Wookology

Asian Art Museum

• Posted by Encino on February 8th, 2009 filed in art, asia

In the Asian Art Museum I had a couple of thoughts. First, as I was looking at some intricately designed sword sheaths I thought that, if we are going to have any possessions at all, not that I have any, they should be as unique and customized as possible, just like the ornate sword sheaths. These kinds of items add meaning to our lives. Mass produced things only provide distraction and no meaning. I want to make myself green leather pants. The pants themselves aren’t really important but it’s good to keep an eye out for meaningfulness. Second, looking at some asian paintings I felt that cultural differences are really not much at all. Beauty and peace are timeless and cross-cultural, strange that it is so hard for us to stop and make time for them.