Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Mona Lisa, inc.
Monday, July 16, 2007
Visual Art
That smile. That smile is what the whole controversy is about. Is she really smiling? Is she sad? Is she depressed? Or is it just her normal pose? Along with that are the other controversial elements involved in the analysis and investigation of the said painting. They are considering the background of the painting. They are also considering the pyramidal shape of Lisa's body. And one possible meaning that the "Mona Lisa" may portray is that it is about life. Why woman and not a man? Well basically because the moman is responsible for bearing leaders. The woman is the one who provides presidents, senators, singers, artists, and everyone else. For we all come from a woman, and with a woman's love and care, we are what we are right now. Also to support that "life" theme, the background is a landscape of nature, which in itself represents life, with all its greeneries and blue bodies of water.
No doubt, this is a masterpiece. So what makes an art a masterpiece? Basically, an art is considered a masterpiece when that certain art continues to persist throughout time, while still retaining its beauty and mystery. It will be considered a masterpiece when it still continues to bring out questions in us. For according to Ms. Castro, we live on this earth with a purpose, because we ask questions. Life will cease existing when questions stop being asked.
Sunday, July 1, 2007
"You made me believe"
Last Friday, Ms. Castro gave us an activity regarding what movie made the biggest impact in our lives. That may seem a simple question but it really isn't. We all have watched lots and lots of movies of different genres. And we all have our favorites per classification. So answering this particular question is a bit of a challenge. Many movies ran across my mind. From horror to sci-fi, sci-fi to action, and action to comedy.
But honestly, the most recent movie that had affected me is "Spider-Man 3". Ms. Castro also told us that basically, we like a particular movie because we can relate to it. We may have felt what the characters are experiencing in the different scenes in the movie. The line in which I was struck is when Peter Parker said in the ending, in Harry's funeral, "We always have a choice." That very simple line all made sense to me, and it somehow answered some of the thoughts that have been bugging me during summer, when I was dreading our Filipsy fieldwork. During that time, I was on the verge of giving up because no matter how hard we tried to perform out PTT, we just can't seem to do it right. And that line of Peter's, "We always have a choice", really woke me up to reality. That all that is happening around is in one way or another influenced by our own actions. So somehow, we fail because we chose to fail. If you just have done your best, then you wouldn't fail. So at that time, I made a choice. I chose to fight even if I had to make lots of sacrifices. And of course, that chose that I took was definitely a right thing to do.
So the point is that movies do not only entertain us. We can also learn from them. And things that are wanted to be said does not necessarily mean that you have to do it obviously. Simple lines such as the title of this post or the one that Peter Parker said can do many things to the movie as well as the audience.