First, I do not agree with the fact that art cannot change the world. Maybe art can't directly change the world, but individuals can be inspired to change the world. When something happens often times someone turns that thing into art. Through that piece of art, most people have some type of reaction to that event. A piece of art can bring out emotions to something that has happened. This is in turn is going to get some people to react and try to help out with this event. A lot of ways we get to see events happening are through photographs. These photographs are a piece of art, and this helps people to see what is actually happening and makes it feel as if one is right there.
The Time magazine cover that was shown in class is a good example of this. There is a man that is running towards the camera in that picture. That picture helps to depict that mans emotions during that moment. This will bring out others emotions when looking at the picture. You can almost sense the fear of the people during this event just by that picture. It helps to visualize the situation and to see what is actually happening to fully understand.
This is how art is used as a way to see the world. With art, we can see many variations of the way others live or their culture. It broadens our horizons where we can look at the world through different lenses. This gives us a way to see things that we don't get to see just by looking outside our door. It shows how others think and how everyone has different interpretations of things. There is no one way to do art or a right or wrong way to do art. It is all about how one perceives something. Which helps to open up our eyes to other things that are in the world and other peoples ideas and beliefs.
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