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Have you ever seen a painting like this? Or this? Or this?

And thought to yourself, what's the big deal?

I could have painted that.

Well, you're wrong.

And not for the reason you might think.

Over the last few years online, I've seen the steadily rising opinion along the lines of abstract art isn't real art.

And this isn't a new opinion by any means,

but these days it usually comes in the form of people on TikTok pointing out famous abstract artworks

that they claiming they could easily replicate themselves so these couldn't possibly be real pieces of art.

Well, as someone with a degree in fine art who is

honestly just tired of hearing the same like really shallow critique of art that you don't like, I'm here to offer you a counterpoint, okay?

This is a peace offering.

I'm not claiming to be the expert, I'm not claiming to have all the authority, but I am claiming to have an opinion and a camera.

And that kind of seems like the only qualifications you need these days.

So let's talk about it.

The artist we're going to be talking about today is Piet Mondrian, and if you don't recognize that name,

you might still recognize his artwork because he's the artist behind this painting and lots of others that look very similar.

This composition is a great example because this is one that I have seen multiple people critiquing in this very specific way.

Looking at this painting, we can see it's pretty simple, right?

We've got straight lines, basic shapes, limited color palette.

This simplicity is usually the catalyst for the inevitable, I could have painted that, that everyone is just dying to say.

The issue is when somebody says, I could have painted that, they're usually only referring to technical skill, meaning I, regular

Joe, have the physical dexterity to replicate these straight lines and basic shapes onto a canvas.

And that is probably true, but you still couldn't have painted this.

Okay, teeny tiny speed run history lesson.

Are you ready?

Piet Mondrian was born in the Netherlands, 1872.

His dad was a professor who taught him how to draw from a really early age,

and his uncle was a professional artist and he taught him how to paint.

When he was 20 years old, he enrolled in Amsterdam's Royal Academy of Visual Arts to further his artistic career.

He graduates, he becomes the world famous artist that we all know today.

Good?

All that is to say, Mondrian obviously led a very creative life from start to finish.

He was an artist through and through, right?

He did not just sit down and put lines and squares onto a canvas.

Abstraction is not just an art style, it's actually an iterative process, and oftentimes it's a really long one.

When we see a finished abstract painting hanging in a museum

and we wonder what's so great about a couple lines on a canvas,

it's because we're missing the fundamentals of how those lines actually got onto the canvas.

Let's look at this painting.

This is one of Mondrian's earlier works.

This piece is from 1910

and it's safe to say looks a little bit different than the work we know him for, right?

You can look at this painting, I can look at this painting, and even though he's taking some inspiration from the post -impressionist,

he's got expressive brushstrokes, he's got vivid colors, we can very clearly see that it is absolutely, positively a tree.

Right?

That's very clear to us.

This is a painting of a tree.

Lucky for us, Mondrian actually loved painting trees and he kept painting them as his style evolved.

Now this painting is from 1911.

It's about a year later and at this point we can tell he's interested in simplifying the forms.

We've stripped all the color out so we're only working in black and white and we're down to the most basic shapes.

You can look at this painting and probably still come to the conclusion that it is a tree, but it's getting a little bit more abstract.

Now in 1912, one year later, we get this painting.

Would anyone like to guess what this is a painting of?

If you said a tree, you win.

I think you probably get it at this point.

Mondrian is essentially playing a years -long game of artistic telephone with himself.

He's painting the same subject over and over and over

and over again until it's stripped down to its absolute most basic form.

Until in 1929 his paintings start to look like this.

The least interesting critique that you can make of a piece of art is, I could have painted that.

Because we don't really care if you could have painted it.

That's not even really the question.

The question is, would you have painted that?

And every single time, every piece of artwork, the answer is no. You wouldn't have painted that.

And you didn't paint that, because you're not Mondrian.

You didn't grow up where he grew up, you didn't hear all the songs that he heard, you didn't see the trees that he saw.

You have lived an equally valuable but very different life up to this point, so your painting would have been different.

But While you couldn't have painted this, you could have painted something.

And that brings me to my other issue with this phrase.

Let's all picture our mutual hypothetical friend, Regular Joe.

We love Regular Joe.

He's walking into an art museum.

He would not describe himself as a creative or an artistic person.

In fact, Regular Joe is probably the type of guy where if he sees someone out in the wild drawing, painting, doing a wonderful job,

he gets in real close and he looks over their shoulder and he goes, I can't even draw a stick figure.

He loves seeing it.

He's that guy.

But we love him.

He's our best friend.

Regular Joe's in this museum.

He's walking around.

He's looking at a piece of abstract art.

Lots of people gathered around.

People are oohing.

People are aahing.

They're taking pictures.

It's very famous, supposedly.

And Regular Joe sees it and he says, oh, come on.

I could have painted that.

What Regular Joe is really saying is if he of all people has the skills necessary to replicate this very famous artwork,

then this very famous artwork must not be worth anything, right?

