Honestly, I’m not really very appreciative when it comes to art. I find myself an alien, with regards to it. But sometimes, without my knowing, I have been able to make a very appreciative art design. Like for example, the poems and essays that I write, and even the stories that I have composed. It may not be a very big accomplishment, but for me, it is an outlet of my worries, anger, sadness, happiness and fear.
When I went to look at the Jose Joya exhibit, at first, I just find it very ordinary, just mere drawings and mixture of colors! But then. later on, I have seen something deeper in each painting. I felt as if, in every color used, drawings made, and figures chosen, there are deeper messages behind it. May it be political or abstract, there’s something unexplainable inside those paintings that make me stop and think.
There was this drawing entitled, “Pag-subo”. At first, I didn’t even understand the meaning because it was in a deep visayan translation, but when the folder of explanations reached my hand and I read the meaning of it, then I said to myself, “Ah! I was right!” because I interpreted it as if, there’s chaos in his life. The colors used were dark, like red, blue, green and black, and the only light color used was yellow. And the very intriguing thing for me was, it had several melted candles on it.
So, when I have read the explanation, the colors symbolized darkness, frustrations and confusion. The colors were distributed like, it was in a direction going nowhere! It really has no definite shapes nor figures! So, that meant chaos in his mind. The colors symbolized what he felt when he was making his piece of masterpiece! He was very confused! He didn’t know what to do! That’s why he came up with that kind of art.
Then, the yellow symbolized his little happiness. But he stated in his article that he wasn’t contented with that little amount of happiness because even though he experienced happiness, it was still not enough for him to be totally happy because his sadness overcame his heart. And finally, the candle symbolized faith and hope. Those tiny pieces of candles which were scattered and melted were symbols of his scattered hopes that help him to become stronger and to hold on further.
I don’t know but I kinda feel what the painter felt at that time. I sympathize him. I know how he felt. Just by looking into his painting, there I can understand further his emotions. Those emotions may not be expressed and always kept inside that’s why it stuck me so much. I don’t know the painter, all I know is that he is in confusion and sorrow.
Art, in whatever form, is always an outlet of emotions and sometimes the mirror of our personality and true feelings.
When I went to look at the Jose Joya exhibit, at first, I just find it very ordinary, just mere drawings and mixture of colors! But then. later on, I have seen something deeper in each painting. I felt as if, in every color used, drawings made, and figures chosen, there are deeper messages behind it. May it be political or abstract, there’s something unexplainable inside those paintings that make me stop and think.
There was this drawing entitled, “Pag-subo”. At first, I didn’t even understand the meaning because it was in a deep visayan translation, but when the folder of explanations reached my hand and I read the meaning of it, then I said to myself, “Ah! I was right!” because I interpreted it as if, there’s chaos in his life. The colors used were dark, like red, blue, green and black, and the only light color used was yellow. And the very intriguing thing for me was, it had several melted candles on it.
So, when I have read the explanation, the colors symbolized darkness, frustrations and confusion. The colors were distributed like, it was in a direction going nowhere! It really has no definite shapes nor figures! So, that meant chaos in his mind. The colors symbolized what he felt when he was making his piece of masterpiece! He was very confused! He didn’t know what to do! That’s why he came up with that kind of art.
Then, the yellow symbolized his little happiness. But he stated in his article that he wasn’t contented with that little amount of happiness because even though he experienced happiness, it was still not enough for him to be totally happy because his sadness overcame his heart. And finally, the candle symbolized faith and hope. Those tiny pieces of candles which were scattered and melted were symbols of his scattered hopes that help him to become stronger and to hold on further.
I don’t know but I kinda feel what the painter felt at that time. I sympathize him. I know how he felt. Just by looking into his painting, there I can understand further his emotions. Those emotions may not be expressed and always kept inside that’s why it stuck me so much. I don’t know the painter, all I know is that he is in confusion and sorrow.
Art, in whatever form, is always an outlet of emotions and sometimes the mirror of our personality and true feelings.
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