Maria Vasquez
Art Period 2

September 2 2014

Summary Of Discussion

 

 

I personally believe that both theatre and art can help make the world a better place by ending stereotypes. I believe in my theory because there are many people who believe that "It's important to express who you are"- unknown. By expressing both are internal and external feeling's to the world, I feel that we can all connect to each other somehow. By making this a realistic event we have to be able to understand those in need and what they all have gone through. For example, those homeless people out in the streets, we tend to "Judge a homeless person based on their external identity"- Michael. This action should be able to prove that we all, don't understand what these people go though. We all automatically judge them by saying things like "They must've drop out of school or quit their jobs" maybe even that they all just became drug user's and they couldn't stop which lead them to their misery. Which may not be the case at all. These people could still be going to school and yet be homeless or they could have a job and also be homeless. We all may never know, and by judging them based on their appearance just proves that we belief in those stereotypes. Maybe we just don't want to get near them because "We don't want to know their internal pain because we don't want to  feel their pain"-Ms. Kopera. Yet when we all see these homeless people in the streets, holding up these signs asking for help we all turn our heads ignoring them. We may have never had the chance to stop to realize that "They are asking for help, because they don't have the strength to help themselves"-Omar. This is why I believe and encourage art and theater to help end these stereotypes. For example, we could simply hand these homeless people paint brushes and canvas and tell them to paint what they feel. Just maybe we could help them express what they feel and hopefully end these stereotypes, as people walk by looking at them express their internal and external identities through art and theatre.