I MET MY IDOL, PETER MAX
Published on July 17th, 2008

Peter Max was in town, and I was there to meet and greet. I teach a Peter Max lesson
in my 8th grade class, and I was able to show him the students' work. He first said jokingly: "call my lawyer." And then he actually asked if this was his set of the students' work. I told him I would send them via e-mail. He signed my Peter Max book and then I got a picture with him. He was a lot shorter than I imagined and the years are taking a toll; however, he still manages to create timeless art.

WHAT IS ART?
Published on June 26th, 2008

I was watching a good documentary called, "My Kid Can Paint That" about a famous five-year old girl, Marla, who paints abstract artwork. It was pretty well done, and I
had my own bias throughout. I mean people were attaching these really huge
concepts to these works of art that a five-year old was painting. I really think that art
is what it means to you. There is no way possible the girl had INTENTION to place these ideas into the artwork. We as humans like to look at the HUMANITY of artwork. It's like when you are at a music concert, and you try to recognize faces of people you do
not know... it's minds little trick. That's what we do when we look at art.

 

 

 

 

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