I really like Knowledge And The Arts, here’s why.<\/p>\n
First of all, when reading Knowledge and the arts I found a lot of humour snuck into lines and explanations. I’ll be honest, when I was given the package during class I assumed reading the whole thing would be a daunting task, but it was surprisingly…pleasant. Refreshing even. Adding humour to the papers made it feel more like an activity than homework as well which I really like, and it made it easier to understand too. One thing I noticed about Knowledge and the Arts is it’s kind of wordy…Now I know this is Mr. MacKnight we’re talking about here, so of course the package isn’t full of colourful illustrations and glitter, but despite the humour and amusing anecdotes, I did find it difficult to read on occasion, and I found myself looking up a lot of words because of this. Like “logical syllogism” or “bohemian” like what? But personally I like challenges, so I felt proud of myself for actually reading the whole thing. One important idea that made me think about the package a bit differently about emotions. Specifically, that emotions can be caused by art. I went to Italy recently and I visited what felt like a million art galleries and churches, and although I was tired at the end of the trip, I really enjoyed the art. Each piece had a story inside of it, and sometimes when the tour guide was speaking about the pieces of art I would plug my ears (discreetly obviously) and just look at the painting and feel how it made me feel. Poetry for me is kind of like that too, it can give me certain emotions if I look at it a certain way. Overall, it wasn’t exactly easy to read vocabulary wise, however Knowledge of the Arts made up for it by telling stories, making jokes, and also showing occasional illustrations to keep my picture obsessed brain awake.<\/p>\n
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