I was reflecting on the class and remembered looking at rivers in art. I really like how the piece we looked at used the journey aspect of a river to show the journey of a man’s life. I looked up artwork with rivers and found some interesting results.
Starry Night Over the Rhone
This reminded me of the word association activity we did and how someone said reflection. Here the reflection is quite literal, as the river is reflecting the sky. However, rivers can also be associated with reflection as it makes you think more about your life and your place in nature.
Of course, I also got a lot of historical paintings like George Washington Crossing the Delaware, which also reminded me of the book the Founding Fish and how rivers are overwhelmingly present in our past, our history.
Art is always up for interpretation and I thought it was cool rivers are the same and how their broad meaning can be incorporated into art.
