Paint Us A Picture

If you are aware and thus have an artistic eye, how do you relate what you see to another?

If you are a performer you dance or sing or play an instrument. If you are a crafter you make clay or stone or wood presentations. If you are a artist you draw or paint visual presentations.

There has already been a discussion on how do you describe your art to another, but how would you describe it to a blind person?

How would you describe the Mono Lisa to a person who could not see it?

There is this woman with long hair looking at you with a hint of a smile.

Do you describe colors no one has seen? Do you indicate the position of the figure in the space of the frame? Do you delve into the history of the time period and the artist to try and indicate why this painting is renowned?

Can you relate to someone who cannot view the painting what the artist was trying to present?

What if the person was from Côte d'Ivoire and didn’t know anything about Italian Renaissance? Suppose the person is from Xinjiang and knows nothing of Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci?

Try to describe the Sistine Chapel without getting religious. Describe the pyramids compared to Notre-Dame de Paris flying buttress. How can you relate Peter Rabbit to Harry Potter or Superman to Alice in Wonderland?

Tell a good story and remember to listen to the questions. You are the interpreter.

What is the color red?