Assignments

Cave painting was the first step from which all types of art came, such as drawing, painting, sculpture, architecture, impressionism, theater, abstract, expressionism, cinema, and digital arts. It was the only thing our ancestors could look back to and understand their way of life, what the world was like through their eyes, and how they expressed them.

“Early Humans Made Animated Art: How Paleolithic artists used fire to set the world’s oldest art in motion” article by Zach Zorich

Magic Lantern, to me, felt like the origin of how images shown on television came to be in this current age. Émile Reynaud’s Théâtre Optique felt like the core of all classic cartoon TV shows due to his magnificent device that involved hand-painted, animated, and moving images. I’m more accustomed to animation, and this felt like the origin of where my art skill comes from. Charles-Èmile Reynauld’s Théâtre Optique, 1892

One form of oral storytelling I can think of is poetry. I sometimes write poetry whenever I’m struggling with my mental health and want to vent in a way that my family can’t interfere with. Though I have read a few pieces out-loud in an after school program I am a part of. Describe and reflect on these experiences. These moments are usually very intense since they usually involve me letting my more sensitive emotions run rampant. These experiences are different in the sense that instead of relying on visual representations of the intended meaning, poetry uses vocalized presentations to get the message across I think.