On the great morning of March 24, 2005, my art appreciation class was asked to meet in front of the Author Rose Museum to view Dr. Ibomans's statue entitled "The Souls Errand." The class was then asked to write a critical paper on our experience of appreciating the piece of art. The morning of our great adventure was really not a fun one because of the fact that it was raining and we, as a class, we're told that if it were to rain that we were to meet in the classroom. Being that it was raining, I went straight to the classroom to find that it was empty. After my miserable walk in the rain towards the statue, I saw my class standing around the statue.
             The first thing I did was look at the statue as a whole. I first looked a the figure and noticed how the figure was dressed in a turban-like wrap wrapped around his entire body. Then I took notice of the posture of the figure. The figure stands straight up with both arms in two totally different postures. One hand was at its side while the second was holding it up as he was ready to receive something from someone. I then looked at the facial features of the character which to me is the most foretelling about how the artist wants you to feel though looking at his statue of a man. The figure's mouth was wide open as if he has seen something worth seeing in his life and he wants everyone to listen to him about what the truth really is. The final and most important thing that I looked at was the base of the statue. The Base read. To me, this was very special, and if it was not for this opportunity I would not have ever noticed the statue unless I just happened to glance and would never have taken the chance to read what the inscription had to say. By this time it was about eight-thirty and we were moving to Dr. Iboman's second statue when I took notice of something else. Everyone in the group was so into what they were going to write that they forgot about the rain I then thought about wh...