Art and Technology FA 2018

I have only ever been to one broadway show in my life which was Mary Poppins. It was the first time I have ever been to a musical and it was a great experience. I saw how all the songs played a huge part in the story and also just how catchy the songs are too. The song that stuck with me the most was "Spoon Full of Sugar", it was stuck in my head for a while after. Although a show I feel I must see some day is definitely The Lion King. Not only am I a huge Disney fan and want Simba to be my pet lion but I have seen the trailer and the production seems so amazing. I think the meaning behind the lion king is so important, aside from the obvious lesson: Hakuna Matata, the over all meaning is that we are all apart of the circle of life and that change is inevitable. Seeing these things come to life must be quite the emotional rollercoaster. Mary Poppins being my only experience thus far with theatre, The Lion King WILL be the next.

After watching Madama Butterfly, I have realized that each song tells a story. In this case it was a story about a woman who meets a man and has relations with him. When he leaves the butterfly does too and in the midst of that time where he was gone, she then becomes pregnant with his child. After waiting for his return with her child he finally comes back only to realize that he has been with another woman. After introducing him to their child, he takes the child from her and never returns again. This then drives the woman to end her life and to soon be reunited with the butterfly in her after life. This opera basically explains how deep love can be not only between a man and a woman but with a mother and child too. Also that the song does not just have one mood but many, as shown in the song, there can be pleasure and pain in one song and that is the theatrical aspect of an opera.

Creativity Cuero has many valid points in his interview. He claims that parents have given the teachers responsibility to stir the creativity in the their children, and that they do not put in the effort to take the time to talk about things that would influence intellectualism. That is very true, you go to a restaurant and you see that children and their parents are both on their phones, barely conversation but instead scrolling through social media. It is not up to the teachers to put that in the children in head but it's parents responsibility because they are who build the children foundation considering children spend most of their time with their family instead of their teachers. Although I do disagree with Cuero when he says creativity can only come from nature. Creativity especially nowadays is, if anything, found more than in just nature. People's creativity can come in all forms and aspects of life now that technology plays a big part of our lives. People can b