Ryan Swanson

 Ryan Swanson Search for Beauty TR 6:00-7:15 *Topic of choosing 1* Aestheticism     Just what is the feeling of aestheticism? One views simplistic yet interactive imagery and it is a feeling of being drawn in and pushed out at the same time. Just about anything can be considered aesthetic. Due to the objects subjective nature, anyone can be drawn to anything that causes a warm, joyful, and altogether pleasing experience. To perceive something aesthetically involves an aspect of mystery in the eyes of the gazer. This interaction between the object and the perceiver is one that is odd yet fascinating. It is not the simple view from the summit and feeling of beauty that follows. It is more of a reception of beauty from the unknown, almost randomly encountering these average things. One must draw the emotion from the details of the object and appreciate them interacting with one another to form a perception of beauty. Aestheticism is a mystery of subjective detail that is spe...

Ryan Swanson Search for Beauty TR 6:00-7:15 *Assigned class book entry 1* Self-Emptying    In today's class, we examined quotes for the text involving the interaction between rituals and myths. Dance was existent before myth, and myth is the projection of ritual. I think it is interesting how dance has a certain power to increase the involvement of stories. Myth is something that many throughout time have used to guide their morals, desires, and lives. Showing myth through dance creates an interactive story that grabs the bystander and turns them into participants. Even if one does not take an active role in the motion and dance of the ritual, the experience itself is impossible not to be emotionally invested in on any level.     We also looked at a video of three women with makeup on making them look ghostly in white robes making very methodical, stiff movements. I feel that these women almost looked like they were attached to strings like a puppet or raised fr...