I guess Shaolin and art school are very alike. First you need to prove that you have the skills and are willing to push yourself to be the best you can be at art. From then on you are in really difficult, sometimes seemingly impossible classes that teach you the essentials of being an artist. These lessons also wean out people that don’t want it badly enough.
Perseverance is when someone is so determined to achieve their goal that they won’t let anything stand in their way. This applies to both the real world and art school because no matter what your goal is in life, you will encounter a lot of challenges. You really just have to say screw everything else and put yourself entirely into your work if you want to get where you’re going.
I guess that the monks are artists. They train every day to perfect their craft and better them. I feel that anyone that creates something weather it is an actual piece of art or mastery of an aspect of kung fu, people always puts a part of themselves into their work.
I think it is a lot like Shaolin temple. It trains people and gives them the skills to be an artist through a series of levels. We all start off in foundations, which are like the first chamber, and then work our way up through the ranks. This is the only real way to go about it. If you sign up for a master course in painting before you take foundations and everything leading up to it, odds are you’re going to be lost and have no idea what’s going on, just like the main character the first time he went to the 35th chamber.
The equivalent to those training tools is our foundation year. We don’t really understand why we have to do everything but it teaches us the vital basics to becoming an artist. We have to trust that what we learn from this year will come into play later when we focus more on implementing them.
I don’t really know what “uniformity of the mind” would be for the artist. I guess if I had to define it I’d say it is when you as an artist fully understand what you want to do, how you want to do it and why you want to do it.
I don’t really see a difference between the 35 chambers and boot camp. Both take you through stages to teach you combat. They break you down, teach you the basic elements, and then build upon that base. The only difference I can really see might be that a large portion who are sent to boot camp are forced to be there while the 35 chambers were mainly for people that wanted to learn and perfect kung fu.
I think that, as far as art goes, in school is a totally different environment to outside school. Inside school, people are very open minded and familiar with different types of art. They are more accepting and tend to have a better understanding of art. Outside of art school this is not the case. A large portion of people take art for face value and don’t really know the thought process behind making a piece of art. Because of that it is up to the artist to try and reach out to all types of people that might be viewing his or her work if they want to get their message across.
I think challenging the master means challenging your vision of your own piece. You can never really compare yourself to another artist because you come form a totally different and unique point of view. It’s like comparing apples to oranges. However, you do have a vision of what you would like your final piece to look like in your head. When you can reach that ideal image and then surpass it, I feel that you have then beaten the master.
The creation of the nun chucks is equivalent to experimenting with new mediums. By mixing concepts and ideas, you can create something totally new and tailor it to your own preferences.
The 36th chamber is when you take what you learned in art school and bring it out to the public. Hopefully your art will spark new ideas in people and inspire them to express themselves artistically.
My 36th chamber is showing my artwork to the general public.
I think it will be a great experience and an opportunity to explore myself. I won’t be crunching assignments into a given amount of time so I will be able to really figure out who I am as an artist and what art is really about for me.
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