Response to Hornby “Nipple Jesus”
The main character is a person who don't push himself too much. He doesn't have huge dream and accepts his job as a security guard. He is not that kind of person who think a lot. However, being a security guard makes him began to think. It's interesting how he keeps describe the feeling about Jesus made of nipple. At first, he looks at the work from a distance and he likes the painting. Then, he can't understand it when he is close enough to see the nipple. He feels much better about the work because of the affection to the artist and her family. Finally, he gets obsessed about the work because he hates those people who don't understand it and he tries his best to defend it. How he responds to people who watch the exhibition is amusing.--"to look at what people thing, if you don't like it then think the opposite." It make sense when he says that whether it is art doesn't matter, and the most important thing is that the art work isn't boring. Art comes from normal life and is made from normal material. It is not hard to build it after you've seen it. The hard part is to think of it.
I'm confused about why the author make the artist and people who watch the exhibition so superficial. I think it is not real in world because many of us respect art and are tolerant enough and most artists will think profoundly about their works.
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