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October 16, 2006
A Native Community and its Life-Style
After I finished this reading, I looked up Claude Lévi-Strauss on wikipedia. As I suspected, he is an anthropologist, not an artist. To be honest, I could never imagine describing this amerindian tribe’s features and understanding the tribe’s behavior . but, It was very interesting to watch the shape they drew and the way they expressed their angle of observation. It was too bad that I could not feel the vivid color they used and the exotic color sense. Even though I felt like his book focused more on the anthropological aspect rather than artistic view, it was still worth the read.
In my experience, when I have done artistic work, I have always found it difficult to find concept or building idea . Usually I want to use a unique design, color, or story. But my view and creation has been limited. In this kind of situation, I have come to the conclusion that the problem of lack of creative power comes from lack of experience for something valuable or new. Or ignorance of other views of art.
Even though I am not an artist yet, so I might be out of place in saying this, I think artists should be ready to learn and experience things. To learn the point of view or the observation methods of someone from another field like anthropology is one of the best ways to get artistic inspiration. I will get his book and finish it!
Posted by Jung Jung at October 16, 2006 09:09 PM