On Wednesday September 23,2020, I had the pleasure to join the seminar; called Clarice Smith Distinguished Lecture, with Aruna D' Souza. Aruna Souza is an author for several of books; with being Whitewalling is her best art books of 2018, according to New York Times. She enjoy writing about "modern and contemporary art; intersectional feminisms and other forms of politics; and how museums shape our views of each other and the world"(Aruna Souza). During the seminar video, she first discuss the trending racial topics, according to social media news, and then focuses on discussing the form of arts in the museum, that tells a story of humanities, and addresses three form of practices, that can contribute a clear perspective, in humanities life. The three form of practices are, to know, to empathize, and to see fully.
During the Seminar, I loved how she educated us on the three form of knowledge; To know, To empathize, and to see fully. "Empathy is a concept base, at its heart, on understanding, the ability to translate the experiences of one another's , into one another own language. The language in question doesn't need to be a linguistic one, it could be gestural embodied tactile or many other ways of communicating" (Aruna Souza 12:11). I love how she used this form of explanation, to pass through a message, on how important it is, for humanity to retain empathy. Empathy is what make us a human. Through all the universal culture, religion, and humans. We all thrive off of, living through the existence, to feel loved, cared, and understood. This is a natural form of art, we practice to maintain humanity. Souza, Also used the Museum art as an example, to show us to see fully. She uses two arts, in comparison, to let us know, what you see, and create assumption of the art, is not the accurate answer. Therefore, to see fully, is to seek for the truth, rather than, relying on false answers. Aruna Souza, seminar is very insightful, and contain many valuable knowledge. If I were to pick something I didn't like, it would be the organization of the seminar?. I am unsure, if I am a slow grabber, but I was sort of lost, what her point is during the first few minute of the video. I understand this video tides in with racial issues, however she started off with addressing social media news, then pull a picture of the map, and spoke about slavery, which I wished she explain more, before going into her museum arts. An event I would like for her to cover is, the history of slavery, and what caused the conception of it. Yes, she explain slavery in the video, but I felt like, instead of explaining stories on how slavery was formed, she display a view on, how individuals impose a definition of slavery. Overall, I grasp valuable knowledge from this seminar, and will pass down the information, that I've obtained from this Seminar.
To sum up this blog entry, I wanted to touch base on Empathy in society. This is the main information, I deeply grasp from the seminar, and it relates to the theme, that I chose for my class. In today's society, we have came to a realization, of the world becoming inhumane. we will continue to see the increase rate of inhumane acts, as the world continue to grow, and advance in industrialization. In todays world, individuals tend to neglect what their compassionate heart desires, but instead, individuals follow what their mind greed for. Instead of practicing on giving, we rather receive more. For example, majority of our actions in today, we plot out on how much it will benefit us, rather than benefiting fairly on both sides. The selfish characteristic, had displayed an inhumane act, which is a destruction of humanity. Speaking of humanity, made me relate to a quote that I've grasp from the book called The Bhagavad Gita, by Jack Hawley. " Sacrifice is used here in a very special way: It means offering, helping, and being dedicated to the welfare of all humanity"(pg 29). This quote exactly summarize my point in humanity. We are living in a time, where helping or being kind to someone, has become a threat, instead of considering it as a humanity act. To fully change the world, In my own personally opinion, we must discover peace within ourself first. Here I will dive deeper, what it means, seeking peace within ourself. Throughout our life, majority of us had experience, a time in their journey, when we felt unhappy, insecure, and aren't fulfilled in life. When a human enter the negative side of mindset, they had open the gate to partake in inhumane actions. Such inhumane actions, will lead to destruction of others, to provide temporary satisfaction within ourselves. Thus why, we continue to go in a recycle system of inhumane acts. For example, today's society defines gold chains, big house, nice cars, nice body, and other lavish things, are being interpret as "happiness". This form of happiness, show significant signs of insecurity traits to cover a hidden unsatisfactory, within themselves. Thus why, seeking peace within self, is a vital practice to remain humanity. You may wonder, How does one practice seeking self peace?. Practicing self peace, is to accept yourself in all forms, and ways. It is the gateway to eternal happiness. Like the old saying, If I don't love myself, how will I know how to love others?. When you truly accept yourself and achieve peace within yourself, that is when you will refuse to partake inhumane acts.
Resources: - Jack Hawley ,The Bhagavad Gita
- https://www.arunadsouza.com/about
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