For my Academic blog, I am writing about my experience at the I Have No Enemies and No Hatred: Contemporary Chinese Dissident Art” exhibit at John Jay College. There was a lot of different art pieces there from a number of Chinese Dissident Artist and learning the meaning of a lot of them left me shocked. I never quite realized how oppressed citizens and China are by their government and how little freedom they have. The exhibition/museum was not crowded and it was very easy for me to get around and see everything that I wanted in a good amount of time. I liked the museum because it was not too big and was not a lot to take in. I was able to check out all the paintings in around 45 minutes.
This activity helped me during my first semester because it taught me to be open to new experiences. Before the day I went, I had only been to an art exhibit one other time and I did not like it, in fact I left after about 15 minutes. This time though it was so easy to take in all the paintings and it was quiet and relaxing for me. It showed me that if you don’t try new things you’ll never know whether or not you would enjoy them. A lesson like that can help me when I’m deciding between joining a club or staying out of it. All I have to do is remember that I didn’t always like art museums, but because I tried it more than once I found out that I might actually enjoy and go again to a different art museum. I am happy with my choice to pick a museum as my academic assignment because it opened me to a new way of relaxation and fun. 
Academic Blog Post-Justin Kushnir
