Tuesday, November 12, 2013
The Art of Knowing
Whether your moment of knowing in Art comes from tonight's talk by Anna Schuleit Haber, from your own work, or elsewhere, please share the source of your knowledge moment, the knowledge question you've extracted, and your answer to your own question. These are due by 9:30 Wednesday night. Please read your classmates' work before Thursday's class. Finally, flashing back to last post's flashback, here's a new comic version of Prufrock, courtesy of the inexhaustible BoingBoing.net.
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One knowledge moment that involved art was during my IB English class earlier this year. During class we were given a painting by Mary Cassatt to examine. Mary Cassatt was a famous female painter of the 19th century who is famous for her paintings of mother and children. She is inspirational because during her lifetime women were suppressed for trying to pursue secular success especially in literature and art. We were given one of Mary Cassatt’s painting that portrayed a young woman and a child laying down on a bed. We were challenged to examine the painting and relate it to ‘The Awakening’, which was the novel, by Kate Chopin that we were studying at the time. During this assignment, I learned a few things about the women in Cassatt’s time. By the look of exhaustion on the woman’s face I could tell that she was tired presumably from a long day of doing domestic work. By her posture, I could tell that though she loved the infant she sort of resented him and blamed him for her tiredness. The woman in the picture also seemed very young which shows that women’s expectations during that time was centered around reproducing and doing domestic work. These were the knowledge I gathered from the painting. My classmates on the other hand, no doubt had various different answers about what the painting was about.
ReplyDeleteA good knowledge question that I derived from this knowledge moment is how do individual interpretations change what we know about the past? This question recognizes the fact that various individuals can have interpretations from looking at a specific object. In answer to the question individual interpretations change knowledge based on the knower. Aspects of the Knower’s life that can affect their interpretation of a specific object are, education, culture, experiences and beliefs. Persons coming from various backgrounds will obviously have different interpretations of things especially art works. The interesting thing about art is that its meaning changes from individual to individual and there is no certain right or wrong answer. This is the reason that one piece of artwork can be really appreciated by one person and have no sentimental value to another.
Knowledge Moment: Anna Schuleit Haber “drew” with her eyes and without her hands... A person creating visual art with different body parts. To quickly put this it into perspective, Anna Haber in a neurological study had a system that tracked her pupil movement, thus creating the tracks her eyes followed. Using her memory of a bicycle going downhill, she used her eyes to create the image (moving her pupils in circles to create the wheels etc.) My question relates to her memory of knowing the detail of a downhill bike looks like and being able to recreate that image using her memory.
ReplyDeleteKnowledge Question: To what extent does an individual's memory allow them to visually create something they are thinking?
Answer: In my opinion, memory is one of the main ways of knowing in order to “rethink” or “recreate” one’s original thought or experience. Therefore, an individual’s memory greatly allows them to visually create something they are thinking or wish to recreate. They use their memory (as a way of knowing) of the object at hand, to understand and remake what they remember in their memory.
My knowledge moment has been brewing for a period of time (ever since we started reading The Things They Carried in English class). Tim O’Brian, the author, writes war stories from both his personal experiences, and the experiences of others around him. He states that it is hard to tell a true war story since the truth is blurred, your mind creates things in a time of pressure, and the stories have been told so much over time that there has been some shift in facts. Because in today’s class we have decided to temporarily exclude literature from the term ‘art’, I decided to research artwork created by Vietnam veterans. What I found did not surprise me. There were many images and landscapes that looked vivid and real, but were somehow distorted. The artist put their point of view on it, and how they perceived the war. It was not a factual piece of art, but rather a piece of art based on events with pieces of memory, and imagination built into it.
ReplyDeleteThis led me to my knowledge question: If memory and imagination combine, is the result truly knowledge?
I think that the answer to this question is yes. Although imagination is not fact, it is still knowledge. In some cases, when the mind believes the imagination, it is fact to the knower. Also, knowledge does not have to be a fact. It can be perception, which can vary from the knower (therefor it is not fact). Perception can be very closely related to imagination, as imagination can help the mind alter a thought derived from a confusing, stressful, happy, or any other kind of event. Imagination is knowledge because it is something being created in the mind of a knower, and the knower knows that the thought exists. In my opinion, the answer to my knowledge question would be yes.
