Development of Arts

Development of Science

The key words that I thought of are,

idea

coordination

creative

determination

patience

belief

spirit

love

In the TED talk presentation by Jane McGonigal brought up some interesting ideas regarding video game play by people. The 3 billion hours a week the world spends on playing video I feel like is a ridiculous amount. Even though the Jane feels like it is a good thing to play video games, I see it as a bad thing. I don’t like the idea of living a virtual life instead of real life. I believe that people need to get outside and interact with other real people. Playing a sport outside can be just as fun as in a video game. The whole idea about achieve that epic win is still present. I also feel that it is important to know that there are no do over in the real world, if some one fail they normally are unable to make up for their mistake.

1. How do you define “spirituality”?

I define spirituality, as something that I feel is real even though I cannot see it. It is very hard to describe what spirituality is because it isn’t a fiscal thing that some one could see or touch. Spirituality comes more from a belief that something is important and sacred to oneself.  I personally feel like spirituality is something that does always have to be religious. People that do not have firm religious beliefs can use it. Spirituality is more like a mind set that someone has toward things.

2. Does spirituality differ from religion?

In most cases I would say that religion and spirituality is very similar to one another. Spirituality can be defined as a state of being dedicated to religion, god, or prayer. The Catholic Church enjoys using the term spirituality to define all of its values and believes. Though there is a strong argument that suggests that they are different from one another. Spirituality isn’t complete defined by religion because anyone can become spiritual. All spirituality does is create a mindset that some one believes and follows.

3. How do you define “creativity”?

I define creativity as something that everyone poses. It is the imagination that someone has that makes him or her there own person. Creativity can be a number of things from art to a dream or idea. The possibilities are endless for what creativity is. I personally feel it is something that shy’s away from normality. Creativity has to be something that some can notice and express their feeling to. If it doesn’t meet these criteria then is can be considered creative.

4. What is the source of creativity?

The source of creativity comes from a persons mind. It is whatever a person can think of and some how express it to other people. The source is located in each human’s brain and it can be see when someone expresses it physically. Everyone has a source of creativity locked in his or her mind. The hard part is trying to find a way to show it to people. Creativity can come in all kinds of forms such as art and music. I really has a endless of possibilities than it can come from.

Original Discussion Post:

After reading the Food As Art and watching the food presentations about fast food and slow food, I have decided that not all food is art. After watching the fast food presentation about McDonalds and other retail restaurant I find food like that to be disgusting. Food art needs to be something that takes time and effort into its making. Telfer argues that, “I shall claim that some dishes clearly constitute works of art in the classifying sense. But I shall also discuss argument purporting to show that food does not merit aesthetic attention: in other words, that dishes cannot constitute works of art in the evaluative sense”(Elizabeth Telfer pg 13). Food can be seen as works of art if they are natural and fresh. Food like fruit and vegetables I would say are works of art. I’m not saying that all fast food is not beautiful. I am a huge fan of In N Out because there food is amazing. Though I believe this because the food quality at In N Out is way better then McDonalds. A lot of the time seeing food as art depends on the person who is eating it. Everyone has different taste buds and cravings so it really depends on what the person likes. “Art had no purpose but to “be” and to provide opportunities for enjoying an aesthetic experience that was its own reward, and that once could have no higher calling than to open oneself to these heightened moments”(Dissanayake pg 18). The purpose of art is whatever the person that is judging thinks about it. Food is an interesting subject because it comes in a shapes and sizes. Food does have to look good to taste good. I have tried some dishes that look nasty but ended up being delicious. Food can be art both by taste and looks. It has to different forms of art. It really depends on what the person lies to eat.

Reflection:

The purpose of this assignment was to examine methods for evaluating qualities of art, such as product versus process, the difference between craft and fine art, must art be archival, and what is an aesthetic reaction. Our goal was to explore the notion of food as an art form. It also was suppose to challenge us by considering the cultural differences in the production and consumption of food. We looked through a couple of videos and articles that challenge our ability to identify if art is actually an art form. This was probably the hardest descision for me to make on whether food can be considered an art form. Their were a lot of good arguments that supported both side of the debate.

I ended up deciding that food was an art form but that it was consider a low value of art. Food can be used to make some pretty crazy forms of art. I have seen many picture of fruits and vegetables that have been used to make some beautiful forms of art. The only problem with food art was that it isn’t something that can bee seen and remembered for the ages. It is temporary art that can only last a couple of days because it would rote and the food would go bad. I do believe that Food could be more of an art for if there was a picture taken of the food art or it was painted instead of being like a sculpture.

Future:

I do not feel my view of food art will change in the future because i feel that I have hit a wall is trying to understand whether food is art or not. My believe is that it is an art form in the smallest way possible. I believe this only because food art will never be looked upon the same as other kinds of art lie paintings and sculptures that last forever and can be view by people all around thew world. Long story short i still will continue to see food as an art form.

Bibliography:

Telfer, E. (2002). Food as art. In Neill, A. & Ridley, A (Eds.), Arguing About Art: Contemporary Philosophical Debates (2 ed., pp. 9-27). New York: Routledge.

Dissanayake, E. (1991). What is art for? In K. C. Caroll (Ed.). Keynote adresses 1991 (NAEA Convention), (pp.15-26). Reston, VA: National Art Education Association.

In response to annaelyse answer to her values. I agree with the thought that gut feelings definitely come into consideration when deciding on personal values. Gut feelings are very important and useful in peoples lives. I have the same instinct though the organ of that instinct comes from the argument that I made earlier about values. This includes the origin of values and where people get the idea to trust their gut. I still believe that values come from parents, religion, and schooling. Gut feeling doesn’t always work out the best. I can think of many circumstances when it hasn’t work out. It is more important to trust the smart decision and go with what is logically right. If this is done I feel like values are more easily found and they make more sense.