Response to "What is Cinema"

I really enjoyed this reading. I am an artist and I always paint abstract and cartoony pictures. I often get frustrated because everyone wants to see something realistic. In the art community I see portraits and landscapes sell like crazy. The author is right, people crave realism. But what I also liked what that he pointed out that Photography kind of broke the painting scene away from realism and caused more abstract works like Picasso to emerge. My art has done surprisingly well considering it is unique, odd, and sometimes funny. I think a lot of that has to do with the world getting saturated with photos. With all of the social medias and emerging photographers with digital imaging and phones, I can often tell that people are relieved to see a painting thats so unique and hilarious. I dont take painting very seriously and sell my work for cheap because I do it quickly. That being said, I also do photography and have friends who do it professionally and I like how he said that photography is also an art and instead of just reproducing the world, it brings something new to the world. A new dimension of perspective.