I like art. I like the liberal arts. If I ever go back to school, I think I’ll take a lot of illustration and music classes.
Last week I went to the local college art museum with a friend too see the featured Japanese wood block prints. I never knew that this stuff was made from prints. I especially like the ocean-themed pictures. The waves look like fireworks/trees/claws. 
But I admit the Japanese tendency to conform is evident in their artwork. The artists varied slightly, but only slightly. Especially when they drew people. Wonder why the men were always cross-eyed.
Another traditional art form I really like is Indian henna, the designs they paint all over the bride’s body on her wedding day. So awesome. (and lasts for 1-3 weeks!)
The circular henna designs remind me of something even more awesome: mandalas.
This is a picture of three Tibetan monks making a mandala from colored sand. I’ve been really interested in mandalas (the sanskrit word for “circle”) since I wrote a research paper on Native American symbolism for an English class. Different versions of the mandala can be found in most cultures. Mandalas are super symbolic. They represent unity, perfection, and most commonly the human subconscious or the life journey. Some people use them for meditation, focusing the attention on the labyrinth of the design and tuning out the mundane chatter of their surroundings. Trippy stuff.
Getting into the Western countries, the older stuff is cool. I kind of like the renaissance pasty naked paintings. (censored)
I’m starting to like modern art a lot. I can relate to it. Except for the really twisted Alice in Wonderland-esque stuff (like the Salvadore Dali melting clock type stuff). And yeah, some modern art doesn’t seem like art, especially the cold metal sculptures they stick in the middle of the city that look like robot aliens or evil playgrounds that eat children, but I don’t know. I think if an artist visualized it, and if they feel like it means something to them, or represents something to society, then heck. It’s art.
Because although, for example, a painting of a woman with a box for a body isn’t realistic, it does reflect an aspect of modern life.
I don’t know what the hell this is supposed to be…
but it’s fun to look at, nes pas? I guess the real question is whether or not it should be worth a lot of money. Meh. Not really.
I like this one. Beautiful.
