Meaning in Life - Personal Statement Example

One of the greatest art masterpieces is Spiral Jetty performed by Robert Smithson. The monumental earthwork Spiral Jetty (1970) is located on the Great Salt Lake in Utah. “Using black basalt rocks and earth from the site, the artist created a coil 1,500 feet long and 15 feet wide that stretches out counter-clockwise into the translucent red water” (Smithson Robert: Spiral Jetty). Those tourists who have visited this place of art energy claim it to be the greatest monument they have ever seen.

The sculptor built the Jetty when the water level of the lake was quite low, therefore in several years, it disappeared underwater after the spring flood. Then it reappeared several times during the history of its existence and since 2005 due to the drought, it gives the chance for everyone to admire it. Imagine that you have to construct such monument in a very short period of time because of the rising tides and you have to do a lot of things: to make the project of the masterpiece, to find proper funding, to hire the working group and to cope with all those problems that arise during the process of creation.

I believe that the author had multiple problems while fabricating this piece of art, but he managed to do it. And now the walk along the salty rocks and the red path encourages other people to cope with their problems and fills them with enthusiasm. The thought that they have maybe something like this: “If he managed to subjugate the elements, then I can solve my trifle problems easily and everything is going to be OK”. I think that admiring such grandeur pieces of art as Spiral Jetty brings meaning to our lives.

Another example that I had to analyze and connect it with making meaning in life is performing graffiti art. The documentary presents the video about those guys who cannot imagine their lives without bringing colors on the walls of the houses, on the brick fences and sometimes on vehicles.