Kaprow
This reading was far too short for me to get much out of it
although he does make a good point about why I’m not always too keen on modern
art. There have been a number of times
that I have seen an average, ordinary object placed in a different context, an
art gallery per se, and have watched people gaze in awe at it. I will sometimes even feel like an idiot
because rather than being in awe, I’m standing there with a dumb look that
says, “I don’t get it.”
I also liked that he brought up the automaticity of
life. It bothers me how many things we
do without even consciously thinking about our actions. It doesn’t frighten me like driving and
realizing you’re home and you don’t remember how you got there, but just the
fact that so many things go unnoticed.
It’s similar to when he’s brushing his teeth and notices the small
nuances of the action. I know it’s not
exactly what he’s getting at, but he just got me thinking again about how much I
miss because I’m on autopilot.
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