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I've been giving the character of Squidward a lot of thought as of recent, and I've come to the conclusion that he possess every trait an artist should not have. His struggles in art at first appear from a lack of talent, but upon further insight we can plainly see that his art is inhibited by his own personal short comings.
Upon the first and most evident is his self infatuation. All of his paintings and sculptures are of himself, all self portraits of a man who no one cares for. When referring to himself, he speaks of his taste as being higher, as if he understands something the average creature does not. This is the deepest root of his problems, and from here stems the weeds the clog his garden.
Structure in art is incredibly important to Squidward, to the point to where he uses it as a tool that disvalues the work of others. Despite Spongbob's natural talent, Squidward dismisses his art simply because he is not a trained artist. Despite his pretentious nature, Squidward also feels the need to have others tell him what to like, Squidward reveals by stating with endowed prudence and arrogance, "I listen to public radio."
Squidward never admits self failure. It is always the fault of the audience, as he accuses them of not understanding "real art." This is actually fairly typical behavior, and behavior that I do detest in musicians. John Cage always blamed the failure of his music as being that the audience simply didn't understand his highly educated piece. Cho-Liang Lin, renowned violist and direct of music for the Univserity of California's Summerfest, states in perfectly, in saying that a composer should feel his job is in part to be teacher, to teach the listener how to approach something new and foreign, blaming your failure completely on the audience ignores your own short comings as an artist.
And from here we reach a very important question, does Squidwards pretentious nature prevent him from seeing his own shortcomings as an artist, or do his short commings stem from his self inflated opinion, in that he fails to self scrutinze as an artist?
I've been giving the character of Squidward a lot of thought as of recent, and I've come to the conclusion that he possess every trait an artist should not have. His struggles in art at first appear from a lack of talent, but upon further insight we can plainly see that his art is inhibited by his own personal short comings.
Upon the first and most evident is his self infatuation. All of his paintings and sculptures are of himself, all self portraits of a man who no one cares for. When referring to himself, he speaks of his taste as being higher, as if he understands something the average creature does not. This is the deepest root of his problems, and from here stems the weeds the clog his garden.
Structure in art is incredibly important to Squidward, to the point to where he uses it as a tool that disvalues the work of others. Despite Spongbob's natural talent, Squidward dismisses his art simply because he is not a trained artist. Despite his pretentious nature, Squidward also feels the need to have others tell him what to like, Squidward reveals by stating with endowed prudence and arrogance, "I listen to public radio."
Squidward never admits self failure. It is always the fault of the audience, as he accuses them of not understanding "real art." This is actually fairly typical behavior, and behavior that I do detest in musicians. John Cage always blamed the failure of his music as being that the audience simply didn't understand his highly educated piece. Cho-Liang Lin, renowned violist and direct of music for the Univserity of California's Summerfest, states in perfectly, in saying that a composer should feel his job is in part to be teacher, to teach the listener how to approach something new and foreign, blaming your failure completely on the audience ignores your own short comings as an artist.
And from here we reach a very important question, does Squidwards pretentious nature prevent him from seeing his own shortcomings as an artist, or do his short commings stem from his self inflated opinion, in that he fails to self scrutinze as an artist?
