Cutting The Head Of Medusa Analysis

Looking at the multiple pieces of art suggested to us, none of them spoke to me like this particular piece did. When walking into Gallery 219, the room set the mood of seriousness, and was lit well enough to view the multiple art pieces in the room. There are no sounds, but the sounds I created when I walked on the wooden floors that creaked when I went to view the art piece I desired. From a distance, it looked like a blob of black with multiple shapes contained in a transparent box on a pedestal, but when finally reaching the art sculpture, I felt this sense of connection. The hairs of my body stood up, and suddenly I became stunned at what I saw. I was staring at the Head of Medusa. The expression on her face, and the figure itself, is far from the original story. The Head of Medusa is a very interesting sculpture, not only because it is Medusa …show more content…
They can also be very clingy, and hard to remove from your life once they are in your circle. These snakes on Medusa’s head destroyed her morals and her life, if that is the story of Medusa. Cutting the snakes off Medusa’s head do nothing, as they come back, just like the “friends” in someone’s life. The only way to remove yourself from the “snakes” (“friends”) are to become yourself, and to not allow yourself to do actions that you are not comfortable with.
The Head of Medusa sculpture speaks in ways that are a lot deeper than people expect. I like this sculpture not only because of the Greek Mythology aspect, but that it connects to reality in one, or multiple ways. This sculpture makes me feel many emotions, and these emotions can be captured by looking deeper into the sculpture. The expression Medusa expresses is what really seals the idea of everything this sculpture has to offer. The question now becomes, will you allow the “snakes” to take control of your life, cling on to you like leaches, and make you do evil? Or will you remove it and be