I found this video really interesting. The video really started to get my attention when the first lady placed a camera in her mouth and disposed the film from her mouth to capture moments. She would stand still with people face to face and open her mouth to expose the film. She described it as soul to soul and revealing something we don’t often show to the world. She said “the shape of the mouth is very much the same shape as the eye, and the image becomes almost like the pupil.” The next guy John used kitsch objects to create spiritually like altars. It was interesting hearing about his Native American history. His grandmother was a hand trembler, almost like an oracle and his grandfather was a dancer where he puts on a mask and becomes a god. The spirit enters them when they start to dance. It was a ritual dance. I found it interesting when he talked about how the bear totem is a very powerful symbol because the totem was meant to giving the bear power and people turned them into a product and stripping away the power and meaning behind the bear totem. The painting he did of the corporation setting displaying the CEO as a deity in the center of the painting, with the employees of the company as the angels under him was really fascinating. The painting caught my attention in the movie and made me analyze it further. It’s really interesting and cool to see how spirituality can be a source of inspiration to create art.
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I thought your analysis of the video was great. I enjoyed how you explored into the Native American history further. The ritual dance truly was fascinating to see. It is incredible how the Native American people believe that certain animal’s spirits give them the “power” to achieve their goals. I think we most notably see these affects when they preform the ritual dance. Overall, I agree it was cool to see how spirituality can create an inspiration to art.
I thought that your analysis and connection with “John” was great. I think you did a great job of explaining his origins and heritage and how that influences him. When you got into the ritual dance and spiritual power of the bear totem it was a good example. This really got the point across that the Native American people are spiritual and that they use these “dances” and “symbols” to show that. I would have liked if you got a little more into how these things can be consider art. But there is always next time.
Sadly I couldn’t get the video to work on my computer in any of the linked forms, but I enjoyed being able to read your analysis of it. The description of the painting depicting the CEO as a deity and all the angels underneath him is a very interesting take on the corporate structure. It often seems that CEOs are bashed for their exorbitant salaries and lack of accountability, but that artist seemed to revere them.