{"id":2601,"date":"2018-06-25T12:47:25","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T11:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/?p=2601"},"modified":"2018-07-07T14:02:02","modified_gmt":"2018-07-07T13:02:02","slug":"how-to-be-inspired-by-art-when-youre-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/how-to-be-inspired-by-art-when-youre-not\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Be Inspired By Art When You&#8217;re Not"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2605\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2605\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Pawel-Kuczynski.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2605 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Pawel-Kuczynski.jpg\" alt=\"Art by Pawel Kuczynski\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Pawel-Kuczynski.jpg 600w, https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Pawel-Kuczynski-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Pawel-Kuczynski-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2605\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Art by Pawel Kuczynski. Photo Credit: https:\/\/www.bestcartoons.net\/Various-Pics-and-Cartoons\/Various-Cartoons-3\/i-7bHBh5d\/A<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Prefer to listen? You can, right here!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/davidwithington\/embed\/episodes\/How-To-Be-Inspired-By-Art-When-Youre-Not-e1ooir\" width=\"400px\" height=\"102px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The Art Challenge<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u201cWrite something about that.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Hmm&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">I stare at the Pawel Kuczynski painting for a few minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">I can tell that the other people in our small group are enthralled.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2614\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2614\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/model-2614569_640.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2614\" src=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/model-2614569_640.jpg\" alt=\"Other people clearly were enthralled by the painting\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/model-2614569_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/model-2614569_640-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2614\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Other people clearly are enthralled by the painting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Puzzled by Art<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">But what do I see?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">A man is kissing a woman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">But what&#8217;s that at the back of the man\u2019s head?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">A balcony &#8211; with a chap leaning over it, smoking a cigarette.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Right&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">That\u2019s art, I suppose.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">I&#8217;m not used to that sort of thing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">So what do I write about it?<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2613\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2613\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/question-mark-2318041_640.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2613\" src=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/question-mark-2318041_640.jpg\" alt=\"What do I write about it?\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/question-mark-2318041_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/question-mark-2318041_640-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/question-mark-2318041_640-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What do I write about it?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Regrets<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">I guess I should have got into art a bit more than I have.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Yes, I\u2019ve been to the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">And London&#8217;s National Gallery. Twice, I might add.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2616\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2616\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/england-144718_640.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2616\" src=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/england-144718_640.jpg\" alt=\"I've been to London's National Gallery twice!\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/england-144718_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/england-144718_640-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2616\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I&#8217;ve been to London&#8217;s National Gallery twice!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Inspired by Art Once<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">But only a couple of paintings really inspired me.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">And I\u2019ve forgotten what one of those was about.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">But that other painting is still etched in my memory.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">So much so that I sought it out on my second visit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Let me deviate\u00a0for a moment and describe it&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The yellow canary is unaware of what is about to happen to him.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sitting in his glass dome from which the air is about to be expelled, and unaware of his impending death, he&#8217;s equally unaware of all the faces that are focused on him.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The professor is engrossed in the experiment.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Another man, maybe an investor, is watching with a curious look.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">A young child, clearly distressed, is taking comfort in the arms of her mother. There are<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0maybe two or three others, all watching this experiment with the canary, each with a different facial expression.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">That magnificent painting captured the expressions of all the onlookers wonderfully in the dim candle-lit room.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2617\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2617\" style=\"width: 637px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Art-Gallery.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2617\" src=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Art-Gallery.jpg\" alt=\"Appreciating Art\" width=\"637\" height=\"147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Art-Gallery.jpg 637w, https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Art-Gallery-300x69.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Appreciating Art<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">A Solution?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">I begin to wonder&#8230; Why did I appreciate that particular painting?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Maybe because it was about technology and people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">But that small appreciation of art doesn\u2019t really help today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Perhaps I should write a <em>poem<\/em> about the man and woman kissing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/notes-514998_640.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2164\" src=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/notes-514998_640.jpg\" alt=\"Journal\" width=\"640\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/notes-514998_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/notes-514998_640-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Yes. Maybe a poem will work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">But how would I explain the cigarette-smoking man leaning over the balcony which protrudes from the back of his head?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">OK. Let\u2019s give it a go, and see how it ends up&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">There once was a lady from Stoke<\/span><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">In a painting was kissing this bloke.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">But his mind was elsewhere<\/span><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">&#8216;Cos out of his hair<\/span><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">He was back home, taking a smoke.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">There. I <em>am<\/em> an artist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">I&#8217;ve translated the painting into poetry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Mission completed.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2633\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2633\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Completed.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2633 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Completed-300x218.png\" alt=\"Completed\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Completed-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Completed.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top marks for appreciating art<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Please Help!<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Do you appreciate art? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Do you have any practical tips to help novices like me? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Share something in the comments box below, and let&#8217;s keep this conversation going&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Need Help?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Do you need some help to start creating or appreciating art?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Check out this book on Amazon. 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