White Bird

The White Bird

By John Berger

John Berger starts the article by mentioning aesthetics, and through the paragraph he explains how  aesthetics have been just reduced to art, but how it is never mentioned the relationship between art and the world, specially nature. How the beauty found in nature will inspire emotions, and how art then serves as a medium in which we try to capture such emotions and make them permanent.

He then moves on to talk about craftsmanship, process and construction. Talk about how the subject, the symbolism and placement have a cultural impact. How important it is to choose  materials, because materials help carry the meaning of the work. Because they help translate a message, and elicit feelings. Furthermore he questions functionality, do things need to have a purpose or not?. And they don't always need to have a purpose, sometimes we attach meaning to things without a purpose that help us get through time or life. Because even though they don't serve anything in particular, they communicate a beauty that makes us feel a certain way. In this case the white wooden bird, serves as an example to describe how art and nature are connected, but also how we use that to turn feelings, memories and moments into lasting ones.