Name
Instructor
Course
Date
Richard Notkin
General Lecture Reaction
The lecture gave a broad overview of the numerous uses of ceramic pieces to past information about the effects of wars, climate change, and other areas in human civilization. I am too fascinated by the power of art and ceramic pieces in delivering powerful messages into society. The speaker displayed skill through ceramic pieces in presenting notifications of past events, such as world wars, fossil energy use, nuclear weaponry, global warming, bad leadership, and the current global menaces’ corruption and political conflicts. I noted that humor, as expressed through the art, was to draw preconceived ideas and convey the messages through different ceramic pieces in the history of human civilization (WatchNCECA 00:11:53). I realized it was displayed through ceramic pieces to express both the past happenings in humanity’s history and transport the audience using their minds to connect with the day’s experiences.
Two Ceramic Pieces That Spoke To Me
There were two particular ceramic pieces in the lecture that spoke to me and ignited a memory and a feeling of the past happenings. Firstly, the commentary on the effects of pollution on endangered species, as portrayed in the whale story and industry from 2015, depicted pollution from industries endangered species such as whales (WatchNCECA 00:26:07). It ignited the memory of the catastrophes witnessed around the globe due to industrial gases and air pollution. Secondly, the ceramic piece by Richard Notkin in 1999 to mark the passage from the 20th to 21st century consisted of a part of the legacy with nearly 2000 stone ears, which depicts deafness to lessons from past historical happenings (WatchNCECA 00:44:39). This art piece sparked in me the feeling to diligently analyze past historical experiences and the lessons they presented for future use.
Work cited
WatchNCECA. “Closing Lecture Richard Notkin”(2018) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjDNH2ENV50