Saturday, October 13, 2007

my appreciation of art (continues)

Went to see the documentary, "The Rape of Europa" last night. Astonishing! I'm not a big history fan, and as much as I wish I were, I don't know much about European art either... but after watching this documentary, I have a much deeper appreciation for it! Now I wish that I would have paid more attention to the art around me when I was at the Louvres and in Florence. This documentary accentuated the worth of these works of art - not in monetary value but in some sort of spiritual value. The closing comments in the documentary went along the lines of "Humanity needs art. Without art, we are not human." I think art reflects something about the spirituality in all of us. As God, the Artist of the world around us, we reflect some of his truth as we create art. And without art, I think we forget who we really are, and we lose some of our identity. The works that have been created and cherished in the history of art are reflections of a much deeper force that course through all of us. Without art, our meaning and purpose is extinguished.

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