The Nemadji Review is the student-run literary magazine at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. This literary journal is a celebration of contributors. We accept submissions of visual art and all literary genres, from academic papers, to poetry, photography, and mixed media.
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Featured Visual Art
Importance of Art
My entire life I’ve been drawing and painting. When I started to take more serious art classes in high school, I also fell in love with art history. I loved going to museums and staring at those flawless masterpieces hanging on the walls.
One of the most important understandings of my life was learning that those paintings aren’t just that final, perfect layer. Rather, they are layers and layers of too bold brushstrokes and over-saturated colors, all combined to craft that nuanced final painting.
In this way, art is much like life. We do not achieve a perfected version of ourselves overnight; it takes layers of living. Of failure, sorrow, and triumph, to build our character. This understanding is the importance of art.
Written by Amanda Lawless
Superior, WI 54880
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