An Aesthetic Experience

Have you ever look at something and found it beautiful in ways you couldn’t describe? Except it was a different type of beauty. One that you do not see immediately but something that may have had potential to be alluring. Maybe it was the blanket your mother knitted you years ago that your wife dislikes. The reason being it does not go with your bedroom decor. Only because she fails to see the intricate patterns, designs, and oddly satisfying color gradient that underlie creating this one of a kind piece. The value of something so perfectly imperfect. Maybe it was a forgotten playground, with the rusty swings that squeaked when the wind blew past, but the grass still green, overlooking a field of flowers which is much prettier than the playground in comparison. In English we may say “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” In Japanese culture this is called Wabi-Sabi.

Rathnasambhava, the Transcendent Buddha of the South and Madonna Enthroned are very similar images that were produced by very different cultures. Both images were produced during the 13th Century. The image of Rathnasambhava, the Transcendent Buddha of the South was produced in Tibet during an interesting period of the country’s religious history. The branch of Tibetan Buddhism is led by a religious and sometimes political leader called the Dalai Lama. It was during the 13th Century during the reign of Kublai Khan, around the time of the production of this painting, that Tibet experienced the first incarnation of the Dalai Lama. One has to wonder if this painting is somehow related to that occurrence. According to

Whilst observing the capturing pieces of art at the Majorie Barrick Museum, I had encountered a piece that has truly grasped my attention. When we had the art tour guides guide us around the musuem to observe 3/4 specific pieces, I noticed they all were different with similar ties. They all had something unique about them, from the "graphite splatter" to the "thinned out chair leg" and the "fill in the vowels" worksheet found in a first grade work book. I've also noticed that art varies with age. If you ask a first grader to create art, we would most likely result in a piece of paper with splatters and stick figures, (yet there are a few youngsters with different mindsets), but what we don't know is that it has a certain meaning to them. Now

Throughout the semester I worked on a project journal. Using a blog to respond to 25 books, I was exposed to new literature, genres, and authors. Going back and coding my journals, I noticed a specific pattern. Personal and artistic are two different response-roles/lenses I found myself while writing about my thoughts and feelings for each book; a lens I noticed myself hardly using was intertextural.

This small scale investigation has not wholly produced the results hoped for. The conclusions from the self descriptors were that physical traits were prominent in both ages but more so in that of the younger

Aesthetics is defined as “the branch of philosophy dealing with such notions as the beautiful,the ugly, the sublime, the comic, etc., as applicable to the fine arts,with a view to establishing the meaning and validity of critical judgments concerning works of art, and the principles underlying or justifying such judgments”(Webster.) It is closely related to the philosophy of art, which determines how individual works are interpreted. Aesthetics not only examine the nature and value of art, but also examine the reaction that an individual or group has to such arts. As previously mentioned aesthetics is the philosophical study of beauty and taste, the attractive and the none, the beautiful and the ugly. It can be difficult to categorize and match objects and expressions into those two broad categories because it is possible for one to observe aesthetics from different angles.

The first thing I has my child do was a self portrait. My child was able to depict a picture of themselves with a 6 out of 12. I asked the child to point out what the drew he said "that is my head, eyes, mouth, leg, arms, hair"My child did not draw nose, fingers, feet, ear, or shoes. My child drawing is a typical for a four year old. Furthermore it is normal for them to use detail pictures start to resemble a person. But nobody at this age.

The Alverno abilities that pertain to this job would be social interaction, problem solving, aesthetic engagement, effective citizenship, and communication. Social interaction will be used when I'm talking to my residents or on a duty. I'm interacting with everyone and asking how they are all doing, as a result building trust with my residents. Problem solving is used when there is an issue on my floor or with a resident(s). I will be addressing these issues in a professional manner, talking with a resident privately, and discussing with them what an appropriate solution might be. Aesthetic engagement will be used in the making of door decs, bulletin boards, and possible floor events. I am an art therapy major, so if people are interested in

From the mouth of Bob Ross, "Look around. Look at what we have. Beauty is everywhere—you only have to look to see it". He says this because some people don't see the beauty in life and are invested in little things and not a spectrum of something. Nature is beautiful and we can't let that go. Whether it be our friends, family, pets, trees, flowers, and much more, we need to appreciate what we have. These paragraphs will show some things that take away beauty of life and some things that give us a lot of beauty in life and worth seeings.

