Idea--Art or No?

Society and self esteem

The discussion about the woman with meat on her face was interesting to me. I, of course, can not know exactly what the artist felt in making the piece, but would assume that her feelings protrayed are influenced from a past romance or the media. My interpretation of the piece is not one of pity, however. I truly believe that your own personal feelings are not the fault of others. Only you can dtermine what influence others have on your life. As for specifically blaming the media, my view (which I shared in class) is that we sometimes set our own unattainable standards, and upon not reachign them, we blame others. It is m opinion that the media cannot be blamed for public esteem issues (like is protrayed in the piece) until commericals, television shows, magazine ads, the Internet, and the like blatently state that a person is worthless unless they meet certain criteria.

Posted at 10:44AM Oct 01, 2007 by Jacey L Mohr in General  |  Comments[1]