MFA

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One thing I absolutely love about living in Boston is escaping to the museum. I went to the MFA a few days ago with an old friend. He's interested in art and I was the tour guide for the day. I went to every section of the MFA. It was inspiring, educational, and fun. The Ancient Egypt mummy's will always give me chills. One of my many favorite sections is Ancient Greece and Rome, I find them intriguing because they are still around the details that can be done with marble is fascinating. They didn't have electric utensils to carve with! Their is this one pair of earrings in the ancient greek section with a man on a charioteer and horses made out of gold that can't be much taller or wider then a quarter!
The Egyptian part I commented on how talented the slaves were, they should have a plaque commemorating them for there achievements. Plus, I can't read hieroglyphics but the stories within the wall murals are almost like a cartoon story board. The wall murals are easy to figure out. The rooms I enjoy most would be a room with Bensons painting in it there is a very comfy chair and its a very dark room and the painting of Bensons three children on the boat is so relaxing to the Cape Coder I am.
In one room there is a Turner painting of the slaves being thrown over board. I taught him the interesting knowledge behind Turner and his paintings. When entering the Impressionist room with Van gough's paintings and Monet, I remembered a quote from a letter of Matisse, he says that as artists we have to look at the world through the eyes of children, like we've never seen a rose before. We have the capability of seeing the flower patch that has a white butterfly on it every day, that no one else would notice. _ That is what I love about art. That is how I breath in the art of nature everyday.

First Blog

Todays class really opened my eyes not only to other peoples work, but also to look at my own. It is hard to look at your own work and see what is lacking. Its really inspiring to see everyone's different style and the thought process that went into it. One of the students using mathmatics in such an artistic way, it just blew my mind. Then to post your work on random city signs, is also inspriing in a few different ways. It being my second year at MassArt I have met the artists that hide there work and then the artist who is deeply attached to every piece; meeting someone who is willing to post there work for all to see, and don't care what happens with it is really different. Artists for years have been putting information on the back of their artwork in order to find out who's hands it ends up in. I really have a lot to consider, for my upcoming project. I guess i'll wait for an inspiring accident.