Blog #3

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Write a brief account of how you think art and literature interact in a person’s experience.

Life can sometimes be a monotonous cycle of working, studying, eating, sleeping but it is art and literature that can allow individuals to break from this cycle and create new experiences using their imagination and talents. 

When I think of the word ‘art’ my mind is instantly flooded with images of vibrant colours spread out on palettes, paintbrushes, canvases and creative pieces, framed and hung up majestically in art galleries. In reality, art is more than just paintings. It extends to sculptures, statues, pottery, coins, music and more! Art exists everywhere we go, in every experience, taking different forms. Literature, to me, is a form of art, composed by authors who are in a sense, artists, using their talents to create poems, journal entries, and novels that allow individuals to escape into another world, a new experience.

Separately, both art and literature are powerful as their creators have used different outlets to project their emotions, imagination and overall their unique experiences. This is all in an attempt to show the world what the human mind can do when inspired. The beauty about art and literature? There are no limitations. Individuals can interpret what they want from a poem or painting, it is simply dependant on how they think, how they feel. 

For example, in my first blog entry, I constructed my own poem regarding how every historical site has its own meaning and an individual must have an open mind in order to understand this. Through viewing monuments, statues as well as ancient texts etched into their facade, I was able to view the magnificent collision of both art and literature and in turn compose my own written work that reflects my emotions and beliefs regarding my experience. Individuals reading my poem may have become nostalgic, reminiscing on the time they too visited Egypt and experienced something similar. However, others may have felt differently as they may have never visited the sites or simply do not share my own opinion in regards to how every site is unique. 

“Almost no two experiences are exactly alike”.

– Walter Lippmann

This elucidates how we are all unique human beings entitled to interpret different experiences how we would like to.  Nevertheless, art and literature can interact in all experiences and influence how we think, how we feel and how we act.

Sometimes, we are too caught up in life to realise this beautiful collision is even happening.