This interesting thing call, "art"

My eyes are wide and my mouth is agape, but no sounds are coming out. My mind is blown. Interest and curiosity exude from my body.  I am standing in the middle of the art gallery. I am surrounded by paintings. I see birds, contraptions made up in the minds of artists, bricks, and parts. Nothing seems to make sense, but at the same time everything makes sense. But first,  Let me stop, rewind, and explain myself.

When listening and watching the lecture, I felt a little shell shocked. Standing in front of me were two artist speaking a different language entirely. I didn't know what I was looking at and I felt that I wouldn't be able to give any significant meaning to the pictures. But that was only temporary until I heard the artists, Kelly Urquhart and Jaime Kennedy, speak. They described themselves so well, that I found that none of my questions were left unanswered. Kelly's picture reminded me of little thumbprints dancing on a stage. Little did I know that the scene was packed full of symbols, themes, and metaphors. Jaime's pictures reminded me of Edgar Allen Poe. I couldn't see past the dark birds and the black and white scenes.I was blind to the commentaries about society. I was only looking through my misguided, untrained eyes. My interpretations were shallow. Later on, I found myself relating ideas to their photos. I learned something important from this extremely talented  power couple. There are more to pictures than being interesting or beautiful. There are meanings, stories, and warnings ingrained in the work. I looked with my eyes, but I didn't see with my heart or head. Moral of the Story: It is okay to be confused about art, because it means that you are searching for the hidden meaning.After I disregarded these feelings, I found myself immediately entranced by the ideas and concepts of their art.

I feel that Kelly and Jaime's art encompassed overall ideas in society that cannot be answered verbally. I felt that they answered those question in their work by showing the viewers the cause and effect of these controversial questions. What happens when you release new technology into the world? It gets used for other purposes than what it was first meant to be. Like the instructions to bird suits being shredded into a new home. I find their art both interesting and thought-provoking. I couldn't keep my eyes off of the Nesting pictures and I found myself coming back to them often. The details were flawless and there was a hidden challenge of seeing everything pieced together. The New York Stock Exchange project aroused much interest in my mind. I was drawn to the use of digital bricks and real bricks. Also, I was drawn to the fact that Jaime monitored it every fifteen minutes. Overall, it was fascinating to see many types of art in one photo. I caught myself thinking about which object was ink or a photo.


Everything hit me all at once when I stepped into that gallery. The pictures on the monitor were not the same pictures that were hanging on the white walls. They were amazing and I could almost feel  Kelly and Jamie's touches on their pictures. To meet the artists, hear the background on the pictures, and then see the works for yourself made it more special and meaningful to me. So once again I find myself thinking of this art show and I feel my mind wander back to the day that kindled a passion to want to see more of this interesting thing call, "art".