Question The Story.

My whiteboard doodles

"The more you look, 

the more you see." 

- Life of Pi

The beauty of english class is that it has the ability to open the mind of a young human. It sometimes worries me how many people glance at life and don't question anything. Every piece of literature that a mind absorbs is filled with connections. Over junior I've learned that with any book we picked up, coincidences ceased to exist. Anything and everything the author mentioned was a link, a connection, a metaphor, a symbol, for something greater. That "wait a minute" type of thinking can only be taught over time with practice. With that said, I think it's incredibly important when people look at art.. or anything really. Good art always has layers. In my first entry I stated a quote by Walt Whitman "I contain multitudes" in Song of Myself saying that humans contain layers.. there for art is the same since, to me, humans are the largest creation of art.

Practice questioning things you look at. Take one of my whiteboard doodles posted above for example, yeah its a girl/guy with a mohawk head to head with a fish.. but does it mean anything more than that? Art that is considered good art has a story behind it. What's the story behind this one? Being the artist I can tell you that it speaks very much towards environmental science. The fish is drooling and is clearly unhealthy, judging by his expression. The woman touching heads with it is becoming aware of its suffering. Also, her hair is covering her mouth, which connects to the harm and pollution people are inflicting on rivers and the environment that's unnoticed and unheard about.

Sketchbook page

So you see.. while freshmen were commenting on how much they're enjoying the drooling fish, I've been subconsciously planting environmental awareness messages into their minds. Yet the tragedy of it all is that who the hell ever noticed? Not a soul. No one took the time to question the story behind my art. 

What does art mean to you, what is it in your eyes. What's its story? Gain a different perspective, find a meaning, question the story. Oh yeah I almost forgot.. here's a quote that I wrote last year about my definition of art. "Art is a piece of a human's soul drawn out from inside them and shown to other humans to comprehend. Because humans contain multitudes, what is shown is both obvious and mysterious. It's the spirit of love and/or truth that's shared for the human senses to reflect on and to experience, to hear, to see, and to feel with the hand, heart, and mind." - Arianna Hall 

Totally leave a comment if you'd like - I always enjoy other's thoughts. 

Thanks for listening :) 

~ Enjoy, Arianna