The inability to express seeing something that transcends the power of language revealed to be problematic time and time again as humanity developed intensities of emotion too profound to simply call “joy” or “sorrow”. Each new art movement reflects upon the its own respective cultural shift towards or away a particular emphasis on a quality of life and although often criticized for its controversy or obscurity, art remains a definitive part of the human experience, its multiplicities revealing the innumerable experiences that humankind has and will face.īefore the invention of photography or videography, there were very few methods in which ideas and experiences of life could be recorded or captured. From early cave paintings depicting humanity at its most naked, to the works of the 19th century Impressionists emphasizing the moving dynamism in life, fascination with capturing the verisimilitude and essence of the world have influenced the peculiar way that humanity sees both into and beyond itself. Complicated by the development of societal norms and motivated by the inclusion of wealth and achievement in the arbitrary measurement of one’s value, humanity continually struggles to find meaning in this in-between period from birth to death we call life.

Individual satisfaction of the modern age has more or less become the fulfilment of both naturally derived and artificially manufactured desires.

John bergers way of seeing