Links to some art I looked at:
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3289/430/1600/Vietnam%20Vets%20AM,%20Hughes,%20beware%20of%20children.jpg
http://www.vvaw.org/gallery/images/spring11_photos_web/NVVAM_GoodbyeVietnam.jpg
One of my most recent knowledge of art is from a friend's work. She showed me her work which was basically a box with lots of objects in it. I saw broken crayons, wires, soldiers, mouth, birds, and a Chinese flag which covered one whole side of the box. It is really abstract so I know there must be a lot of meanings lying behind these objects. After asking several questions and getting some hints from her, I got to know the whole project is about the limitation of freedom in China. The soldiers are shooting the birds which symbolizes the government is trying to control what Chinese citizens say. The crayons are broken is because Chinese citizens' freedom to fully express every thoughts in their colorful mind is restricted and is in the control of government. As a whole, the project reflected the fact that Chinese government deprives Chinese citizens' freedom of expression.
ReplyDeleteThe whole art work is based on a thorough understanding of a country and it's culture. It reflects the great influence from culture in the creation of artworks. So my knowledge question is to what extent can culture shape an individual's expression?
To me, it is a pretty good knowledge question,which means it is vague and deep and hard to answer, so I don't really know how to answer it in a proper way. OK... In my opinion, culture is the biggest factor that shapes an individual's expression. The environment in which a person grows up in can bring life-long influence on the person's personality, opinion towards certain things and the ways he or she react to things. Through expression, one shows his or her thoughts which are originated from the knowledge they have already gained. There are not two people that have identical knowledge because everyone grows up in different cultures (even among families, their cultures are different). Difference in knowledge, which was resulted from the difference in culture, brings out entirely different expression from different people. An individual's expression is the representation of his or her culture.
I frequently experience music as a moment of knowing in art, especially in rock band. Recently, we mastered a song we will be performing on Monday for an informal concert. Rather than saying that we rehearsed it perfectly, Bill asked what we thought the song was about and what it meant to us. As a group we pondered what the song, "Fix Me," meant to us. We came to the conclusion that the song was about a troubled relationship, in which one of person wants to "fix" the other, but the other does not believe he needs fixing and he doesn't want help. This is just one perspective that could have been explored with this song. It could mean something very different to the writer of the song, or to a group of different people. This is just one side of the song Upper School Rock Band believes to be true.
ReplyDeleteThis leads me to my knowledge question: To what extent perspective change the meaning of common knowledge?
For me, it is obvious that perspective changes everything. One can physically look at an object from a different place in a room and it changes what the object looks like. Perspective also changes the meaning of everything. Every person in this world has a different perspective as the next person because they were brought up differently. Each person has different beliefs and values that change how they see things in the world. Perspective is the reason that each of us has a different opinion. If we all looked at everything from the same perspective, then everything would be the same, but it is not. Remembering a previous post, Cathy and I looked at a decapitated cross country jump- I saw dreams, Cathy saw death. Because of our different perspectives on the pile of rotting logs, we had very different ideas of what it meant to us. Therefore, knowledge is completely influenced by the perspective that is taken on that particular topic.
I have been listening to some classical pieces by some famous musicians. One of my best pieces is “Sonata No. 8” by Mozart. Whenever I listen to this piece, I become happier than I felt. I used to listen to this piece whenever I was sad or pissed which would cool me down and help me to feel better. I would then understand that what happened was good instead of bad because it helped me to learn a new lesson. In this case, if I were angry that I broke a glass I would listen to “Sonata N0. 8” which would help me feel better and would also propel my mind to think that what happened was not bad after all. The classical piece would tune my mind to understand that breaking the glass was not a bad thing but instead, a good way for me to learn on how to become more careful in order not to break something again.
ReplyDeleteKnowledge question: To what extent does hearing change the emotions that affect our knowledge?
Answer: I believe that hearing is one of the ways in which our emotions are captured. As I said, my emotions happened to change when I committed a mistake whenever I listened to the “Sonata No.8” piece. The Classical pieces would relieve my anger and I would instead become happier and encouraged because my knowledge that “It was bad for me to commit the mistake” would change to “it was good for me to make the mistake”. I would start believing that committing the mistakes was good for me because it helped me to learn a new lesson that I would not have learnt if I had not committed that mistake. In this case, I would learn that I needed to be more careful.
