Monday, 21 November 2016

Reflective Log: Hands: What We Do with Them – and Why Book by Darian Leader

Preparing for the discourse seminar, this weeks text was 'Hands: What We Do with Them – and Why' by Darian Leader.

Though, the majority of the text was interesting, I didn't find it too relative to my subject. The final page of the extract however, did connect more with me and commented on mass consumption and consumerism.


On page 14, Leader compares the act of art to being almost sacred in itself, a delicate craft or precious talent. But this idea of art is juxtaposed with the outcome or product of art, with its mass production, goods-focused and business minded organisations. It is an oxymoron, an antithesis. It explains and exploits the negative aspects, how art can be made into a product purely to feed wealth and greed. 

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