hard even for the self-motivated learner.
I guess it's just me, but I find that I learn best by my own motivation to learn by myself. That is to say that I feel like I have learned more substance and value when I set out to do it for myself than from a decade of teachers telling me things over and over until they stick. Plus, it's hard to find good teachers you would actually want to sit down with and pick their brain.
I think one of the things turned me off of art when I started to really learn it high school, though I didn't realize it then, was how pretentious and superficial it could be. Many artists and their work can be both pretentious. A scientist can be pretentious, but can his work be as well?Please let me know if you have a different idea about that.
And thanks for the links. I have always loved glass sculptures! When I took my arts requirement last year I did learn about Chihuly, so I at least got something out of it, aside from having hundreds of copies of Andy Warhola's face etched into my brain.
Yes, that's a much better way of expressing what I wish I said; I didn't mean to sound ignorant, but as a more "left-minded" individual I guess my bias is given. (Ah I wish it was easy to accept the whole-mind in me.)
Yes, you are definitely right because it's obvious to me that I never really had access to the majority of the art, history, science and spirituality database-complex you speak of. Well, I always did, but never really acknowledged it because it was never presented to me. But though the education today has done so many things for everyone, in some ways I still despise the how and why. I think the most important thing is to teach students how to think, not what to think. It's really hard to say when the "Thinking 101" class should be taught: freshmen year before students are presented with tons of potentially valuable information, or senior year when students have more of a firm head on their shoulders to actually comprehend the significance of it all- it's different for everyone. A lot of the time. educational information seems to be the teacher's knowledge skewed with their opinion. Unfortunately, most students don't seem to pick up on this. And in the end, opinionated information is passed on as fact. This is the flaw I see in college. If everyone knew how to think for themselves and therefore be able formulate their own ideas based on a wide range of solid facts, then there would be constant achievement, presumedly, for the rest of those people's lives. The Renaissance Man LIVES!
I guess it's just me, but I find that I learn best by my own motivation to learn by myself. That is to say that I feel like I have learned more substance and value when I set out to do it for myself than from a decade of teachers telling me things over and over until they stick. Plus, it's hard to find good teachers you would actually want to sit down with and pick their brain.
I think one of the things turned me off of art when I started to really learn it high school, though I didn't realize it then, was how pretentious and superficial it could be. Many artists and their work can be both pretentious. A scientist can be pretentious, but can his work be as well?Please let me know if you have a different idea about that.
And thanks for the links. I have always loved glass sculptures! When I took my arts requirement last year I did learn about Chihuly, so I at least got something out of it, aside from having hundreds of copies of Andy Warhola's face etched into my brain.