What is your go-back-to piece of art?

[Alade]

I just finished watching the matrix again. I watched it so many times I can't remember.
What I came to realize is that every time I watch it, I react to it differently.

When I first watched it I was a kid so I only was impressed by the amazing effects and fights, but as I grew older, I understood the story, realized it's genius, and in my recent viewings I've been able to appreciate it as a masterpiece of art, dropping my jaw at the cinematography and wondering how anybody was able to direct all that.

I've heard of this phenomenon being experienced by other people, with different pieces of art, when I asked my friends about it, the book "The little prince" mostly came up as an example.

Have you ever had such an experience with a piece of art that you always liked going back to to reevaluate your personal and cultural growth?

 

[Trogdor1138]

Yes, I think it's very interesting to experience something at different points in your life and different ages. I do it with many films. It shows you the works that really do hold up, stand the test of time and the works that have the power to convey something new each time. This is mostly the reason I feel to revisit something.

 

[brro96]

Ya this one book called "The Highway Man" by R.A Salvatore gets me real emotional and stuff i think i read it maybe 5 times and it just makes me view myself and the world differently each time and as cheesy as it sounds reminds me that if i try i can be a better person.

 

[SimuLord]

Two words: Duck Soup.

It was the Marx Brothers' very best masterpiece. Go ahead. Read that sentence again.

 

[Jmurray21]

I find listening to certain Beatles tracks that i find something new each time.
Listening to Strawberry fields is extremely uplifting for me and they were clearly using techniques that were way ahead of the time.

 

[darth.pixie]

"The Little Prince" would also come up for me, since when I read it, it thought it was strange. Now, I could write an essay on why it's bad for children.

Also "Jonathan Livingston Seagull".

 

[Alade]

"The Little Prince" would also come up for me, since when I read it, it thought it was strange. Now, I could write an essay on why it's bad for children.

Also "Jonathan Livingston Seagull".

Seagull is indeed amazing, I read it as a child and I was amazed, still read it occasionally and the feeling doesn't go away, definitely my favorite book.

 

[ApeShapeDeity]

I just finished watching the matrix again. I watched it so many times I can't remember.
What I came to realize is that every time I watch it, I react to it differently.

When I first watched it I was a kid so I only was impressed by the amazing effects and fights, but as I grew older, I understood the story, realized it's genius, and in my recent viewings I've been able to appreciate it as a masterpiece of art, dropping my jaw at the cinematography and wondering how anybody was able to direct all that.

I've heard of this phenomenon being experienced by other people, with different pieces of art, when I asked my friends about it, the book "The little prince" mostly came up as an example.

Have you ever had such an experience with a piece of art that you always liked going back to to reevaluate your personal and cultural growth?

Damn, when I read the title, I was already thinking... "Damn, that'll be hard to narrow down." Then, the 1st line I read diverges my expectations. I was thinking visual arts...

Now my brain hurts, (in a good way) remembering literally HUNDREDS of exquisite peices of litrature, painting, architecture, cinema, music, sculpture, theatre, poetry, installations, and many, many others (including games).... Ahhh. For the love of human creativity!

Uh OT/OFFT: When I saw the Matrix, I had been away with the army. Hadn't seen TV, cinema or had a radio for months. First day back, went to see the Matrix not knowing anything about it but the title... AWESOME!!!

 

[angelbe2232]

Wow, lot's of things.

I'm more disposed to literature, and plot lines to this point. It doesn't even take years for me to process it anymore, I can go back and read something the next day and find something I missed, something that I didn't see before. Kind of like how you play games two or three times through to pick up on things you missed or explore alternate plot lines.

As an example, I would say "Speak" by Laurie Anderson, or "Stargirl" by Lisa Spenilli. Provided, these are two books written very recently but I like them both, and have read through them many time to learn more.

 

[Wilko316]

I'd have to say either "The Crow" film or "Brutal Legend", an epic film or an epic world.

 

[DasDestroyer]

Well, the Matrix is definitely on that list for me as well. Also "His Dark Materials", which seemed like a Narnia-ish fantasy series when I first read it, but when I (rather recently) reread it, I found out it was so much more.

 

[Mr. Eff_v1legacy]

Silent Hill 1-4.

 

[Blitzwarp]

"Holes", by Louis Sachar. On the surface it's just a children's novel with some silly coincidences, but if you dig deeper there's a wonderful world of knowledge to be mined. I read it at least once a year, and have done since I was 12.

 

[Frotality]

2001: a space odyssey of course, that movie is practically made for finding something new every time.

 

[AvsJoe]

I guess the closest example I can come up with is either David Fincher's adaptation of Fight Club or Final Fantasy VII. But that's not entirely true. In truth I don't think I have a go-back-to piece of art that I both go back to on a regular basis and that changed me in some way significantly.

 

[BENZOOKA]

The Hobbit
The Lord of The Rings
His Dark Materials
Ginga Nagareboshi: gin
Monty Python

There are several things. I suppose Ginga would be one of the most long-lived of these traditions.

 

[dcrane]

Machiavelli's The Prince - the only political primer you'll ever need to read. I read it every time election year rolls around and go "holy sh*t! How can a 500 year old book describe our modern day politics so well?"

 

[imperialreign]

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

There's just so many different jokes and references there that I'm always finding something new.

 

[[.redacted]]

So damn many songs, so damn many books...

...But only 1 anime: Claymore.