Who Is This Man And Why Is He Biing Analysis
September 20, 2013
Shaping By Expression Growing up we are all taught right from wrong, good from bad, pretty from ugly. We are also taught stereotypes and inappropriate judgment. Our parents and teachers tell us to express ourselves but we ultimately express what we’ve been taught, or what our enslaved minds have been trained to think. We have been taught to think that people covered in tattoos must be dangerous, and that girls who get drunk on a weekly basis must be trashy. The two images written about in “Who Is This Man, and Why Is He Screaming,” by Rachel Kadish and “Veiled Threat: The Guerilla Graffiti of Princess Hijab,” by Arwa Aburawa, are the perfect examples of how some of us have been able to think differently from our society and …show more content…
Galai’s image plays a huge role in how society can change. His image is the true definition of art. It can be interpreted in a million-and-one ways. It was used to express “protest, rage, despair, and fist-pumping populism,” in multiple countries around the world (Kadish 261). The black and white contrast of the picture made the story behind it mysterious, therefore letting people use their own opinions and current feelings to make a story for it. The physical aspect of the image does the same. Is he really yawning, or is he screaming at the top of his lungs? Is he mad at himself or the world? Is he mad at all? All of these questions, and dozens more, are considered when analyzing his image, but the conclusion is ultimately determined by our feelings and the situations we might be encountering at the moment. The people of Iran used his image to express their anger toward the government; they interpreted his art as an angry man yelling at the heavens in rage, (Kadish 261). Images like these make it easier for people in our society to express themselves and break the cycle of what we “should and shouldn’t
Shaping By Expression Growing up we are all taught right from wrong, good from bad, pretty from ugly. We are also taught stereotypes and inappropriate judgment. Our parents and teachers tell us to express ourselves but we ultimately express what we’ve been taught, or what our enslaved minds have been trained to think. We have been taught to think that people covered in tattoos must be dangerous, and that girls who get drunk on a weekly basis must be trashy. The two images written about in “Who Is This Man, and Why Is He Screaming,” by Rachel Kadish and “Veiled Threat: The Guerilla Graffiti of Princess Hijab,” by Arwa Aburawa, are the perfect examples of how some of us have been able to think differently from our society and …show more content…
Galai’s image plays a huge role in how society can change. His image is the true definition of art. It can be interpreted in a million-and-one ways. It was used to express “protest, rage, despair, and fist-pumping populism,” in multiple countries around the world (Kadish 261). The black and white contrast of the picture made the story behind it mysterious, therefore letting people use their own opinions and current feelings to make a story for it. The physical aspect of the image does the same. Is he really yawning, or is he screaming at the top of his lungs? Is he mad at himself or the world? Is he mad at all? All of these questions, and dozens more, are considered when analyzing his image, but the conclusion is ultimately determined by our feelings and the situations we might be encountering at the moment. The people of Iran used his image to express their anger toward the government; they interpreted his art as an angry man yelling at the heavens in rage, (Kadish 261). Images like these make it easier for people in our society to express themselves and break the cycle of what we “should and shouldn’t