Rubin museum
31 03 2011All of the reflective writing that i’ve don’t throughout the semester was able to assist my experience at the museum because it enabled me to view things in a more openly, detailed way because if you glance at something,you may think something but when you take another look, you may discover something more. This had actually occurred once my peers and i shared our monologues aloud because you would think you know what someone is thinking, but little did you know that they had something completely different in mind.
Along my journey of identity exploration, my progress has been the same because i know who I am; I’m not confused about anything or any decision of mine. Therefore I have not discovered any new qualities about myself.
From within the museum, I have chosen the Sanford Biggers because at first glance, it made me stop and glare at its beauty. Little had I known about its true significance though. This piece stands for all of the deaths that have occurred in the past, and when you look closer, the petals are made up of people, but not ordinary people. To be exact, African American slaves. So although this piece had caught my attention in the beginning due to its visual beauty, it still is able to captivate my attention with the mere facts of the past, despite the fact that it wasn’t so much of a great past. Even when you look closely to the African Americas, you can almost feel their fear and angst because they look like sad little people all collided together within the petals of the ship they were incarcerated.
