Free Write: Weitz

Weitz for me is definitely my favorite thus far. He presents a logical and agreeable view of art. Instead of pushing some elitist jargon and criteria upon art, he simply states that there can't be a meaning. It is important to stress the importance of art, but in schools and other places specific pieces and old classics are shoved into students faces and it ruins the entire experience for people. I myself found no love for classics until I went out of my own way to act in a Shakespeare show and it was then, in my own moment of realization that I acquired the taste to see why Shakespeare is so great. "Great Art" should not be pushed, it should be preserved for those like me to find it for themselves. What should be pushed is finding a great art form that people personally enjoy.If in school I was encouraged to bring a book of my own choice to study, I'd find more interesting books and through personal growth, eventually come upon the great books. Instead, schools push high level books with dry, uninteresting ways and it pushes people away. Art should be pushed for, but in better more open ways.