Assignment 8

I thought this weeks reading was difficult. Greenberg used vocabulary I am not always familiar with, and ideas that were new to me. It is good to be stretched, and I really had to think through his essay.
That all being said, I do not agree with him that "art for art's sake" is bad or obsolete art. Though this type of art may be created by untrained artists, are they no less an artist?
As Locke said, no art is created in a vacuum. All art is somehow relevant to culture, to a movement or to a person, 150.
I was raised in the "self esteem" era, where almost nothing we do is wrong and we are generally made to feel good about ourselves. Therefore, it is somewhat horrifying to me that people like Greenberg are so ruthless in their judgments about art. How could they make such blanket statements as to say whole genre's are bad art?
This is a new concept to me that I'm not sure I like.

Spring Break

I did not even realize that last week was spring break - but I had already planned a get away! I was itching to get outta town, which takes planning with my husband and 9-5 job. However, we were able to take off to Tahoe on Thursday! My husband's family is blessed to have a very rustic cabin up there we could stay at.

I brought up a couple books, a magazine and cards. It was wonderful to be able to read without a time limit and to play cards with my guy.

It snowed over a foot while we were there, and it was so relaxing to be there and watch it.
We drove home on Easter morning, and were able to have a nice dinner with my in laws back home in San Jose. We had lamb and pie, Yum!

Spring break came just in time - I needed it!

I hope everyone else had a great break too!