I found reading Knowledge and the Arts to be very interesting. I had never really thought about the ways that people might see the same piece of art in a different way, which is ironic because my mom is an abstract artist and thats kind of the whole point of abstract art. I had head her talking about the ways that people understand abstract art differently but I have definitely never thought about poetry in that way. I find it interesting that looking at art and reading poetry makes us ask questions about the work but also questions about ourselves. I enjoyed reading The Ice Cream Story section of the handout because it reminded me of times when I have been hanging out with a friend and we go to get food or something and I already know that it’s processed garbage but then my friend tells me what it’s really made of and I did not need to know that right before I take a bite! The beginning of the package briefly mentions judging art which made me wonder about the different things that should be considered when judging art. Should we judge art by comparing it to other similar pieces? And if so, how do we decide which pieces are similar to each other? Is it the ones that look like? Or the ones that are made to tell similar stories? Should we consider how long it took to make the artwork? And should we judge it based on how we see it, or how the artist meant for it to be seen? How do we know what a piece art is supposed to represent unless the artist tells us? But, that leads back to one of the poems that we read a couple of weeks ago. It was Introduction to Poetry that talked about people just wanted to tear up poems and just get inside of them to find out what they mean instead of taking the time to ask questions about them and appreciate them for a minute. I think that the same thing can be said about art. We shouldn’t try to rush and find out what the art is supposed to mean, we should take a second to let ourselves ask the questions that we should ask and appreciate the art for what it is.