What You Get Is Not Always What You See by John Bentley Mays
I really liked this essay. I picked this essay because when I quickly read it over I saw that it had something to do with the Group of Seven. I decided to pick it because art is something that interests me. The essay had a neat message in it. It was talking about how the Group of Seven has changed the way we view around us. We no longer see the world as nature but sometimes as a painting. You see the crisp brush strokes instead of the soft, natural lines.
I found it hard to find the message of the essay. It wasn't really stated and it could be taken as a good way or a bad way. You really had to think hard and read the essay a lot of times to find the meaning of the essay. The tone really helped distinguish whether the message was good or bad.
I am also finding it hard to think of a visual. I have some ideas for a visual but nothing that has really stuck out yet. I just have to keep thinking of ideas until something really sticks out.
I think this essay reminds me a little of my life. I really like to draw and paint so I get the message the author is trying to get across. When I see a nice landscape I will usually visualize it as a drawing or painting of mine. Then I will go home and sketch it out from memory or draw/paint it if I took a photograph.
"Is it Nature, redolent with raw, primordial beauty? Or do we see Nature that's been subtly colonized by landscape paintings?" - What You Get Is Not Always What You See by John Bentley Mays
The drawing at the top is another drawing of mine. I drew it a few years ago after seeing the image below. This is an example where I can relate to the authors message. I no longer saw the landscape the way it was but I visualized it as a drawing.
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