tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701267910813474066.post4511366442636416598..comments2023-09-19T11:32:34.072-04:00Comments on Lil's Book of Questions: "Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?"Lil Blumehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12590816428802923708noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701267910813474066.post-801975364094328602012-07-22T16:59:43.498-04:002012-07-22T16:59:43.498-04:00I agree with Lil and the comment above. I think t...I agree with Lil and the comment above. I think the art tour isolates you, not only from the other viewers, but from your own feelings, observations, and -- most important -- from looking at the art itself. The tour dumbs US down, thinking we have to listen to an "expert" to "understand" the work, rather than experience it. A guided tour is better, because the docent -- especially if skilled -- will let the audience ask questions, and perhaps admit she doesn't know the answer. And in response to Lil's question about art -- I think art needs to raise questions, not answer them. Case in point: the title of Gaugin's painting. He was probably wondering about these questions, too, and asking them in paint and images as well as words.Ellen J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11101876416191846851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701267910813474066.post-5310439539738194552012-07-20T21:46:44.443-04:002012-07-20T21:46:44.443-04:00From www.hubski.com
by b_b
I hate the audio tour ...From www.hubski.com<br />by b_b <br />I hate the audio tour at museums. I agree its isolating, but also they have to dumb it down to point of being insulting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com