Last week, we had the discussion of story versus literature. Moving onto a similar topic this week, we talked about viewing literature as art, which I only thought about last year, when we got our books at the end of the year and Mr. Schoenborn said something about an art gallery and books.
Anyways, we started out by watching a TED talk. This was about taking the time to appreciate a single piece of art in a gallery instead of rushing through to look at all of them, and being able to make a story out of what you see. You need to find something that you enjoy looking at and take your time looking at it. That's when I realized the connection and the point that it was supposed to teach us. We need to find books or literature that we enjoy to read, and take our time with it so we can really understand what it is about.The class isn't about reading as many books as possible in the quickest amount of time. It's about having a good time with what you're reading, and not feeling the need to rush through it to go onto the next one, and making something out of the story. After this, we got the chance to take a look at a piece of art and really examine what the artist was making and what they were trying to convey through their art. Our group decided to look at Guernica, by Picasso. This is when we found many things about what the piece could be about. When you get to look at something specifically, when you get to choose what you want to look at, you can really find what it's trying to say. This week really made me appreciate taking the time to enjoy things in life. I feel like we've never really done it in school much. We always just spend a week on something and then move on to something else. It just makes me think about how much I would learn something if I chose what I wanted to learn and enjoyed. Good thing college is coming up soon.
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