Response to Julia Les's Blog Entry (10/7/2009)

"What is your opinion on this topic? What could be some reasons that art and religion share these similarities (if you do believe that these two concepts are comparable)? What causes a person to prefer one art form to another art form, or one religion to another religion?"



Well when it comes to my personal opinion or aspect in religion, there is no correct or incorrect answer to whichever faith is superior to one another. Personally I grew up within a Roman Catholic househould in the majority of my family are extremely strict when it comes to the topic of religion. From my birth date I have attended mass every sunday, holy days, and sometimes confession. The point that I am trying to get to, is that the church is central to many families throughout numerous cultures, worldwide. In addition, usually the religion that the household that one is born into, already has a religion that one is worshipping, and if not, the person will prefer a certain religion based on cultural beleifs or the current societies preference of religion. However when art and religion are being compared, each do not share any similarites whatsover in relation to the mission or message they are trying to portray but they do in relation to art,posess a relationship.In many churches, synagogues, and mosques, what are these buildings mostly composed of? There are beautiful stained glass windows, architecture, and in some religious buildings, paintings of each specific god/goddess. When most of us were little kids in religious education classes, gods and prophets were also depicted via. comic-style drawings, so we could better understand that person by either their display or physical characteristics (height,eye color, hair color etc.) But in my opinion, art the mission of any religion should not be depicted by art because most religions are proven by sacred and ancient historical text, while art is just the expression of human emotions on a pictorial or physical basis. Mainly anyone can say that religion is an art but more or less that is blasphemy, offensive, and ultimately sacreligious.