Artists

No better time to write a blog than when in the library attempting to write a 10 page paper on Michelangelo...

Somehow whenever I sit down to study or do homework or write papers, I seem to get distracted NOT by twitter or social media outlets, but by Jesus....I guess that is not a sad thing. What can I say, I just love my main man and I love to contemplate life.

"One recognizes the wisdom of a great man in the fear with which he does the things he understands best." -Michelangelo

What is it that I do best? What is it that I do that people might possibly recognize as wisdom?

Well, for Michelangelo, he was a remarkable artist. Most people, do not appreciate artists because they do not understand the full extent of the word. A real artist is usually brilliant and hosts a philosophical mind; they have so much going on in their heads they do not know how to express it other than with their hands. Whatever unfolds before an artist when he works is a manifestation of an idea formed within the brain. For Michelangelo, his force of imagination was so extraordinary he could never be fully satisfied with his work....he always depreciated its quality esteeming that his hand failed to attain the original idea he had formed in his mind.
Michelangelo's work is faultless in my mind, it is technically perfect, radiating with passion and supereminent in force. He believed strongly in Neoplatonic ideas stressing that things perceived by the senses are beautiful only because they imitate the Creator and that the artist himself, in creating his works, imitates God directly. WOW.

Anyways, I won't bore you with more admiration of an artist, but just wanted to give you a little insight into the real definition of an artist...I hope you learn to discover an appreciation for art and the beauty of what it reflects.

I am by NO means saying I am an artist. To be frankly honest, I do not feel worthy of the term, but when someone calls me an artist I am utterly flattered and entirely humbled.

Honestly, I used to hate going to museums and I still don't understand how scribble can be worth millions of dollars, but now that I have learned the context and the deeper meaning of this word, I LOVE museums. If you ever want me to teach you how to appreciate art, you know how to find me.

With that said, BACK TO YOU 10 PAGE PAPER...Im out.