Personal Narrative: My Experience At The Menil Museum

I have never been to a museum until Sunday, February 01, 2015. During the time that I spent at the Menil museum, I saw so many different pieces of art. The e experience was like going into a different part of the world that I have never seen. At first, I did not know how to go about exploring. So I read the brochures to better understand the art I was about to see. I was so glad that I did because it really helped me understand the art and the story line behind the artists. I came across a couple of artworks that caught my interest. One of them was “Takis the Fourth Dimension by Panagiotis Vassilakis,” and the other, which had the most influence on me, was “Experiments with Truth Gandhi and Images of Nonviolence.”
Walking towards the Menil building I observed people laying out in the park: people with their families sitting around together, laughing, couples kissing as they lay on …show more content…
I have always felt the need to learn about different cultures in order to understand life, as it is quoted by, Mahatma Gandhi, “Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.” I immersed with the art so that I could become aware of the artist thoughts or feeling at that moment, as well as, the motivation the artist had to tell the story that was portrayed on the art. The Menil experience presented me with the opportunity to value the refinement of humanity and its art. The experience also gave me the opportunity to value the refinement of humanity and its art. Especially, since I live in a country where I am surrounded by different cultures as, art not only teaches me the story of humanity, but also draws feelings and ideas that cannot be written or expressed verbally. As history takes its course and civilization progresses, art lets me learn from our past so that I do not commit the same mistakes