How Do the Arts Fit in or Shape the Human World?
Goddammit. I never thought I'd update this piece of shit again. Unfortunately, my MU 425 professor wants me keep a journal, and seeing as I've apparently accquired the handwriting skills of a split-personality who's both an Engineer and a Doctor - great print writing, but a bitch to write, and at the same time my cursive is fast, but completely inelligble - electronic journals the the only way to go. Not that anyone would give a damn and read this anyway; I've already deemed this journal dead, after all.
As to the how the arts shape the world, it's odd in a way how the arts can help change the way we look at things. For one, Pablo Picasso was the one who revolutionized the cubist movement, and we now find paintings of disfigured, geometrically-shaped people, something completely unheard of at the time. Now that sort of influence has become part of everyday life in the form of Spongebob Squarepants, for lack of a better comparison. And another example is how a certain movie about the dark days of the Red Scare (I completely forgot what the movie was, but I think Kevin Costner was in it, playing the role of the McCarthy) seemed to not villify the man, but somewhat exalt him a little, and even insert things that he never really said.
Now that I think about it, even during the Rennaisance, many of the great artists who flourished during this time have challenged normal status quo and inspired critical thinking. It reached the point that it even pissed off the Catholic Church. Not that I have anything against the church - I'm Catholic myself - but the point is that art can shape the world we live in ways we can't even begin to imagine. While some art merely reflects the current trend, it is revolutionary art that spurs change.
As to the how the arts shape the world, it's odd in a way how the arts can help change the way we look at things. For one, Pablo Picasso was the one who revolutionized the cubist movement, and we now find paintings of disfigured, geometrically-shaped people, something completely unheard of at the time. Now that sort of influence has become part of everyday life in the form of Spongebob Squarepants, for lack of a better comparison. And another example is how a certain movie about the dark days of the Red Scare (I completely forgot what the movie was, but I think Kevin Costner was in it, playing the role of the McCarthy) seemed to not villify the man, but somewhat exalt him a little, and even insert things that he never really said.
Now that I think about it, even during the Rennaisance, many of the great artists who flourished during this time have challenged normal status quo and inspired critical thinking. It reached the point that it even pissed off the Catholic Church. Not that I have anything against the church - I'm Catholic myself - but the point is that art can shape the world we live in ways we can't even begin to imagine. While some art merely reflects the current trend, it is revolutionary art that spurs change.