The White Bird

The White Bird by John Berger

The White Bird talks about the relationship of art and nature. Art can be made in many ways, it can be formed in random objects and assembling pieces together that it can make a figure. It is amazing how John Berger talked about the process of making a handmade figure that looks like a flying bird. And the bird started as a tradition by peasants, and they hang those birds in chapels or in their kitchen. This use of art gives the bird a symbolic figure to them. The material in which was used to make the bird is also respected because the audience find amazing how one simple object can be transformed to represent nature, which is how people can find the aesthetic emotion in it.

This essay can help people and inspire them to use random objects to create a representative figure, which is the beauty of art. Art can come in many ways, whether is a cultural tradition and it can be used to make a symbolic figure or to send a message to the audience. Finding objects and assembling pieces can be complex, but if the figure looks good it can be respected and appreciated, and if those objects come from nature it can give a symbolic figure to the people of each of their own tradition. This essay gives an idea of what can be expected for people that are interested in art, and how they can research and practice art in order to make a figure and to understand the concept and beauty of art.