OKAY So I'm kindof down to focus on Pre-Columbian Mexican Art for the rest of my undergrad. I dont even like the class that much but just from looking at the art I can tell they are FUCKING RETARDED. So much drugs, or just like.. dilly-dallying. Or heat stroke. I CANT EXPLAIN but they are seriously so good. I had such a problem with this class because everything the teacher talked about was some kind of magic realism (thanks london) where the actual history of Central Mexico and Tenochtitlan included strange Hummingbird Gods and Snakes-Her-Skirt Diety Ladies. But it just hit me that I'd love to spend years in Mexico hunting down historical treasures or at least piecing together cool facts about these seemingly backwards-ass people. Also, I guess they never made any kind of attempt at hue modeling so all their illustrations just look like they're straight out of a psychedelic 2D children's book while also bearing an uncanny resemblance to Yoshi's Island for Super Nintendo.
It's like when learning about Greek history and the Trojan War, which we know happened, but then it's like cool, did it really begin with Paris and Helen and three goddesses vying for a golden apple? But I'm kindof down for cultures where the line between truth and conjecture and fantasy are all blurred. I should totally read the Bible! Am I stupid?
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