Art's Birthday
As you are reading this, today (Wednesday, January 17th) is Art's birthday. Happy 1,000,043rd birthday to Art.
"Art's Birthday" is an annual event first proposed in 1963 by French artist Robert Filliou.
He suggested that 1,000,000 years ago, there was no art. But one day, on the 17th of January to be precise, Art was born. According to Filliou, it happened when someone dropped a dry sponge into a bucket of water. Modest beginnings, but look at us now.
For more information on this, go to http://artsbirthday.net.
I think it's very important that we celebrate the existence of art in our lives in some form, for without it, this world would be mundane beyond belief. Seriously, I couldn't imagine what life would be like. A world without art is a world without creativity, without expression, without identity.
I think this journal entry speaks for itself. Just go to the website to learn more about it.
"Art's Birthday" is an annual event first proposed in 1963 by French artist Robert Filliou.
He suggested that 1,000,000 years ago, there was no art. But one day, on the 17th of January to be precise, Art was born. According to Filliou, it happened when someone dropped a dry sponge into a bucket of water. Modest beginnings, but look at us now.
For more information on this, go to http://artsbirthday.net.
I think it's very important that we celebrate the existence of art in our lives in some form, for without it, this world would be mundane beyond belief. Seriously, I couldn't imagine what life would be like. A world without art is a world without creativity, without expression, without identity.
I think this journal entry speaks for itself. Just go to the website to learn more about it.