Your Thoughts On Art

[arewethereyet]

Since I lack artistic talent that's what interests me. Doesn't matter if it's painting, wood carving, sculpture, or any other form. I tend to be more fascinated with the 'how did they figure out how to do that?' The old classic painters who had to make their own paints to get the colors they wanted...how did they manage to take a block of marble or a collection of metals and turn it into a realistic statue of a man, woman, or other animal. I don't possess that vision.

It may seem cliché but I really like Van Gogh. Starry Night and others from that period are images I really like. I am not sure why. We have a print of Café Terrace at Night in our dining area. We used to have a print of Starry Night up but it got damaged when our house flooded three years ago.

I was in awe of the stained glass windows and the wood carvings in the Basilica I attended when I was growing up. Though I now see the décor of that church as garish - way overdone - I appreciate the talent it took to create the statues, wood carvings, and painting - complete with gold leaf. The church is old so the technology to make those things simple didn't exist. It was hard work and talent that was needed to complete each piece.