Disclaimer: Read the article below (my post) till the end if you are men of understanding.
I remember telling Mr Chuan about arts are lies last semester during one of the lessons for Arts Criticism and Analysis. I know some art lovers in my class during that time and probably I might have perhaps offended their hearts through my opinion although I’m sure that Mr Chuan really loved to hear them –and still does (because he’s my facilitator for Anthropological Studies. Maybe I thought that artists were simply desiring attention through their impactful artwork –you never know because art always has underlying messages and people do crazy stuffs through that by even “selling their bodies” (sorry to say this) to be painted by viewers themselves; do research about ‘performance art’ if you want to know more about such “art format”.
At most we see that artworks especially paintings by some famous artists in the world such as Pablo Picasso, Vincent Van Gogh and few others (do your own research –I am not your Art Guru) leave no precise meanings in their works. All that viewers could do are making assumptions.
Well, you see –I think I just learn why few artists (and I hope they’re sincere and honest through their artwork without the intention of gaining fame but understanding) simply do crazy stuffs. I, based on my experience in life, would hint out that I am like everybody else –an ordinary human being caged within our worldly lusts with the struggle of persevering for patience through obstacles especially the foolishness and misunderstanding behaviour of people all around us.
Again I repeat –I am struggling for patience.
But like everybody else, we do not want to pick a fight with anyone and hence, we place all the blames by everyone upon ourselves –even we are innocent. Humans will simply continue to take advantage of you when you are down; in a nutshell, when you are trying to be patient of the nonsensical treatment by them. Do you see where I am getting at? Are you among them who leap on the heads of others and apportioning blame and make accusations over their exasperated and weary bodies due to the struggle of enduring deep agonies? Are you among them who refuse to take the words of the people who share knowledge with you about the truth of the world where you live like fishes in the sea, unable to swim above the surface to search what is beyond?
Are you even among those who slain the righteous people such as prophets throughout time?
Do you reject them because they are full of boredom (perhaps because they love sharing knowledge that you immediately turn off by their words as though you’re in a history class where your teacher monotonously drones from the textbook? In any case before I move on, I must congratulate you on your ignorance for the knowledge of humankind and civilisations if you are what I have asked concerning yourself a while ago.
This is not what Izuddin say; so don’t get angry with me –you choose that path where only unaware lambs heed for the route to the wolves; this you have formed a norm and influence upon the society, creating that as your rightful ideology and I am merely speaking to remind you what you have done.
Sadly among the ideology you have made it lawful for you to have the right to seize advantage over those who are patient. They are like rabbits hiding in the burrow, going and digging deeper with reluctance of biting your fingers when you provocatively poke them.
And the best part is; you suddenly let your anger loose when they retaliated –you started cursing and distant yourselves away from them (when ironically it is you who create such a commotion in the first place).
Do you get it? You start poking them by never appreciating what they have done. To worsen the situation, you have even make slanders by throwing accusations on them and all they do are doing their best in being patient.
Look –they feel as though nobody in this world understands them. They do not want to speak of their good deeds because they fear that sincerity has never been with them; they are rejecters of fame apart from the ones who live for others and not just for their own.
Get the picture? When you ill-treat them, they start calling the times they do kindness upon others.
“Do I deserve all these despite all the good things I have done?” –because of you they start to lose their sincerity. In the front they are being patient and behind your backs they shoulder burdens which you would have sworn, cursed and moaned if you are in their shoes –they do all these without much complains.
Deep down inside their hearts, they yearn for someone to talk to –someone who would understand their worlds. But they are afraid because it is probably they do not want to render difficulty on others; it is even possible they are afraid of being insincere or darken their hearts with hatred and distrust, which that is eventually the result among them.
Today I realise that is probably what most artists (with pure hearts) are. Is it wrong to yearn for attention which they hope for understanding to relieve their inner selves from the cage of rubbishes cast by people?
Attention-seeking, aren’t they?
Please do not forget the fact that they leave their artworks free for all interpretations by viewers –of course, I am talking about those who pour their emotions into their works of art. They only yearn for understanding because of the ill-treatment you have on them.
They leave their art pieces in vagueness because they do not want to complain to the world like you always do all the time even with the slightest difficulty in your life. A picture paints a thousand words but they are afraid of explaining their own masterpieces as they do not want to lie; they do not want to be dishonest with you and that is why they do not want to talk in details about their paintings and actions in art.
Don’t you get it? That is how my life is although I am no painter or artist (although you may label me as “insane” since I am swift in emotions). And I am only sharing my opinion concerning the possible reasons behind artists’ what-you-call-weird sanity.
Condemn me all you want BUT don’t leave others hating the world because of your actions. And do I need to curse and use vulgarities on you lest you are men without understanding? Won’t you ponder about your actions behind the rage of people have on you?
Are you going to badmouth and slander people after this?
Have you ever thought why the famous artist Vincent Van Gogh slices his own ear lobe? Do you know what love is? Isn’t love an emotion? What does that now tell you about emotions?*
*Hint: If you want to know more, make a research to why Vincent Van Gogh had his own ear “tormented”
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