I enjoyed learning about the different purposes behind different ubran arts. I really enjoyed Dan Witz’s art. I like art that makes you think, like the pieces where Witz featured people trapped in cages. It’s encouraging to see people in urban areas using art (instead of violence or nothing) to communicate to the world, since we’ve learned that the world would not otherwise take time to listen and understand their perspective.
The urban population seems to use music for the same purpose as they use art. Music is used to create an identity/belonging and communicates a certain people group’s story to the rest of the world.
It was very surprising to me that poverty is more prevalent in rural areas. I am from a rural town and I’ve noticed much more obvious poverty in Spokane than I did in my home town. I wonder why this is. Maybe it’s because people in small towns take each other in more often instead of leaving people on the streets; just because in a small town you probably personally know that person, whereas in a big city the people you see on the street are anonymous to you so it’s easier to do nothing.
Emily,
ReplyDeleteGood post.