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Lesson 4 Painting Our World Greener

Art & Our Environment

While art can stir up a sense of beauty in ____ it can also draw a spirited reaction from the public.

An excellent artistic piece can communicate a message to us and even ____ our ways of looking at our surroundings.

That is why art has ____ an essential role in addressing social and global issues throughout history.

Let us ____ a look at a few modern artworks that address environmental issues.


The first art piece is a photograph by Benjamin Von Wong.

His artworks rally people around ____ actions.

In the photo on the ____ titled Turn Off the Plastic Tap, he tries to highlight the fact that a huge amount of plastic enters the ocean every minute.

He says, “You ____ order a product online without having it delivered in plastic packaging.

Also, the clothes you are wearing must ____ at least in part, made of plastic.

Dependence on plastic is ____ into the supply chain, so the individual consumer finds it harder and harder to opt out.

Of course, you can choose not to purchase products containing plastic, but that only ____ so far.

I think it is important for you to inform your friends and family of the issue because at the end of the day, you know, companies and governments can’t ignore the ____ of the consumers.

At the same time, we also ____ to pressure governments and corporations to do the right thing.”


Forget Me Not

The next ____ titled Forget Me Not, is Jenny Kendler’s personal love letter to the sea.

She covered an old boom box with ____ shells, which took her a year to collect.

The boom box plays something you may regard as calming ocean ____

They are actually what she recorded as ____ had one of her baby teeth dissolve in acid.

____ wanted us to think of what sea creatures might go through one day if we continue burning fossil fuels carelessly.

As the ocean absorbs more and more carbon dioxide, it ____ more and more acidic.

Under this ____ the hard shells of many marine species will dissolve.

Kendler says, “I wanted to inspire people to raise their own awareness about what they can actually do as individuals, but at the same time, ____ hoped to encourage collective action and collective responsibility.

One thing that art can do really well is to help us imagine how the world ____ be otherwise.

Certainly, we can’t get ____ a different place if we can’t imagine it.”


Homestead

The piece below, titled Homestead, is ____ painting by Jon Ching.

Most of his work, including this ____ is a celebration of nature and a quiet appeal to humans to appreciate the world around them.

“I believe we’ve separated ourselves from nature and no longer ____ how we fit in.

Instead of helping nature thrive, we are simply consuming it,” ____ Ching.

One cannot ____ but smile at his paintings, which are rich in color and tenderness.

One of the fun aspects of his work is how he blends ____ features of one life form with those of another.

“I’ve been using my work as a ____ of commenting on issues and problems I’m heavily interested in.

I find ____ necessary to express a silver lining rather than just reflect on what’s wrong.

____ want to show that everything is connected and that protecting nature is actually protecting us.

My call to action is to remember ____ magic and wonder of this planet.”

Art can strike up conversations about the environment, ____ more importantly, it can also make a great difference by inspiring us to take action.

The following words ____ Andy Warhol, an American pop artist, ring especially true in this context.

“They always say time changes things, but you ____ have to change them yourself.”


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