Kaprow:
I really enjoyed this section of the blog because of the clear uniqueness. I really enjoy art that most people don't see as art. I agree with Kaprow that so many human actions are routinized that our mind wanders from the task at hand, and, if we instead focus on that task at hand, the information we discover can be fascinating, such as how your elbow moves and the actual strain put on your body by the action and movement.
Weschler:
The part of this piece of writing I enjoyed was how he described the feel of the desert. As someone who has never experienced the desert before, this article makes me want to travel to get the feeling for myself. I loved how he described the desert as so bleak and blank for so long, until it suddenly "stands up" and becomes "magical". It takes a trained, open mind to get this true desert feeling, and I can only hope to feel that experience some day.
Saunders:
While one could choose several pieces of this article to discuss, one part in particular caught my attention with a quote that suddenly made a lot of sense to me. "The process of trying to say something dignifies and improves a person." I took this as another version of "It's not what you say, but how you say it", a phrase that I love due to my minor in communications. Saunders described it as "character building" and I couldn't agree more. People who figure out how to voice their feelings are those with strong, healthy relationships.
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