6 sentence summary: Throughout time, humanity has left its mark on a multitude of different situations in history. We have come to accept these historical facts for what they are and the truth behind them, but we often forget the unknown stories surrounding the bigger picture. As we look into a biased narrative, our perception tends to block the surrounding opposing narratives around the main focus, like a camera focusing on one subject. As important as the bigger picture is, humanity needs to understand the tiny little specifics inside the bigger picture, or the unknown stories surrounding the one famous larger story. This does not mean getting rid of the bigger picture completely however. In order for us to learn from history, we must identify and understand these surrounding unknown stories, but we must also keep the bigger picture in mind as a benchmark on contrasting the two stories and for the use of a “before and after” interpretation.
2 claims: 1. We can’t just eliminate the bigger picture of history as we need it as a representation of how we’ve developed as a society. 2. Unknown stories need to be brought up no matter how inspirational the bigger picture story is in order to learn as much from history as possible.
I completely agree with Titus Kaphar’s approach. Every point of view must be heard in order to fully understand a situation. This is relevant everywhere in society and still applies to history. These unheard points of views must be publicized in order to inform the members of society as much information of a situation as possible. Moving forward only comes when society has accepted its mistakes from the past and this can only really happen if every mistake is caught, which is why every point of view matters. Art is probably the largest communication center in the entire world, even extending farther than politics. Most people only know of political situations because of art they admire. By utilizing the gift of being an artist, they can communicate messages to those that admire their art in order to bring about information that was unheard of until then. This can move society.
Titus Kaphar depicts the reality of parenting while being black in his artwork.
“Art is probably the largest communication center in the entire world, even extending farther than politics. Most people only know of political situations because of art they admire. ”
Interesting! If you wrote this in a paper, I would say UNPACK!!