Response to Skyla Seaman's post, "Mirror on the Wall"

Q: In what ways are mirrors revelers of the truth and is art just a mirror of nature, in your opinion?


Mirrors can be revelers of truth in the sense that a physical mirror will mirror the image presented in front of it regardless of what it is.  An artist has the ability to mirror an image and warp it in order for others to feel the same emotions the artist felt when they decided to depict the image in the first place.  Its as if a canvas were the funhouse mirrors that distort the physical truth but also reveal another that was not able to be seen before be it something positive or negative.  


Also I think art and nature are similar to each other but they are more than just mirrored images.  The longer one takes to hike a mountain the more they will be able to appreciate individual plants and animals and beauty around them, as opposed to someone who just sprints or drives through with no inclination to stop and see what there is.  The same thing can be said about an art museum.  If one were to slowly look at each work of art they would walk away with more than a bored 6th grade student on a field trip.