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Post 4

lexiegenerous — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:30:39 +0000

Part 1. I think all the pictures or stories have loss or disappointment as a main theme. There are about inhumanity and death and a tad depressing yet at a realistic point of view like things like this do or have happened. He uses irony because these places are just normal places yet these things happen. Like the woman who cried for hours and was stabbed to death just on a plain street corner….so sad and so cruel. Why would people be so heartless or icky towards other people and ideas? Its kinda one of those things where you wonder why people don’t help people unless they are being recognized especially for the stabbing victim why wouldn’t you at least try to help or cal the cops, how could you just let that happen knowing that it was happening? Questions I would have would be, What other information does he have about these incidents? Like the incident at the top about being turned down for a homeless shelter, was there not enough room or what was the reason that he was turned down? Or how was the fire at the bridge actually started?

Part 2: The point of view is omniscient, where the author takes a simple place, and knows other things that have happened in the place that seems super normal.

lexiegenerous — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:40:35 +0000

This is a Banksy graffiti piece. I like it because it shows the idea of paradise and joy even in a world full of work and for some suffering.

Response 2

lexiegenerous — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:37:08 +0000

I really like Bansky’s art. I think it shows a message on his views of the world. Like the painting of the dove with the gun thing, I think that shows how peace for some people is fighting in wars and killing people so that some people can have freedom. I also liked the carving with the shopping cart and the bison getting killed showing what we do to eat and for me it shows how we treat our meat (especially as a vegetarian I’m not really into that) I do think graffiti and tagging is art because I think that its a form of expression and for me thats what art is. I think writers use tag names as some what of an alternate persona almost like an ego or second self. I don’t think its necessarily important to show your work to the public, if you want to go for it, if not its your choice. Its your expression of self and it doesn’t really matter what people think of it. However I do think art can bring people together and send a message to the world.