Class Notes: What is Art?

Review of the class's blogs: How shall I live?
The clip of Mona Lisa's Smile shows that art is whatever we say it is. A person must have confidence in order to be recognized. At the same time, in order for a person to have confidence they must have some sort of institution backing them. Is feeling the need to prove something the thing that stands between us and what we truly want to become? Instead of listening to our inner selves, we live the way society tells us to live. Finding the confidence to do the things we love is difficult. This could be why we end up doing the things that we are told - the safest options.

How important is it that our work is understood and appreciated? It seems that in situations where women and men are presenting together, the man gets more recognized for his work than the woman. There are instances where men are given credit for a woman's work. I believe this means that society has a tendency to automatically assume men to be smarter than women.