My initial reaction after watching the movie was that it was very interesting to see how the opera started and progressed to what it is today over the years. I learned that the Opera started as very small performances at weddings and grew into enormous productions that the people of the cities would take very seriously. The town would build enormous and elaborate colosseums to host the operas that could hold thousands of people that wanted to see the performance.
A part in particular that I liked was when the narrator was explaining how Opera was a huge form of nationalism for the people of Italy and they would use it as a tool to show their pride in their country and express their radical views during past times of war. He said that the Opera houses in the cities were always a main target for destruction when people invaded because they were so symbolic to towns.
It was explained that Operas used to be controversial and when ever an opera was written about something extreme or political, they would be rejected and were not that popular. The opera stories grew over the years and eventually the main story lines in Operas were all about tragic romance and love and contained a lot more violence and death than before. Everyone started to enjoy those types of operas more since they were a lot more captivating and sometimes relatable. That related to us in modern society present day because we all enjoy and go see the huge blockbusters that come out and most of them are always very emotional and tragic dramas that people get very emotionally in tune with. Everyone seems to like productions and movies more when the action is over the top along with the details and effects, and the same went for the people back then with the heavily detailed and elaborate productions that would take place in the operas.
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Thursday, August 28, 2014
Raul Cuero PhD "Creativity" video comments
There were many things in this video that you can apply to everyday life. The video opens up with Rual Cuero talking about how he was a kid and how he used to just heavily observe and study things to help him learn (the roaches in his grandmas house). Being a good observer can help you a lot in your daily life because you will start to notice the beauty and interesting things that are around you that you were once blind to. Raul also talks about his claim to fame witch was his perseverance and his drive to try as hard as possible. This can also be applied to every day life because if you try as hard as you can, great things can happen like what happened to Raul with all his scientific inventions that positively impacted the world ( fruit with more antioxidants, things to help oil spills ext.)
Raul also talks about having a "universal conscious" and how it helps overcome obstacles in life. He says when you are universal you can overcome prejudice and you are not limited by society what what it tells you to do. If everyone applied this concept to everyday life, the world would be a freer and better place and new ideas that may have never be surfaced could come up and positively impact your environment. Along with having a universal conscious, Raul states that it was his creativity that helped him overcome many of the obstacles that he has faced in his life. He says that you need to surprise and do more than what other people expect from you, and that it when your creativity starts to flow the most. Again, in everyday life if I were to do this and try to exceed everyones expectations with my creativity and be more unpredictable, I could produce better art/projects and also ideas that could benefit my life and the peoples around me.
Raul also talks about having a "universal conscious" and how it helps overcome obstacles in life. He says when you are universal you can overcome prejudice and you are not limited by society what what it tells you to do. If everyone applied this concept to everyday life, the world would be a freer and better place and new ideas that may have never be surfaced could come up and positively impact your environment. Along with having a universal conscious, Raul states that it was his creativity that helped him overcome many of the obstacles that he has faced in his life. He says that you need to surprise and do more than what other people expect from you, and that it when your creativity starts to flow the most. Again, in everyday life if I were to do this and try to exceed everyones expectations with my creativity and be more unpredictable, I could produce better art/projects and also ideas that could benefit my life and the peoples around me.
Juan Carlos Delgado comments
Juan Carlos Art comments :
My initial reaction to Juan Carlos's art was that is was very abstract and interesting. The one video titled FKA twigs- Pendulum really got my attention with the warping faces and the creepy music. As the video progresses the woman's face gets more and more distorted until it returns back to normal at the end. I like how he uses a combination of different types of media to produce his art including photos, paintings and videos.
The photo titled "Mas Surrealista Que Los Suenos" portrayed a lot of emotion. I liked how its in black and white and how that corresponds to the emotion of the photo with the woman getting suffocated by the large ball. Her facial expression shows that she is trying hard to break free or escape, so in the bigger picture the photo could be a metaphor for someone trying to get rid of a bad habit that is holding them back from the real world or from their family.
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