A very different kind of puzzle. I like kids to be able to tie their shoes. When I taught kindergarten that was a "must" because I wasn't going to keep tying shoes!
Get close enough to anything and it becomes abstract "art." I put that in quotes because I am a Phillistine artist who does not believe in abstraction as finished fine art. At best it is design or a color study and at worst a hoax. Frank Stella, one of the few abstract painters I enjoy, was the son of a landscape artist. He went into abstract art because "It's easier." That puts it in a nutshell for me.
Wishing you all a genuine sense of the beautiful.
Pixi, I'm with you about "abstraction as finished fine art."
pixipixil
Jul 13, 2015
I'm glad you agree, trynfindit. Those of us who feel that way are either in the minority or afraid to speak up.
Coravee
Jul 13, 2015
I agree. Abstract is fine for a study on composition, and composition is necessary for true art. But real art engages the emotions, and that is something more than abstract.
nlbuchanan
Jul 13, 2015
I agree with all of you. Never did find anything worth looking at when there is no real picture.
JamieT
Jul 13, 2015
It depends on the artist as far as abstraction goes - some abstract art is just a sign of the artist working through his or her emotions. At least that's been the case when I've done abstract paintings - plus, Jackson Pollack had a lot of emotional issues to work through - much was done on canvas.
ghoulsniteout
Jul 14, 2015
Do you like Stella because he is, for the most part, geometric? I agree, most abstract art makes me wonder if someone wasn't really bored. However, my daughter had a Kandinsky print that I would lay on her couch and stare at and always find something new or at least in a different perspective. At least it didn't look like someone had tossed a bunch or paint, or walked through it, or just daubed paint. I guess if it feels like something we all might have dome in kindergarten, I don't consider it art. What does a black dot mean to me? I means it is a black dot LOL!
pixipixil
Jul 14, 2015
I like that he shaped his canvases. I am in revolt against always painting on rectangles. I liked his protractor series especially. Love the bright colors, too and they were well crafted. Still not sure if I consider it fine art but at least it isn't icky or boring.
KarenBuglet
Aug 2, 2015
I wish I could remember the quote by Dave Barry. It was along the lines of standing in a museum and looking at paintings that consist of just one color painted on the canvass and wondering if maybe the real painting is on the other side.
This was tough - I like having Velcro on my shoes - it is so much easier to get the shoes off and putting them on. Plus, you don't have to worry about your shoe laces being undone.
I guess Hanukkah is winding up for you, Rahrah. Hope it was beautiful.