Friday, January 27, 2017

Jan 30 blog


Since it is around dinner time, I would wonder what they like to eat? I think their night would be pleasant with some debate about art and the brain. They both see art as a fascinating image that brings out our creativity and the sense of seeing art in another form. Charney believes that we should appreciate art since it “requires no advanced degrees… to understand and enjoy”. Taylor could agree and add that our creativity comes from the right brain; but for someone who uses their left brain more, they can not appreciate abstract art as much because they are not aware of using their right brain in this way. Bottoms up thinking is similar to the Left Brain thinking because they are both knowledgeable and analytical. Bottoms up is instinctual and “program thinking,” similar to the left brain which uses cause and effect, and order. Saying this, the right brain and top down thinking could be similar. Top down has cultural and symbolic attributes which compliment the images and energy in the right brain. But there could be some agreement between the two thinkers when it comes to the meaning a priori. A priori is part of the top down thinking, but it could be debatable with the left brain. Left brain people take for granted (a priori) abstract art because they find it intimidating: not using their right brain to look at the images. We take abstract art for granted because the meaning behind it is not clear. It allows the viewer to use their imagination to find their own meaning to the painting, and I believe both Charney and Taylor would agree to that.

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