Judged

I must say that it is interesting how classes intertwine. I am taking advanced TV and production and we are suppose to read this book about developing story ideas. In this particular book it talks about art a lot (mainly because story telling is an art). In the book it states, "It [art] is a way to share with others the patterns, meanings, and simply what is. Art sets out to explain, question, or celebrate what we feel most deeply, what we yearn for or protest against, so that making it is rooted in our most abiding preoccupation. It moves from inside you outward toward the universal, and along the way you change and grow-which is about as therapeutic as it gets. The artistic process is about rejecting and improving what you're making until you feel like you have finally gotten to the real McCoy."

Reading this I found it actually summed up a bit what we have been talking in class. Art is, as we learned from Tolstoy, a form of communication. It is a form of showing what is from the eye/mind of the person creating a masterpiece. Art is about what is felt and whether we try to make a statement or even question the thing we are portraying. I feel like art is mostly a question though, especially modern art. It is a sort of "What if?" You know what if there were people that had one big nose and no eyes. What if boats flied in the air and planes sailed on water. What if there were no such things as words and only our bodily movements can do the communicating. I just feel art is a way (as stated above) to question what is.I also like from the statement above is that it alludes to the fact that art is a personal thing. It moves from the inside out and only the artist could perfect it until it only satisfied them. One thing that always pissed me off is when teachers told me what to right what not to write, how to write etc. My writing to me is MY WORK! I feel like I should express myself the way I feel necessary and deem fit. If it satisfies me then what does it matter if it doesn't satisfy anyone else. So that does bring me to my question. If art is a personal thing how can a grade or review be given about it? Basically, if art is something that reflects the artist why and how is it judged?