So we were doing a critique in my painting class the other day and one of my fellow classmates did this painting that I didn't quite understand but you could tell there was a story that could possibly go with it. So someone asked her and she explained that while she was growing up there was terrorist group that wore a mask similar to the one of the figure in the background. In the center of the painting it was bright and happy. There were clouds, green grass, figures, and bright colors. The background represented what was going on in reality and the center was her reality as a child.
I loved that piece even more after we had the background story. So I concluded that art is a lot like life: every piece has a story or process behind it and so do people. Often we judge people by what we see first or what they portray at first. This can mean that we just think they're weird or we don't particularly like them because of it or we're big fans from the get go, it always varies. If you don't ask, you may never know. If you understand the process, or the artist (...even The Artist/God) if you understand why the piece is composed the way it is or why the person is composed that way, or if you take time to really look or listen to the piece/person and you study it and strive to understand it, then you see the light and the dark all come together and that's when you begin to see something that is absolutely beautiful. Whether it's art or it's a person you can appreciate and love what you see when you seek to look beyond that first glance.
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