Module 11 - Other Worlds

JOURNAL PROMPTS

Directions: Choose one or more of the following prompts and update your class journal by responding to the question or questions in the prompt. Try to write roughly a page on each prompt you select. Refer back to your journal as the course progresses to see if you are experiencing progress in meeting your goals.

Journal Prompt #1: Art & the Spirit

Using the External Links, find a work of art from a culture other than your own that represents a form of spirituality. Explain why you chose the work you did, and how it represents the spirit. You will need to discuss the context in which the artwork was made and how it is used within the culture.

Journal Prompt #2: Costume, Decoration & Myth

Examine the two images “Sitting Man with a Pink Face”, New Guinea, by Irving Penn and “Land of the Free #25” by photographer David Graham from the “Worksheet 7 image Folder”. There are three helpful links below: two about tribal New Guinea, and a link to information about photographer David Graham.

Write a one - page summary of comparisons and contrasts between the two images. Look for comparisons between form and content. Refer to any cultural or stylistic differences you find. In essence, how are they the same? How are they different? What is the subject? Does each image represent something within the context of spirituality? Or not? You can also use this week’s module theme ‘A Brief History of the Body’ as a resource here.

Image links:

Sitting Man With Pink Face
Eddie Pratt as Cupid
Papua New Guinea: scroll down to the Religion section.
Oceania
David Graham