Grey Hills Navajo Weaving Reflection

As this semester comes closer to the end, I think of all the usual information I have learned from taking this course and how I see the world and the concept of how art is in every little thing we do. We pass buildings and restaurants every day to learn that a construction team built those buildings to look a certain way that the hiring company wanted them too. I am stating this because everyone has a different way they look at art and how they perceive it. I asked my friends to accompany to the Kennedy Museum to look at the “Two Grey Hills Navajo Weavings” that have been on display for awhile and I have heard some people talking about the display. The tour guide lady said the weavings are geometric patterns made by natural handspun wool; colors include the shade of black, gray, tan, brown and white. I felt like I could have stared at this weaving all day and still not understand how the artist(s) did this. There is not enough patience in the world for me to do this and for them to take their time and create such a magical piece of work is beyond my mind. I asked my friends what they thought about and they would have purchased the piece if they could have. The one idea that generates in my mind about this piece is how did they choose those colors? They are so neutral; I felt if they did colors like: blue, green, purple and white it would have been a different look. It would have been a different way of thinking of the piece and what they were trying to achieve the viewer to think about. The colors they selected meant something to the artists, that they might only know and want the viewers to think critically. I personally believe only the artist may understand the idea of what they are trying to achieve. Everyone in this world thinks differently, so how can two people with a different background or a different mindset think the same thing? This is …show more content…
I think of Alaska and people using this blanket to cover up while fishing. To use these colors to not being distracting to the fish. Crazy idea of why this artwork was created but that is all I could think of. I asked my friends what they thought of the blanket and one of said a smart response about how this pattern could be on a sweater and this idea was thought about while shopping for clothes. My other friend agreed with the idea about Alaska, but also thought of it as a warm quilt and how long it takes someone to layout these patterns and get it just right without messing up. This paper was a little difficult to write, I slept on the idea of what I thought and I still personally think everyone has a different idea of what art is. Some people like graffiti on trains, or sculptures surrounded by water fountains. The “big idea” is all up to you personally, what do you like, what do you do for a hobby, what colors you are drawn to in majority of the artwork you view and how much time you look at the work. You have to have patience and love the idea of how much time people put into these artworks. If you don't love art than why bother looking at it, since you won’t appreciate