A Better Story: An Election-Day Rumination
Last week the students in my Writing Close to the Earth online class read George Orwell's classic essay, "Politics and the English Language." In it ... Read More
And out of left field, here’s a great reflection on art from Jim Carrey. Seriously.
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Joe Sutphin
Really beautiful.
Matt Richie
@mattrichieI’ve always defined being an ‘artist’ along the same lines as Jim Carrey does in this film. Artists express their experiences or their inner emotions through a medium that others can also experience. For that reason, I’ve never really considered myself an artist. The films I create and the little writing I do usually conveys another person’s idea or experience, not my own. The experiences described in this film are foreign to me, but I’m drawn to them because the artist is honest and vulnerable about something inside himself.
Matt Richie
@mattrichieI’ve always defined being an ‘artist’ along the same lines as Jim Carrey does in this film. Artists express their experiences or their inner emotions through a medium that others can also experience. For that reason, I’ve never really considered myself an artist. The films I create and the little writing I do usually conveys another person’s idea or experience, not my own. The experiences described in this film are foreign to me, but I’m drawn to them because the artist is honest and vulnerable about something inside himself.
Zonda
Wow, who knew? Great artist in many mediums.
Tammy
Collin Cockrell
@collinWhen I heard Jim Carrey say “We want to show ourselves and have that be accepted.” it reminded me of a couple of things a couple of my heroes have said:
“I’m afraid if I open myself to be known, I’ll be seen and despised and be left all alone.” -Andrew Peterson from The Rain Keeps Falling
and again, “I think, the thing everybody really wants to know is not what the theory of relativity is. But I think what we all really want to know is whether we’re loved or not.” -Rich Mullins
Like Matt said above, I appreciate the refreshing honesty and vulnerability that Jim Carrey exhumed in the film. That is what draws us in.
Renee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzyaQ0H5D74
Jim Carrey with Father Richard Rohr speaking at Homeboy Industries.
Helen Eleanor
@ellie“I dont know what art teaches you, i just know that it free’s you…” Well said.
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