Journal 71: Historical Influences

The modernists came about after the realist and it's a whole new movement that revolutionized art and literature. When we talk about modern art, there are a lot of different kind because there aren't exactly a single sentence that can summarize the modern art. It is simply too broad and too much of a grasp for something to be able to characterize it sincerely. One statement people say about modern art is, "I can do it, but I didn't". This statement is basically saying that modern arts are a new perspective in seeing something. Seeing what people can't see. It's not about honing and mastering artistic skills such as being able to draw paintings that looks like photos from a digital camera. It is about seeing ordinary things in everyday life and inventing a creative look for the ordinary thing or idea or showing others how to view it in an innovative perspective. It is basically a poetic representation of what we see everyday, but modify to the extreme and creative and new, it is what we call modern art. Not anyone with great art skills can create modern arts, only those with a strong imagination and a keen observation can create modern art and each one is unique.