Pick an artist from the movie to use as a character
to analyze. In this post take a close look at her/his perception of art
production, and write about it.
Your post should be at least three paragraphs in length. It should deal with only one artist’s perspective, as well
as your own.
Questions to ask yourself while choosing an artists
and a moment that stands out in the movie to write about:
How does her/his and your culture,
provoke the creation of art?
· Does the artist/you feel like an insider
or an outsider within a culture? Does this feeling lead to the creation of art?
· How does collaboration, mimicking,
and/or inspiration by other artists lead to the creation of art? Is this a
good/bad thing, why?
·
How does the phenomenon of success
change or strengthens ones perception of art creation? Does the artist create
for her/himself alone?
“I think as a child your’re always coloring and doing crafts and that is totally normal and seems to be what you do as a kid. I think the weird tragedy is that when you become an adult you grow up and you lose that, you stop creating, you stop involving yourself in the joy of coloring and creation. I just feel like I was lucky enough to never lose that.”
ReplyDeleteEd Templeton
What Ed templeton said in this quote really made me think and that’s why I feel like I was drawn to him. He is exactly right, because when kids are small they have imagination like no other and so they draw, play and have little adventures with their friends to express that imagination. A lot of people see drawing and coloring as a kid to be normal, but if you’re still drawing when you are older, you’re looked upon as being “different” or “weird”. I personally don’t think of artist in this way because I think that if you’re able to keep that artistic ability and improve it as you grow older, you’re extraordinary.
A lot of people lose this ability to imagine and be artistic as they grow older for many reasons. Most kids find themselves having to chose to be “cool” or and outcast and most kids go for cool so they forget their creativity and try to fit in somewhere else. I also believe that since drawing and being creative as a child is seen as normal, many parents don’t push their kids to be even more creative. There are probably many adults who were once children who could have been great artist if they didn’t lose that creativity.
For the kids who chose to keep their creativity and didnt lose it are the ones who are seen as different. They had to go through their child and maybe some of their adult hood as being an outcast because they wanted to be more then the average person. I believe that our society has always put labels on individuals and groups and it will never stop because our society is not ready to except people they can’t relate too. As kids we are told by our loving parents that there is nothing wrong with being different. What they don’t know is that being different is the most hardest thing a child has to live with.
Jasmine Burr
ReplyDeleteICW, Meg Reilly
October 9, 2013
Beautiful Losers Analysis
In the film, Beautiful Losers by Aaron Rose, he films multiple artists who were outsiders in their culture and found self-identity by being lost and making mistakes. One of the artists that I related to said when he was younger he remained this lonely kid who hated his family, wasn’t all that happy with life and didn’t like to really do anything. Then when he started school he found this group who were like the emo-kids and they had the same perspective on life, and he call them family. He expressed how he finally found somewhere that he belonged.
When I started high school I was one of those lonely students, not enjoying people because everyone was annoying and they didn’t share the things I did. Then my senior I found my “family”, a group of friends who liked the same things I did appreciated music, and loved to live life. They accepted me for who I am. I think my artist and I were outsiders in our culture because being apart of our culture was never an option. We had to wait and find what was right for us. When we did it was like a new door opening and when you are exposed to different things your creative identity changes.
Lastly, my favorite moment that stuck to my brain was in the beginning of the film. Ed Templeton explained how as a kid you find the joy in coloring and painting. Then as an adult you don’t find that coloring brings you joy anymore and he is very happy to not have lost that. I feel the same, I’m glad that I’m still being creative and making art because I would hate being a walking robot with no heart or imagination. That’s not what life is about. I’m glad that artists like him point that out cause you have this reality check to see if you are living your life right.