Coming back to my question, I can say that hearing is a great influence to our emotions. Emotions are also a great impact to our understanding or knowledge. Hearing might change our emotions towards something which would lead us to understand differently the concept of that thing.
I recommend everybody to listen to the “Sonata No.8” because it is such a great classic which you might enjoy.
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My moment of artistic knowledge came when I began to discover the meaning behind fashion trends. Clothing is a visual form of art that not many think about when they first contemplate the notion of art as an area of knowledge. Fashion is created by the influence that the surrounding world has upon designers—much like the experience that painters, musicians, dancers or photographers have. When designing a piece of fashion, a designer integrates current events and worldly ideas. For example, I experienced a moment of knowledge when researching fashion history. “To what extent does design reflect the time period in which it was made?” Looking at fashion over the years can reveal a lot about the time period. Has anyone ever realized that women’s dress lengths reflect the era in which they were made? In the late 1800s and early 1900s, women’s dresses were the heavily layered and conservative, with long sleeves and ankle length hems. They were also very fitted, reflecting women’s societal roles: http://trulyvictorian.com/history/90img7.jpg
ReplyDeleteHowever, movements towards women’s rights and organizations brought on a much lighter design. Fabrics began to have flow and a wider range of motion, as well as patterns. They were not very fitted or confining either: http://file.vintageadbrowser.com/l-0k9k3hlje1owxf.jpg
Then, following WWI and during the Great Depression, designs returned to a more fitted, simple, and a strict look: http://fashionthroughtime.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/1930s-fashion-2.jpg
Designs for fashion portray the emotion of the people. Later on in the same century--following WWII and into the 50s-- a sense of lightness returned to women’s clothing. Designs became more expressive, (and hems shortened), as women’s rights became more and more evident. Patterns in the fabric were often floral or flamboyant, and reflective of “The American Dream” that sprouted in the post-WWII era: http://www.soyesterdaysovintage.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Photographic-Print-of-1958-1950s-UK-dresses-alice-edwards-womens-hats-from-Advertising-Archives.jpg
The moment that I pieced together this idea of fashion design as a way of knowing inspired an entirely new understanding of how the world works. The idea that fashion designers as artists can influence and be influenced, by time and events is truly fascinating.
My moment of knowledge occurred during a history class a few weeks ago when Karen was away in Canada. During class we had to watch a video that talked about World War II. The video consisted of mostly paintings or photographs of the war with a voice over of a man talking about the war. I thought that all of the images were really interesting and they really gave a sense of what war was like. They allowed me to have a visual perspective of war besides just reading the words in our textbook. Although, when thinking about the images more in depth I realized that because of the way that the images were presented to me, I have several different interpretations of them. Firstly, I have the interpretation that the video wanted me to have. Each image went with whatever the voiceover was saying so that the facts were enforced. For example, the video talked about the sadness of children becoming orphans during the war while it showed images of sad children being shipped off by themselves; this presentation of the images gave me the interpretation that these images were sad without me even having to come up with my own interpretation. Secondly, I had my own interpretation of the images. For each image I had my own opinion on it and I put myself in the shoes of the people involved in the events in the images. This gave me my own perspective and interpretation, but not without the ones that were presented to me.
ReplyDeleteThis made me think of the knowledge question: To what extent does the presentation of knowledge affect one’s interpretation of it?
I think that the presentation of knowledge can be extremely influential to one who is learning it. How knowledge is shown to a learner can completely manipulate what the learner will most likely see or take away from the knowledge. It changes perspective and opinion and interpretation. This also made me think that, are there good and bad ways to present knowledge? I think that the physical presentation of it, like a power point, could be good or bad; but I don’t think that the presentation as in, the perspective or opinion it is based upon or given from, can be good or bad.