If regular Joe can do it, it's meaningless. That is where regular

Joe is wrong.

If you are alive, and I'm assuming you are because you're watching this, you have artistic value.

Every single one of you watching this and every single one of you not watching it, could call yourself an artist today and be absolutely correct.

You don't need a degree.

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You don't need any awards.

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You don't need an exhibit in a museum.

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If you are a human being who has put anything out into the world that was not there before, congratulations!

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You have made art.

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Art is a pre -programmed universal language.

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You don't have to earn it.

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So the fact

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that you could make a piece of art just as easily as some famous artist could make a piece of art

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doesn't really make either piece better or worse.

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The only information that that tells us is that both of you are people.

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And we already kind of assumed that.

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So saying I could have painted that isn't even a critique on whatever artwork you happen to be unimpressed by.

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It's just a criticism of yourself.

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And an unnecessary one at that.

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We're living in a world right now where AI art is becoming more and more prevalent.

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I know you've seen it.

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I've seen it.

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Your grandparents on Facebook posting pictures of like Jesus made out of shrimp.

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Yeah.

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It's dark.

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We're being encouraged to abandon our natural creativity in the name of convenience, and doing this disregards the only,

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only prerequisite for something to be considered art and that is life.

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The point of this video is not to force you into liking abstract art if it's not your thing.

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I'm not even the world's biggest abstract art fan.

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To be honest, I like a broad range of artwork, okay?

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As long as it's made by people or animals or trees.

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You guys ever seen that?

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Just not AI.

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My hope is that you can look at a piece of art, even a piece of art that you really hate and still know

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that it's art and the reason

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that you hate it should never ever be I could have painted that because that's not a very good reason

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so the next time you see something and you think I could have made

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that you should probably just go make something thank you guys

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so much for watching this is your prize for making

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it to the end of the video I would love to hear any thoughts

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that you have down in the comments

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they don't even have to be art related it can be about anything

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we have lots of interests over here on the channel

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and speaking of this channel if you enjoyed this video I would love

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if you subscribed because we're kind of brand new and we're just getting started so see you next time

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Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “Saying "I could have painted that" Is Cringe”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: painting, painted, piece, regular, Joe. Deze video bevat 139 zinnen en 1578 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 8:58. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 176 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. 86% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:

Woord	Uitspraak	Betekenis
abstract zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈæbˌstɹækt/	samenvatting, korte inhoud
artwork zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈɑɹtˌwɝk/	kunstwerk
artistic bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ɑɹˈtɪs.tɪk/	kunstzinnig, artistiek
canvas zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈkæn.vəs/	canvas
skill zelfstandig naamwoord	/skɪl/	bekwaamheid, vaardigheid
strip werkwoord	/ˈstɹɪp/	strippen
universal bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ˌjunəˈvɜɹs(ə)l/	algemeen
earn werkwoord	/ɝn/	verdienen
lesson zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈlɛs.ən/	les
encourage werkwoord	/ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/	bemoedigen, aanmoedigen
refer werkwoord	/ɹɪˈfɜː/	verwijzen, doorverwijzen
uncle zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈʌŋ.kl̩/	oom, nonkel
essentially bijwoord	/ɪˈsɛnʃəli/	essentieel
inspiration zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/	inademing, inademen
telephone zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈtɛləˌfoʊn/	telefoon, beltoestel

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

Woord	Betekenis
grow up werkwoord	opgroeien
point out werkwoord	aanwijzen, aanduiden
sit down werkwoord	gaan zitten

Zinnen om te herhalen

Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:

Have you ever seen a painting like this?
We've got straight lines, basic shapes, limited color palette.
Let's look at this painting.
The question is, would you have painted that?
You guys ever seen that?

Grammatica in deze video

De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:

Structuur	In de video
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt	Have you ever seen · I've seen · have seen
Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet	was born · be unimpressed · being encouraged

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 44 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, we're, I'm. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

De “th”-klanken: gather /ˈɡæðɚ/, hypothetical /ˌhaɪpəˈθɛtɪkəl/
De klanken “sh” en “zh”: essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, conclusion /kənˈkluːʒən/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, composition /ˌkɑm.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: universal /ˌjunəˈvɜɹs(ə)l/, essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, composition /ˌkɑm.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: encourage /ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/, subscribe /səbˈskɹaɪb/, evolve /ɪˈvɑlv/
/æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: abstract /ˈæbˌstɹækt/, canvas /ˈkæn.vəs/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, gather /ˈɡæðɚ/, shallow /ˈʃæloʊ/
/g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, gather /ˈɡæðɚ/, exhibit /ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/, disregard /dɪsɹɪˈɡɑɹd/, grandparent /ˈɡɹæn(d)pɛəɹənt/

Zo oefen je met deze video

Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als abstract, artwork, artistic.

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