Thursday, November 13, 2008

My Life in 50 Words

Born in Minnesota.
A whopping 10 pounds and 3 ounces.
Moved to New Jersey.
Different.
A new brother.
Life changed.
Thomas the Tank engine and the baby dominated my life.
Change again.
Georgia.
New friends.
New School.
New weather.
Sports replaced Thomas.
Teenage years.
Music.
Pressure.
Still in High School...

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

What is Art?

What is art?
Art is beauty splashed on a page in color and words.
Art is creativity; the means to manipulate, mold, and mend objects into a priceless creations of matter.
Art in Michelangelo "Hands of God" painted so carefully on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Art is an opinion.
Art is Frank Lloyd Wright's taste for design: The Robbie House.
Art is John Lennon's "Imagine" reverberating through Madison Square Garden.
Art is a statement.
Art is a nudist standing in an art studio.
Art is human emotion on a page.
But the questions remains unanswered: "what is art?"