Blog Post #1: Response to Prompt #2


When Foster says, "Writing and telling belong to one big story," he is illustrating every piece of writing is all explaining "us-and-the-world." This is true whether the writing is fictional or not. Everything comes back to the principle of how humans and the world interact. It allows for me to connect the different  views of how the world and humans and interact and see how they carry over to the reality that surrounds us. Knowing that every story is the same and knowing nothing is new, reminds the reader that ever view and interpretation is true. There are many views of the world, but they are all different version of the world around us. Every story is used to tell how humans are with each other and with the world around them.
My general experience with art is not with the art that one typically thinks of. I have very little experience with physical pieces of art, but I am familiar with the art of ballet and the different ballets that were featured throughout the classical era of ballet. Almost of all of the story portrayed a female who had a mythical situation occur to her. They perform the same story to different music every time. Art is the same ideas presented in a slightly different way, whether in dance, painting or words. There are only so many ideas on how the world works. It is the artist that creates a new and creative way to present the same idea.

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