Jewish Museum Reflection

I've seen plenty of art throughout my life, whether it be in person or just through the internet but I've never actually observed and taken notes. Art has always been one of those things I always thought I wouldn't really understand. As a kid, I always wanted to draw but I soon realized how awful my cartoons were and gave up drawing, I did not really think art was for me. Viewing the Unorthodox exhibit at the Jewish museum was one of the first times I actually went to just observe art rather than look and move on. It was a great experience, I really liked all of the artworks but there were three from the exhibit that really stood out to me. The first of which was called “Ten Works: Jug Heads” by Clayton Bailey, then “Hell on Earth” by Leang
to the city because of poor coordination with my friends. Lucky for me the next one arrived at 3:50. I went with three friends, Erik, Jennifer, and Kat. The ride to Grand Central was fairly quick as we had gotten on the express train. Originally I had planned on going to the Guggenheim museum but as I did not check the times before hand I didn’t know that the museum was closed on Thursdays. Due to my oversight I was forced to consult the list I had luckily brought with me in case of such an incident. I wanted to go to the El Barrio museum to see the visual illusion exhibit but the museum closed at around 5:30 I believe. The Jewish museum was practically the only one I could have gone to because it was open until 8 P.M. that day. The museum wasn’t too far from Grand Central but considering how cold it was and the laziness that fell upon us as we arrived to the city, we decided to take an Uber to the Jewish museum. None of us had ever used the app to call for the driver before but since Kat had a one free ride coupon we all said, why
The majority of the artwork was red and yellow, like fire, and had stars with either a skull or a flower inside of them. The colors were all blended except for inside the star. It gave me this feeling of balance. Although the painting had this theme of death with the fire and the skulls, the blending of colors and the flowers were all beautiful and equaled each other out. This piece reminds me of life. You make the most of your life and although life may not always be the kindest, forgiving, or provide the most company, there are lots of bright sides to life. There are plenty of beautiful things that come out of life and all the pain and suffering that we are all going through is just part of the painting. We are all mixtures of sadness and beauty and we are all in the same boat, we are not alone. Sometimes we feel odd and out of place because we are a little different but that’s exactly what makes this next piece my favorite