It is innately human to desire freedom of expression.
I believe both art and literature are born from this innate desire to create and express ourselves. Throughout time humanity has used both literature and art to teach future generations and openly express our personal experiences.
Even today, literature is at the core of education and art, continuing to expand our understandings of the world we live in.
For example, the works of Picasso within his cubism period explored portraiture in ways the world had never before experienced. He wished to explain the way our eyes truly viewed the world – which was in an assortment of “planes” – and to explain that the brain is what gives the illusion of a “complete” image. He wished to create art which showed life in a way that was “unfiltered” by the brain in order to change a persons experience.
Whilst literature like “Urbanised Reeboks” by Lisa Bellear aims to express the experience of life as a generation of Indigenous Australians which feel they no longer fit either in the Indigenous Community or modern society. It explains the inner turmoil of both enjoying modern society and the materialism of objects like “Reebocks” and “Raybans”, whilst simultaneously yearning for a culturally rich life.
Even travelling back millennia, literature was developed as a method of communication and education. Similar to that of traditional art, used for typography, and education on survival.
I believe both literature and art have been an integral part of humanity’s existence, and will continue to shape our personal experiences in the future.
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