Everyone’s perception is different
In episode 24 of his podcast, The Anthropocene Review, John Green talks about Agnes Martin’s artwork and how she utilizes rectangles in her paintings. I found that Agnes Martin’s artwork and Ed Rusca’s artwork display this message of the concept of your perception which John Green also elaborates on in the podcast. For example, what do you think represents innocence? For me, I think of a newborn baby, but for other people, it could be anything. Since the concept of innocence is abstract, we as humans, give it a face or something to represent it, however, this face that we give it will be different for everyone. This idea is very similar to what I wrote about last week, in regards to Ed Rusca’s perspective on the world. Just like how Ed Rusca found beauty in a gas station that thousands of people pass by everyday and made that into his art, Agnes Martin found beauty in rectangles and made that into her art. Both of their artwork is so original because of their unique perception.
