One of the interesting things I learned this week is that you can look at art and literature in similar ways. You can analyze them in basically the same way. I liked thinking about art and literature like this because I really enjoy art and I can easily spend an entire day in an art museum. I felt very inspired by how viewing art was presented in the ted talk that we watched. I really want to get a story out of the art that I look at and I want to make an emotional connection to it, but it just isn't realistic to expect that connection with every piece. I want to see all the pieces but when she said that she only lingers on ones she felt called to, I felt really affirmed because I like to spend lots of time in a gallery but I don't want to divide that time evenly. There are some things I would happily spend hours looking at, creating a story, and finding meaning in, and some I don't need a second glance at. The same thing goes for reading. Sometimes I will get really into something I'm reading and I will have an insatiable need for more, some works I could talk and theorize about for hours. Others, every sentence is a chore and I gain nothing from. I guess that the biggest takeaway from this week's lessons is that this is okay. I don't have to be moved by everything. I don't have be changed by everything I see, and I don't need to bend over backwards to force an emotional connection that just isn't there. If it's good, revel in it. If it's not, that's okay, move on to something that is. Another relevant article
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