Emotion

Today in class while discussing the concept of the connection between Knowledge, Imagination, and Creativity, the idea of Emotion was brought up. Emotion was said to be the single factor that pulls all of what was mentioned with regards to Knowledge, Imagination, and Creativity together. That made me think a little more about the power of emotion in things. Emotion or emotions are the driving or pushing force behind every single thing that we do in life. Emotions, when in the right state of mind can cause one to finish a task at hand when it seems that it will never get done. For example, once while I was completing an assignment for my Historiography class I became very tired and lazy and did not want to complete the assignment. I figured, well I've never skipped this class before, why don't I just go to bed considering that it is 4:00 in the morning and do it some other time. Realizing that was a stupid reason to skip the class my emotions pushed through and I finished the assignment.

Now a question I pose, can emotions be the driving factor in everything in life, from art to leisure activities?

Talent

Today in class we discussed the concept of the difference between talent and skill. To some a talent can be anything from juggling juggling balls on a stage in front of an audience or singing a song in a musical production. To others, a talent can be being really good at a particular subject such as math or science or just having a tremendous amount of perserverence and sticking too something when it seems like nothing will ever make the task at hand worth it. A skill is recognized by some as an ability to do something exceptionally well but not really needing a tremendous amount of talent. A skill to some is being good at a craft such as making bird houses and other things of that nature. Basically, to some a skill is a hobby. Therefore, a strong definite definition of a talent is something that is innate and almost second nature to some and a skill is something that is learned and takes time to perfect.

Now a question that I pose is could something that is ones skill also be something that they are talented at?

Knowledge

Today in Class we discussed the connection between Knowledge, Imagination, and Creativity. Knowledge is everything around us. Everything outside of our own stream of consciousness. Imagination is internalizing everything that we have learned from the knowledge. Imagination is making the knowledge that we have learned our own thoughts and ideas. What makes Imagination so special is that it is our own unique thoughts. Creativity ties all of it together into one tangible idea or thought. Information is out there, it becomes knowledge when we make it our own with our own imagination. The creative aspect of this is each and every single idea or thought that we use knowledge and our own imagination to create is unique. Uniqueness is something I personally feel ties these three together as well. Doing something that nobody has ever done before, or thinking up something that nobody else has ever thought up before makes us unique. Allowing our imagination to flow and comprehend everything that we have thought up and make it our own is what makes us unique as living species.

Now a question I pose is, is there an in between step between knowledge becoming our imagination and it still being just knowledge?

Music

This week in class we discussed the idea that music, as an art form is a harder art form to understand. One can say that one does not hear music unless they themselves listen for it. They may be able to hear a few notes here and there but they are not really hearing and appreciating the music for what it is; a work of art, unless they are listening to hear just that. Music, to the artist, and anyone who appreciates art for the beauty that it is, is not just a collection of notes on a page of sheet music or coming from a particular instrument. Music is the imaginary tune inside the artists head. It is there artwork and there message that they are trying to covey to the audience. If someone were to recreate the tune, they can too experience music as an art form. For something to be art for the viewer they must be undistracted then they can recreate what they artist was imagining.

Therefore a question that I pose is, what makes or qualifies music to be an art form? Is it the fact that someone is creating a unique piece that has never been done before or what?

Dialogue

This week in class we discussed the idea that art can communicate to people. As mentioned, art has the ability to communicate emotions, feelings, and ideas to people or groups of people. To look at this from another angle, one can see that diaologue is vital in this expression. Diaologue makes something complete by conveying what the artist was feeling or felt to the people or the audience through their work of art. This is a very special ability because any other type of profession where you create something does not have the ability to communicate directly with its audience. The artist can tell there deepest darkest fear to their most craziest dream through their work of art. This is important because some think that art being able to create ideas for the people viewing it creates diaologue between it and the audience because it causes them to think. No, monologue+monologue does not equal a diaologue.

Therefore, a question that I pose is can art be an expression of ideas without being able to communicate to the audience?

Expression

This week in class we discussed the expression of emotions by means of communicating emotions and feelings through art. We have already discussed that art; or at the very least good art, should be able to convey aesthetic emotions to the audience from the artist. However, Collingwood argues that art can communicate emotions, feelings, and a message to the audience. He argues; however, that one cannot just feel the emotions or feelings that the art is conveying. One does not have an emotional state unless they are able to tell themselves what they emotional state is. They have to become more aware of themselves emotionally and non-emotionally to be able to comprehend what the emotions they are feeling from art. In other words, you cannot express that which you do not know. I agree with this idea for the most part because it applies to everyday life as well. For example, one cannot teach someone how to do math or any particular school subject that they themselves do not understand. It would basically be teaching without actually knowing what they are teaching.

Therefore, a question that I pose is, can one appreciate art if they themselves do not understand it?

Performance

Today in class we discussed the idea that performance art brings something unique and different to the table that other types of art do not. Performance art is when an actor is performing in a play or a band is performing in a concert. Performance art is so unique, first and foremost because there a living, breathing people involved. People can reach out and grab the audience while conveying a message in a way that non performing art can not. An object may exude a particular emotion, but it can not reach out and sometimes literally grab the audience. People are unique and mysterious. People are ever changing. An actor delivers a line in a play for three nights in a row for the the run of a show or musical. Every single night the actor can change the inflection of their voice, changing the message they are trying to convey. Non performing art cannot do this.

Therefore the question that i pose is is performing art in a sense better because it has the ability to change unlike non performing art?