I recently went back to high school to pick up my Research Notebook for IB which I think itself is art. But while I was there I had the chance to talk to my teacher about a few different things but also about art and how it changes you as a person. We both came to the conclusion that art does not just give you a hobby or something to do, but art changes your entire perspective on life. I think why art is so ingrained and life changing is because true art comes from deeper than an assignment.
People who do what they love instinctively invest more time and effort into that project because they feel passionately about it. In the same way, artists are in essence pouring out their souls so that they can translate a message to the masses of people. What authors do in pages of writing, artists do in one picture, one painting or one vase. When I was learning to throw of the wheel, the tools that I was using were always described to me as an extension of your hand. But the real extension was the clay itself. The type of work that I did in class was often times dependent on my mood and emotions that day. Sometimes if I had an important exam that day, I wouldn't be able to throw well because I was so tense and distracted.
All of this is to say that art is a part of the life of an artist. When you buy a vase from a pottery, you are not buying just the skill of the potter, but also the emotion and the memories that go along with that vase. Our art is reflect of ourselves and our own views on life.
People who do what they love instinctively invest more time and effort into that project because they feel passionately about it. In the same way, artists are in essence pouring out their souls so that they can translate a message to the masses of people. What authors do in pages of writing, artists do in one picture, one painting or one vase. When I was learning to throw of the wheel, the tools that I was using were always described to me as an extension of your hand. But the real extension was the clay itself. The type of work that I did in class was often times dependent on my mood and emotions that day. Sometimes if I had an important exam that day, I wouldn't be able to throw well because I was so tense and distracted.
All of this is to say that art is a part of the life of an artist. When you buy a vase from a pottery, you are not buying just the skill of the potter, but also the emotion and the memories that go along with that vase. Our art is reflect of ourselves and our own views on life.
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