Personally, I do no think art is a waste of time for it comes in many different shapes, sizes and literal meanings. Being displayed in many shapes and sizes art has the ability to leave an impact on anyone who choses to look at one’s artwork. The TED talk that I chose was “How painting can transforms communities,” this talk helps to leave a major impact on the communities views of favela. Art is like a language its hard to learn and understand but without art the world would be mute. As art speaks a million different languages and even though you are not familiar with the based language you can connect with the objects in your own way. With this idea that art speaks a million different language it is important to see how it affects everyone in this world today even when there first language is not english.
After the brainstorming activity, I separated my paper out into two categories. One being my TED talk that I chose and the other Is it okay to make art? Once I started my brainstorming and began taking my notes I came to realization there are some similarities. The connection that I made with both of these writing is that is art really doing good for people. Dre Urhahn and Jeroen Koolhas wanted to transform art and to show people there is good to come from this. Also, the EA’s in Southan’s essay primarily focused on is art doing good for people and spreading the good for other who need it. Comparing both of these articles helped me see a bigger picture and helped me make more connections based on my readings. Overall, I thought this brainstorming activity was very beneficial and useful.
I think it’s great that you are growing this metaphor of art as a language. Keep that up! It’s so cool!
Were you able to post a photo of your brainstorming activity? If not, please reach out. I’m happy to help!