A few months ago my best friend and I went to the Brooklyn Museum. We saw the different exhibits and were fascinated by the ancient relics and paintings. Although we find museums extremely interesting and fascinating, we concluded that it could be boring. We discussed the art in terms of the historical time period they were from, but it was difficult at times to get really excited about things that weren’t familiar to us. For that reason, we decided to put the art and artifacts into the context of our daily lives. We became part of the exhibit and the exhibit came to life.
I have always believed that life imitates art, and art imitates life. By posing as these sculptures and paintings, not only were we able to imitate art, but the art reflected back to us sentiments and feelings we were familiar with. Everyone has had the same look of distress as finals week approaches. The “hands covering the face” pose is one we all know well from Calculus. That was not the intention of the sculptor when he created that piece, but art lasts not because it is static, but because it is dynamic. Everyone sees and interprets a piece of art in million different ways, and that is how a work of art lasts for so long.
