My Museum Essay

My Museum would be titled "L'Ascensione di Natura Spirituale" (Italian for "The Ascension of Spiritual Nature") and it is located in Venice, Italy my dream vacation. It's mission is to interact with those who don't normally connect themselves with the beauty of this humbling earth on a deeper level and the privileges it gives us. A target audience? Well, anyone who appreciates nature like I do, teens, kids and adults alike.

One of the many privileges are the animals that roam the earth; which paintings and photographs of majestic creatures would definitely be an art found at this museum. Art like this is important to me, so that the viewers see these beautiful "beasts" in a whole new light. I for one, adore the wolf and all its beauty and glory. Looking at this, makes me want to create my own museum to collect art like this whether it'd be from the most well known artist to the unknown.

This, a photograph of a mystic forest, is just as important as the animal art for many reasons. Most people would find something like this, mist covered forest filled with dying trees, creepy, ominous, maybe even Gothic-esque or just unsettling. I, am not most people. This is just gorgeous. I'd kill to be in a place like this. I feel as if more art like this was on display, more and more people would become attracted to such rarity and mystery. A reason I believe people misunderstand a setting like this is because of horror movies, where the killers in white masks chase down their victims to a similar atmosphere as this, which causes many to think of a horror/thriller scenario rather than a mysterious beauty. I want this kind of art, dark, mysterious and gothic-like; to show the people that beauty can also be found in the darkness.

 A snowy mountain. Similar to my previous picture, with being a landscape and all but given a different meaning than the other. Many love and hate the snow. It's cold, it can get us sick or it can entertain us and be perfect for a photograph. Weather art is another type of art that would be seen in my museum. It fascinates me to no end. Not many countries get a chance to have snowfall, some are glad, some are not. However, the goal here, is to put aside love and hate and just appreciate the art the snow can do for us.

One thing I've noticed was the lack of sun in all three of these art pieces. Some may think the sun is what shows nature's true beauty, but I believe it's not the only thing that shows its beauty. Beauty can be found in the dark as it can be found in the light. This all relates to my museum, and its title, to give the spiritual connection to people, to wake up a part of them they've never felt or fully grasped before. Through the art in my museum, I want you to ascend your connection with mother nature on a level that not many experience.