The art form I chose was liturgical art. Liturgical art in a nutshell is religious art which depicts a story. Liturgical art is popularly recognized in Christian denominations , especially Roman Catholic in the form of icons or stained glass windows.My knowledge moment that came out of liturgical art was as a result of mainly my faith, that I used to identify the true meaning behind the stories of these art forms. This led me to develop the knowledge question : To what extent can faith influence one's perspective? The answer to this question in my opinion is that one’s faith can play a very integral role as the influence of their perspective. Faith can influence one’s perspective in the sense that if you strongly believe in something, that belief will affect your wider views on life influenced by that particular thing you strongly believe in. Faith does not have to be religious , it can be a strong belief held in anything. Therefore faith serves as a basis for which many ideas and perceptions on life are moulded from , dependent on the knower.For example I strongly believe in the bible therefore , when I see liturgical art ,because of the faith and teachings that were indoctrinated in me (faith+sense perception) I interpret it based on bible stories. In other denominations with different faiths when they see liturgical art they can interpret it based on what had been indoctrinated in them by their beliefs in another supreme being or holy scripture. This shows evidence that different faiths influence different perspectives.
ReplyDeleteDuring IB dance we usually make dance studies to find out about what kind of dancer we are. These dance studies are meant to help us figure out our own way of movement. First we are given a type of dance skill, such as dynamics, and in our dance study we must use dynamics such as high, low, fast and slow. In doing these dance studies my knowledge moment was when I realized how everyone has their own way of moving. I am usually used to seeing disciplined dance forms such as tap, jazz, hip hop and contemporary, so when I saw others dancing in their own way it was kind of interesting because I was not used to seeing peoples on way of dancing. I was not even used to myself and my individual way of dancing. Seeing different dance forms from different people and seeing my own dance form showed me that instead of there being a conformed/confined way to dancing, there are many ways to dance through the individuality of others.
ReplyDeleteA knowledge question that I have come up with from my knowledge moment is ‘how can influences from society shape one’s way of knowing?’ To answer this I think that society can surely influence one’s way of knowing. Since societal ideas and practices are so influential, ones way of knowing can definitely be altered. For example if someone believes in faith as a way of knowing but then is exposed to reason and logic through society their way of knowing can be changed to logic because of what they see or hear from society. Another way this question can be taken is in the form of what one think about something. To put this in context, say, someone thinks that dreams are a figure of the imagination, but society repeats and deem that dreams are future events that will happen to you. Because of society’s influence on the topic and because society has deemed that theory as ‘normal’ the person who believed that dreams were just imagination may start to think that dreams are the future all because of what society said. Because something is popular belief may considerably change someone’s ideas or opinion on something.
I have been taking art at Stoneleigh Burnham School since I was in seventh grade. I always thought of it as a waste of time and something I had to do. This year, In IB Art 1, I have realized that I am extremely wrong. My knowledge experience in art occurred from one of my own art pieces. Our project was ‘Food in Art’, we could choose anything we wanted. I decided that I wanted to create something with a direct message and meaning. I began with a simple sketch that soon became one of my favorite works that I have created. I ended up working with Oreo’s and producing a drawing that showed a magazine covered in Oreos, as a size zero manikin pushes them into the magazine. Once I had finished this piece I realized that there was something much more important to art than just coloring, painting, and drawing. As an artist, (well…lets not go that far) I can produce something that speaks to many different people in different ways. Some could interpret my piece as a message to the beauty world. On the other hand, some might see it as a way of using Oreos as an object in art. It was the first time that I produced something that brought up these types of questions and diverse interpretations. I also realized (through TOK) that in order to have these diverse interpretations, ideas, and questions one must use emotion to realize what their understanding of a piece of art is. I then realized that emotion is one of the keys ways of understanding art. In her workshop last night, Ana explained that art is a way of expressing yourself- as artist we are constantly looking (working) to find a way to express ourselves. I realized that this desire to express ourselves and the actual expression that comes through in artwork would be impossible to achieve without emotion. For example, my Oreo piece came from a direct emotion I have for the way the beauty world effects girls and how they think they must be to satisfy our society (that we created!). That is just one emotion…When people look at my piece they could have a completely different emotion attached to the Oreos, the magazine, or the manikin. It all comes from the diverse emotions we as human beings have.
ReplyDeleteKQ: To what extent can emotion influence or change ones perspective of art?
I believe that emotion is one of the most important and valuable ways of knowing, especially in art. As human beings we have the ability to feel emotion, know emotion, and live emotion. Our emotion can change, however, it always remains our own. Thus, when one is looking, interpreting, analyzing, or simply enjoying a piece of artwork, their emotion will be different than anyone else who saw it, perhaps in the same exact moment. I have realized, through being an art student (again…lest not over exaggerate) that emotion is very important when looking at art. When I created this piece, everyone had a diverse emotion behind it. Some had the same understanding, however, not the same emotion. That is why I believe that emotion is the main influence and change in ones perspective of art.
