Alright. I know I'm no expert in the sentimental realm of art, which involves baring your soul, giving a lot of heart, creating complex senses, showing powerful feelings, and offering emotional and spiritual appreciation. Truth is, I'm not good at either of those... fact is I don't even know myself that well. As fictional as it might sound, the amazing fact is that through experiencing various forms of art, might it be music, paintings or even something as vain as films (well how can they be vain?! They're the saviour of modern human race), I get to see parts of me, parts of me I like, parts I wish I'll never get to see, parts I desperately try to hide from people, parts I'm proud of. I guess it's the same with everyone though. So does it mean that through art (whatever definition you may bestow on it), we can realise what our differences are, and get to find that one common self? Yup you're right, that was a rhetorical question, which means no one's supposed to answer it unless you're the inventor of rhetorical questions.
I often say that if I'm not studying medicine then I would've done art history, along with some obscure language that only archeologists understand. (No, common languages like Japanese or Dutch don't count here because I'd learn them anyway without doing a degree... and they're purely for the sake of travelling & enjoyment!) But then again, people say that medical practice at its finest is art, not science, so I guess I AM doing what I envisaged afterall. And all those specialised Latin and Greek terminologies indeed constitute an obscure form of language. Funny how we're often unaware of the fact that our dreams have already come true.
Anyway, what I REALLY want to say is that I think the world of art is so unlimited, and yet so universal that it has no beginning, no end, no boundaries, and it's way beyond all of us. Anything's art I guess - the big bang can be considered as art, the shapes of numbers can be considered as art, Michael Schumacher's Ferrari can be considered as art, your local dairy can be considered as art, this crap I'm writing is art!! And yes we're all art, and the whole world is too.
Seriously speaking though (I swear I'm serious now), I just want a space where I can let out my opinions on a lot of stuff that are generally regarded as "art". Some you may agree with, some you may think as extremely biased (which is most likely the case), some sound like total nonsense because I can only know so much. But please do be brave enough to go on this journey with me, exploring all the possibilities that can be expressed through art, which, ultimately, symbolises the great human virtues of beauty, truth, freedom, and (yup you guessed it, now say it aloud): L-O-V-E. (No Baz Luhrmann didn't pay me to say this, I just thought it'd make a grand ending)
p.s. please give me ideas on what I can write about!! Or alternatively maybe I should just put up a weekly column... that way I'll HAVE to find something to write about so I can meet the deadline lol... but then who cares if I don't?! ;P