Message from sneumann

[Anonymous]

5B Fri afternoon
It is amazing to me that no matter when or what society I study it is not different, Art and Literature are alive. They both reflect what is happening during the time and about the people, that does not mean it is accurate or that any of what you are reading or viewing is true. But never the less it is still part of the history of that time. I always think of Van Gogh who never sold a single painting because his subjects are about the poor and everyday life. So really I do not know why I am surprised to learn that only the upper class could write about their world, or that they had no idea what was going on outside their world; on top of that there where only 300-400 of the upper class…wow.
I was thinking about the 24 layers of clothes,
I spin and weave so when I got to thinking of the upper class creating all these garments, out of silk that really had to have taken a some time, actually a lot of their time. I am sure they created many more then just one of these garments; I started to think of how much time it must have taken to create just one layer. Silk is not easy to work with and think of how small each thread must be that is woven into the fabric. I gave up on silk embroidery, it is really madding, it knots up and is very hard to control. I guess what I am saying is that this process must have taken a great deal of time.