My moment of knowing occurred as a result of Anna Shuleit Habers great talk on Tuesday night. I don't know how many of you were there, but she talked about her Habeus Corpus project in which she basically turned the ruins of a hospital into an instrument of music, using the wall spaces and windows to echo music out of the building. I looked up the video online after the talk, having been intrigued by her art as well as interested in what that must have sounded like. Listening to the first chords of Bachs music as it erupted and reverberated out of this old ruin, I was struck by the way this music and this representation of the past had brought memories, passions, but mostly people together. I considered the question "Is there knowledge that holds as a base for all other knowledge?"
ReplyDeleteI think that there is no "basis" for knowledge; I will reiterate the fact that I believe knowledge comes from personal experience, and personal experience can only be experienced by the knower/ person who is experiencing. Memories combined with dreams from the subconscious are what create the basis of what each knower interprets; in the case of this huge, hauntingly beautiful ruin, the only thing that connected the people who experienced it (from an interpretative perspective) was that they had their own basis for interpretation of it.
I experienced a moment of knowledge during Anna Schuleit’s workshop yesterday. Anna led us through a series of blind sketches in which we used charcoal to draw the model, which happened to be Sherica. In the first couple of drawing, we mainly did sketches, but after a couple of poses, Anna reminded us that we had should use both light and dark marks to fully express the mood of the model. In a pose where Sherica was lying down, with her arm under her head as a cushion, Anna told us to capture what we saw of the girl, not the person, but the sleeping, resting girl. This is the moment where I asked myself: “How would I portray a relaxed girl?” The first thing that came into my mind was to put less pressure on the charcoal, to lighten the color of the lines and lighten the mood as well. The second thing that I thought of was to use curvy lines instead of straight lines, and refrain from going over any of the lines. This is the first time in a long time that I have thought about this, because these pieces of knowledge had first come into my conscience last year in the Introduction to Studio Arts course, and now that I am revisiting this, I realize the role of the knower in all of this artistic expression, if that’s what it’s called. What makes people associate dark and heavy lines with a heavy mood? What makes straight lines and sharp angles seem tense? What makes us connect these things together? My knowledge question is: To what extent can memory influence the knower’s interpretation of the mood of knowledge? Assuming that each piece of knowledge has a mood, and a large part of that is assigned by the knower/s, or public opinion. I know that memory is a big part of drawing interpretation from a moment of knowledge. Except, I’m not really sure if its memory, in which case, I should change the knowledge question, but I don’t really know what to replace it with. This particular knowledge question might be easier answered for areas of knowledge that isn’t forms of artistic expression (literature included). That leaves science and math, and history. Can moments of knowledge in science and math embody a mood? Or be assigned a mood? Each moment of history must have a mood, because it’s a story and the story can be all sorts of emotions. Finally getting to the artistic areas of knowledge, how can a person assign a mood to a piece of artwork by the technique that was used creating it? If it is memory, then, how is the knower exposed to the initial moment of knowledge that tells her/him that thick and heavy lines portray a heavy mood? I acknowledge that thick and heavy lines may make an object seem physically heavy, but how? If we use the other example and question why angles and straight lines show strain, one might say because it symbolizes conformity, but what made the knower fell strained before they knew that angles and straight lines show conformity?
ReplyDeleteMy moments of knowing through art often occur in the subsection of performing arts, since I have experience in those particular art forms rather than visual arts. As a dancer, I can definitely say that art is a form of knowing. In my IB dance class, one of the first things we learned was that dance is frequently used to symbolize ideas, opinions and beliefs. For example, in the movie Step Up 4, dancers in the city of Miami dance for a political cause. They dance in order to stop a businessman from taking over their neighborhood, and in their dances, they explicitly demonstrate their arguments for keeping their neighborhood together. In this case, dance is a form of knowing because they use dance to express a certain idea. They and their audience know both the particular opinion that they express all because of the dance that they performed. One of my specific moments of knowing through art occurred when I went to an African Dance festival. As I observed the series of dances, I learned a lot about what each dance was about through the motions and gestures of the dancers, the music they danced to, and the general feeling of the performance. For instance, I drew the conclusion that one dance was celebratory because of the brightness in facial features of the dancers, the fast pace of music, and the overall mood that the performance produced.
