READ: Widewalls | Yoko Ono - A Groundbreaking Artist,
Activist and Fighter
“Activist for peace and human rights since the 1960s, a
versatile persona and performer, courageous and unrelenting woman fighter, Yoko
Ono still stands proud and strong after decades of misconception,
misunderstanding and unfairness.” I liked this quote because I feel like it
shows a glimpse at the impact she had and for what she changed. Proving that we
are always going to have to fight to some degree about these topics like world
peace and basic human rights. It should not be this way but sadly it is, maybe
one day we will be past this and will be able to worry about other issues other
than basic human rights.
“Throughout the Beatles’ break up and fall out between
the members, Yoko Ono and John Lennon pursued their anti-war goals and dedicated
their lives to the causem and released the, now legendary, single Imagine.” I
feel like now reading it i'm like okay they worked on their goals together but
to think about it being 1971 changes the whole perspective on what their message
truly means. It was a different time and different things were represented out
there so for them to be very public and represent what they believe in is very
admirable.
READ: Hispanic Executive | Interview with Shaun Leonardo - Performance,
Pedagogy, and Philosophy
“I’m glad, because I think it probably was intimidating
for a lot of young minds. Yes. I offer that narrative with the recognition that,
over my life and professional career, I have witnessed young people be easily
derailed when they don’t see themselves in the representation of who is
creating.” As a white female I feel like it isnt my place to talk about
representation but it truly does matter and I love how this quote took a second
to acknowledge it. Representation is very important for children growing up
because they are able to see someone like them with a goal and something to look
forward to achieving. “I attribute my work ethic to them. However, it was in the
mentality of striving for the best that I was also taught that success meant
economic stability and mobility. And so art wasn’t really within my vision as a
child: I never quite know what inspired me, other than the moments where I did
see and take in art. I don’t know what drove me to identify as an artist because
it wasn’t within my familial background…” I think this quote makes him very
relatable and real. Sometimes artists don’t think they are artists and wanting
to be the best in what you do and having that work ethic is what people can look
up to. Having someone that is that real and willing to tell the whole truth is a
great example of what kind of role models people need these days.
Attached is a picture of my idea for my performance piece. Ideally it is a nice sunny day when I do this. I want my audience to be random people walking by as I sit and relax and reflect myself. The setting should be somewhere people feel comfortable and can sit down outside. I feel like today we as society are very go go go and do not have time to stop and think so my thought was to change that and give people and opportunity to do that. So my instructions were to get comfortable and think about someone that makes them and then hopefully they would think about memories and experiences and naturally smiled due to their happy memories connected to them.
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