What really makes this piece significant is its attention to detail, and also its lack of detail. All the bright and simple kid drawings of flowers that convey our innocence and ignorance are just simple. Their simplicity relates back to colors of a simpler time when we didn’t know anything, like we still do in a way now. In the middle of it all is the boy who represent the truth of what really is, his picture flawlessly contrast the colorful simple ness of the sketches with not only his black and whiteness, but also is seriousness. That outline of his body and gun alone is a drastic difference from the straight lines that make the flowers. Even the shading shows the professional step up the boys sketch is from his face and left side being white, and his right

I recently watched a Ted talk by Denis Dutton on the Darwinian Theory of Beauty. He makes an interesting point. That "[people] find beauty in something done well." This is true, but it is not the only truth. The painting of Jesus in This is Our World, by Dorothy Allison is not described as technically superior or particularly special in any way. Yet Allison describes it as having "The weight of art that face . . . the power to provoke, the authority of a heartfelt vision." What is exceptional about the painting was the emotion it stirred in Allison. The true beauty of art is in its power to create and channel emotion. There is a reason people say a picture is worth a thousand words. Art is the fastest, most poignant way to deliver a message, and it doesn't have to be conventionally beautiful or technically difficult to create emotion.

After doing my Exploration of Aesthetics Paper last week, I decide to take it a step further. In my exploring the night sounds, it was hard to focus because of the loud sounds of the cicadas. I really didn’t know much about the insects except they come every 17 years and are really loud and everyone I know didn’t like them, so I didn’t because I don’t like bugs. However, a friend of mine posted a video and I watched it on cicadas. It changed my whole view on how I look at the insects at this point. They are beautiful creature and tell a story just like humans. We all have purpose in life and so does the cicadas. They live underground for 17 years. On a warm night they emerge and surface the land. They connect with each other, just like little children wanting to play with their friends after not seeing them for a long time. Then they transform to begin their final life on earth. The process is like giving birth as a human or letting out the lost soul and finding god for the first time. They become adults and search for their mates when shell hardens. Synchronized choir, we all call noise, is their mating call. They are finding love for the first time. They come in all colors, it’s sad watching the video

Both Shilling and Harris create works of sculpture (there are examples of Harris’ work at Grizedale) and Mebane creates paintings on natural materials such as wood, bark or stone. The variety in the artist’s work should inspire ideas for the children’s artwork, provide stimulus for individual and unique artistic creations by and promoting self-expression. After examining the work of Harris, Shilling and Mebane, children can experiment with sculpture and painting on natural surfaces. Children can use the audio and photographs from the field trip to provide an additional source of

I can remember it like it was yesterday, the pain of a natural labor! I was twenty years old and full term with my first son. My parents were having a party and one of their guests was being really irritating to my dogs and before you knew it he had began picking at me. He had 99 questions about me being ready for labor. As my parents and their friends continued to party my body was sending me a warning of the upcoming events. There was a long night waiting on me!

For our article review I chose the article Creating Meaningful Art Experiences With Assistive Technology for Students with Physical, Visual, Severe, and Multiple disabilities. One of the authors is Mary Beth Coleman who is an assistant professor in the special education department at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. The other author is Elizabeth Stephanie Cramer who works as a clinical assistant professor and coordinator of art education at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. The article addresses the use of assistive technology in the art classroom and why it is necessary for students with disabilities. It is obvious upon reading the article that the authors thoroughly researched the subject which can be backed up by their references