ReplyDeleteThe knowledge question that I have extracted from this moment of knowledge is “To what extent does the array of knowledge behind an certain piece of work affect an individual knower?” I was led to ask this question because I know that everyone’s knowledge on any particular topic differs. People make works of art that represent a certain thing or idea to them, but to other knowers, it may carry a totally different message. To answer my knowledge question, I think that the exact same knowledge behind a certain piece of work never fully reaches any person. In relation to my previous example, an artist’s ideas behind his or her piece are never completely disclosed to the audience because everyone has different views of a particular thing. On the contrary, I also believe that certain things do teach people particular ideas that are the same for most people.
ReplyDeleteMy moment of knowledge was a bit abstract. I’m a dressage rider, which in summary is “horse ballet”. The whole concept of dressage came out of the practices and training of war (hence, dressage, meaning training in French). When war was fought with horses as a main component, many of the movements were needed in battle. A short example would be the skill of leg yielding, where the horse moves laterally, or sideways, which could be used to maneuver the horse and rider in tight spaces on the battlefield. Today, dressage is still prominent in the world of riding. Dressage freestyles are a perfect example of art. A rider and their horse will time their movements to exactly correlate with the music. These dances can be emotionally moving to watch, and I often times find myself mesmerized with their beauty. My knowledge question with this would be: To what extent does art change our perspective? When a person watches a dressage freestyle, they often say something to the lines of “wow, the horse is dancing!” Seeing dressage in current times, especially with music, is perceived as art. Looking back into the 1700’s, dressage was a means of survival and success in war. These two different perspectives are completely different, even though the movements and concepts in training are still the same. Most people would not associate dressage in current times, as a war tactic, but because music and creativity was applied, dressage is seen as art. These two different perspectives are a great example of how art shapes our perception.
Here is a link to watch a freestyle, to get an idea of what it looks like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTjVepyNLuM
I went to Anna Schuleit Haber's talk yesterday, and I was impressed starting from her powerful handshaking. I was amazed by plenty of great idea she has that others never thought of. Anna Schuleit spent more than four years to work on a project called Habeas Corpus. She worked in a discard hospital and put speakers in the rooms, then opened the windows. Bach's "Magnificat", which she always listened to when she was a child, for 28 minutes. The people who had stories and connections with the hospital were invited. It is very interesting to see people's reactions and changes.
ReplyDeleteAnna Schuleit decorated a discard hospital in Boston with different color flowers filling in each hallway. She found out that many patients never receive flowers. After done with the project, she donated those flowers to patients in other hospitals.
Anna Schuleit also did a installation in Boston Island.She found discard guns in military bases that left from WWII. She, as a German, had complicate feeling. She personally hated the gun, so she install huge mirror in front of military bases in order to remain people of peace they had now.
Anna Schuleit was also invited to MacDowell woods. She put the phones on 100 trees. People can call from outside, and talk to strangers who are near the tree that have phone.
Anna Schuleit painted a large scale painting on the wall of UMass Amherst's Fine Art Center. Reflecting to the lake, which is beside the Fine Art Center, it is a human's face. And the movement of water made it more interesting.
Anna Schuleit was deserved to be called genius.
My knowledge question is "In what way does knowledge has impact on inspiration?"
From her projects Habeas Corpus and Bloom (Boston Hospital), the memory of childhood and the sympathy of patients, which contributed to emotion, inspirited her. From her project Inter'Tidal (Mirrors on Boston Island), the belief of peace, which contributed to faith, inspirited her. From her project Landlines (MacDowell tree phones), the communication, which contributed to language, inspirited her. From her project Just A Rumor (human face on UMass Amherst Fine Art Center wall), the movement and reflection of water, which contributed to sense perception, inspirited her.
I found that "in what way does knowledge has impact on inspiration" is a really bad knowledge question. I can answer it right away. Absolutely, the artists gain their inspiration through knowledge. Base on my answer to the knowledge question which analysis how does Anna Schuleit gain her inspiration through emotion, faith, language, and sense perception. It is too wide for a knowledge question, so I change to "to what extent does a artist gain the inspiration through emotion"?
DeleteIn what way does knowledge has impact on inspiration in different areas?
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