Globalizing Art

"Calavera Revolucionaria" by Jose Guadalupe Posada circa 1910, depicts a woman atop a horse with a sense of "instability, urgency, power and speed" away from the industrial dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz and towards a revolution. The most important aspect of Posada's work during his time was his appeal to a larger audience that couldn't necessarily read the writing in the periodicals. The common people were able to gather information from Posada's lithograph and formulate opinions from their own perspective. In this way he empowered people globally beyond the diverse language barriers and through aesthetic symbols.

Aesthetic practices such as pottery as an art form was founded as a craft although native studies suggest that the holes in the bottom of finshed works serve a religuous purpose by allowing spirits to run through them. Even though they were rendered useless except for art and religous sake, theorists applied their own symbols to the punctured holes, redefineing a global perspective.
Aesthetic practices such as making a Christmas tree special directly relates to a place of attachment.Where pine trees are native in many northern parts of America has influenced traditions to areas outside the native range such as Hawaiian imports. Whether or not the tree was decorated successfully depends on the time and place defined by society. For my family, we take pride in our Charlie Brown Christmas tree adorned with strictly handmade ornaments, but when others look at it, they laugh because their used to full, lively trees. People outside our tribe do not appreciate the handmade ornaments like my parents used to because to them, the objects are not successful enough to be called something. From the eyes of a child, parents are supposed to praise handmade creations even if they don't mean anything and that is what makes them even more special between this close connection. They are not representations of the 'real' but they are true symbols of what we felt at the time. People naturally acquire things, especially junk, but the priceless items that don't necessarily have meaning, but a strangely familiar feeling attached, seem to stand out the most. Decorating the tree with "unsuccessful" creations each winter has made the tradition so much more meaningful  for us because they are symbols of stories and growing up over time. Symbols in this way are important in the development of making a life as discussed in the handout by Tomas Ybarra-Frausto. When we create, we allow ourselves "to have a wider understanding of what it means for them to be," you in a collective sea of individuals (Ybarra-Frausto). Assigning words as a way of interpretation is not the best way in understanding the value of something. Words are a way of looking at different global persepctives from beyond ones own experience. Perspective is the most a single individual can offer to the outside world if people can take the time to tune in on one flare and aknowledge the influences.