Monday, January 14, 2008

Hearing Beauty.

Do you need to see it for it to be beautiful?


[Harry Belafonte - Jump in the Line]




Do you need to understand it for it to be beautiful?


[O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei (or the "Numa Numa Song"]

2 comments:

mrb said...

Claude Monet offers an answer to your second question:

"People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it's simply necessary to love.”

mrb said...

I had your first question in mind when I put together last week’s activity. I wondered if anyone would create interactive pieces where other students would/could touch, taste, or smell the piece as a means of experiencing its beauty. Perhaps museums and galleries have taught us that art should be appreciated from a distance.