So, im sitting at the VCU library in all its beige and neo-weirdo-modernist knockoff decor glory. The Walmart of higher education at its very best. I just finished reading (for the second time) Susan Sontag's Against Interpretation, an essay on the hinderance of interpretation on art. Here are some quotes to think about.
It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The mystery of the world is in the visible, not the invisible. -Oscar Wilde
In a culture whose already classical dilemma is the hypertrophy of the intellect at the expence of energy and sensual capability, interpretation is the revenge of intellect upon art. -Sontag
To interpret is to impoverish, to deplete the world---in order to set up a shadow world of "meanings". It is to turn THE world into THIS world (as if there were any other). -Sontag
Real art has the capacity to make us nervous. -Sontag (best quote ever. this is my bretheren!)
What is important now is to recover our senses. We must learn to SEE more, to HEAR more, to FEEL more.
So basically, we need to shut up, stop thinking, stop being so goddamn pretentious and use our senses and feelings more. Why didnt i think of this. So for your VIEWING pleasure, here are some images that i respond to on a sensory/emotional level. Enjoy.
ps- i seem to be attracted to red right now......and things that glitter.
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