What I Learnt from Project One

I really enjoyed doing project 1. I think I knew more about Giacomdtti, also I knew more about myself by doing the project. And some of my own confuse of life got solved. I really appreciated professor pushed us to think and to do research about our unfamiliar part.

• The first time I saw all the comments for out draft, I felt overwhelmed, there were so many things I need to rethink, and professor mentioned some questions I never thought about them before. But when rewrite the paper, doing more research about Giacometti, I could feel I was making progress. We didn’t get any conclusion when we did draft, but when we rewrite paper, we got conclusion: it was “Exploring is meaningful, and the core of life is making progress.” Giacometti got happiness by making progress, even he couldn’t reach the solution of what he wanted to know. This inspired me of thinking what do I want to get for my life. I didn’t know the meaning of my life, and the more I was thinking about it, the more confused I got.
• However, I think I got my temporary answer from Giacometti’s life: exploring what I am interested, and keep making progress. It’s unlikely to be a great artist as Giacometti, but I can still make progress of things I am interested, and the only meaningful comparing is comparing with myself. Pay more attention on what I am interested is meaningful, and keep making progress is the core of life.
• Professor mentioned she thought Giacometti was selfish because he was creating artworks for himself. His works neither help others or functional. I am not agree with her. Doing things he’s interested in was his choice, and as long as he didn’t hurt others, we can’t say it’s wrong. And every person has his right to choose what he wants to do. Maybe his works seems not functional nor helping others, but from articles I have read when doing research, I think some people did get strength from his works: they saw Giacometti’s pain, his anxious, his depression, his sadness, and it’s okay to feel that way. And for me, I feel I am still able to create something, to make progress even I am feeling depression and anxious. Those can be motivation to push me walking forward. Seeing his works was like doing psychology therapy, I was somehow cured by his sculptures. So something seems not functional, maybe some people would get power from it.