In a journey into the unknown our hearts and minds were
exposed to new ideas about the nature of art. Art wasn’t just a simple painting
on a mural or a simple porcelain sculpture; instead what we witnessed is that
art is alive and vivid with the captured imagination of the artist’s soul. Humanities
on the go was a great guide into discovering the art that was hiding in plain
sights all of these years.
This class led us to discover how an art once considered vandalism
could reflect many thoughts of a shunned society. Their valuable work is overlooked an underappreciated,
but can depict a valuable inside into our own modern society. For example the “all
American eagle” has its wings proudly flexed to fly but it is chained to a
weight. The eagle is a great representation of we call our self’s the land of
the free, but we are too limited to actually calls ourselves “free.”
Through our ventures we traveled to
the heart of the beast, we went deep into its belly to see how life was still
in full motion even several feet below our feet. We go to admire the towering
buildings that seemed to challenge the gods of Olympus. With access to a
vantage point high above the streets, we got a first-hand view of the majestic view
only relished by winged beast such as birds. Our venture by foot brought
witness to many pieces of art laid out in the city streets that are not often appreciated
by the common city inhabitant. Each piece of art stood as a speckle of
creativity in a loud and busy city street.
Art is not just found in picture but in architecture. Architecture
is perfect representation of a community. Urban decay is a sign of a struggle and
deterioration of hope of the people, but what we saw in Galveston on that cold
Friday morning was restoration. Restoration is sign of positive change,
restoration is sign of hope, and restoration is a sign of a community blooming
to become a spot light for others to follow. Even with the icy cold winds flowing into our
exposed skin that felt like a river flowing through land, I could feel the
warmth of the newly restored buildings as a sign of gratitude for a new lease
on life.
In this past semester I have observed so much
that few have, or will ever get the chance to see and truly connect with the
art that stands before them. Each trip was always a new and exciting way of
seeing something innovative. Each trip was revealing of what we are all capable
of accomplishing if we set our God given creativity into an art master piece. This
class served its purpose in showing us that there is more than what meets the
eye. 
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