RE: Things you're supposed to like, but don't
September 1, 2017 at 10:27 pm
(This post was last modified: September 1, 2017 at 10:51 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(September 1, 2017 at 9:08 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(September 1, 2017 at 6:00 pm)Alex K Wrote: Are there things (can be anything from arts to food, activities, places etc.) which you always thought you have to like or admire or enjoy for some reason (because everyone does, it's fashionable, expensive, culturally important, or your teacher told you so, etc...) but you simply don't?
Working and socializing. I wish more than anything that I could like those things. Especially now.
Why is it that you don't like those things now?
(September 1, 2017 at 9:50 pm)Court Jester Wrote: Abstract art
- I appreciate art and won several awards for my drawings growing up. I'll post some photos if I figure out how to do it on this forum, but I never understood truly abstract art. Any four year old can kick buckets of paint into a wall and smile at it. I just can't get into it.
It took me a long time to appreciate it. I couldn't do so until I figured out for myself how to simply appreciate how color and composition work. And there are some (I'm looking at you, Chagall) who I still think are full of shit and themselves. But Kandinsky on his best days, that guy put colors together that really tickled my brain. I still prefer Impressionism as my favorite school, but I can appreciate outside approaches. Mind you, I love playing and listening to jazz, so there's that.
