So, I was quite shocked by my Art 110 instructor this afternoon. He was lecturing about the concepts of beauty and ugliness, and he was showing us some photography by Diane Arbus. One of the photos was of a very sickly looking boy. He was all skin and bones. He had knobby knees and claw-like hands. In one of his hands he had what looked like a hand grenade. He was a mess, dirt all over, and sloppy clothes. When my instructor got to the photo, he started making fun of the boy and calling him ugly. He has no idea why the boy looks like he does. He could be plagued with some sort of disease, and he's lucky to be alive. But my instructor has no idea. I realize that his point was that not all art is beautiful, and that the boy in the picture is probably old or dead by now, but I think making fun of the boy was a little out of line. He could have kept on the topic by simply stating that the boy is obviously not the most handsome and that he looks kind of sickly. Maybe I'm blowing this out of proportion, but it was really the only picture where he literally yelled, "You're ugly!" at the picture before moving on.
I guess that's one opinion of many. And that is the purpose of this blog, giving my opinion.
I think I'm finished with my rant. :)
Have a nice day! lol
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