Luka's Arts In NYC

I was sitting watching a game of basketball the other week and started thinking, is basketball an art form? In my opinion it is. When i watch it some of the plays are so beautiful. The dribble moves, the cross overs, in between the legs, spin moves, post moves, all seem as much art as a dance move is to me. The dunks and the shots is almost like watching people doing back flips in dancing. I think basketball is almost a form of interpretive dance. And when someone performs some of the moves the players in this game perform they are not described in any other way other than aesthetically beautiful. There is constant conversation between two players and between two teams. And the audience almost becomes the score of the piece.

Now some would argue that this is wrong for several reasons. One of these reasons is that it has rules. Basketball has strict guidelines that you have to follow or else you get punished for them. But to me these rules are the same thing in art as following a style. When you draw cartoons,for example, you follow a certain style. Obviously a lot of cartooning differs from one another, but they do follow basic similarities. Same with singers. When you are a singer in an opera you follow your certain pitch, whether it be tenor, soprano, bass, etc. In basketball each players style also differs even with the rules. For example, Lebron James has a very pass oriented game. he doesn’t want his own shot unless he has to. he is also an extremely fast and athletic player so he drives into the lane a lot more, whereas Ray Allen is more of a shooter, working off of screens to make the three point shot as much as possible. he doesn’t have the ball in his hand a lot.

Another argument might be that it doesn’t look to convey a message. Often art looks to convey a message or deeper meaning behind it that is up for interpretation. I think basketball does do this as well. As a sport in general it tries to convey the message of teamwork and competition. it tries to convey the idea that one cannot succeed without teamwork, and the idea that you are always competing against someone in the end. I also think it conveys the idea of unpredictability. That you never know what life will throw at you. And this is shown in basketball through injuries, upsets and who ends up being in the finals.

In conclusion, i think basketball is a form of art because it is a form of entertainment that engages an audience and is aesthetically pleasing and stimulating to a certain sense.

The Chrysler Building

When one thinks of New York they think of the empire state building, the Brooklyn Bridge and the new York Skyline. But the lesser mentioned structure that is a big part of New York and New York City Culture is the Chrysler Building.

The Building is located on 42nd Street and Lexington avenue and stands at a height of 1046 feet. It was created in 1931 by an architect named William Van Allen. It is an Art Deco building and was the tallest building in the world when it was created but was surpassed when the Empire State Building was built.

When i think of Manhattan this is the building that always stick in my mind. out of all the buildings in New York I’d have to say that this one is by far my favorite. i like the different shapes and the intricacy of the building. it looks like it’s layered. As you look higher and high it starts ti become less and less until the only thing that is left is the core,which is the antenna at the top. but my favorite thing about this piece is the top glass structure of the part. i just think it’s beautiful. The design just reminds me if an actually art piece, like something you would see in an exhibit. When i see this building i don’t think corporation, i think art.