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Symbols #2

                 For a website titled Inspired “Etches,” it is no wonder that there is a post here talking about cave drawings, hieroglyphics, and other carved symbols and shapes. When we follow through their evolution, they have the greatest impact on not only me, but everyone who associates symbols with loved ones, pictures with loved ones, and anyone who has ever seen a movie. For me, this subject is very raw and that is great because it means that it is powerful and may help me pay closer than normal attention to detail on this post.
                  This year, the last Saturday in February, my Mommom passed away from a stroke. When the initial shock died down, we began to realize that she was now with her late husband, my Poppop, and to handle her affairs here on earth were 6 children she raised throughout the 60s and 70s. Among being home, I was able I put together a slideshow for her viewing. It was not until others were influenced by the show where I realized what I had done. I had communicated story and triggered memories in the people of her life and from seeing these images, and the way they were presented, they were able to heal, and so was I. 
                 It is there where I can trace symbols, images, and film today back to where they once came from in cave drawings. When I was making this special video for my family, I was not thinking about historical figures but, I would not have created the film without its’ influence. Prehistoric Cave drawings, hieroglyphs, and ancient symbols were primary sources of written communication. The stories upon the cave walls may have told the stories of the those who have moved on like my Mommom. Her grandchildren in this time may have remembered her through an image she drew on the wall or of a story she told them, and that for them may be enough to keep her memory alive. 
                 Just like today, cave drawings were drawn with messages and ways to be interpreted. A drawing of a horse on a cave wall may have been 2d physically but, based on the images from the Lascaux website, it was drawn with 3D depth. The way they were drawn determined the message that was portrayed. There are images where the animals are running away, maybe implying danger? The framework of these works of art tell the artist’s vision and can interpret it to others with their intended message. A similar example of this is a director choosing which way to frame a shot to get the right emotion out of a scene. Without these images painted on cave walls in 3000 B.C., I may not have had the opportunity to find the closure I needed to say goodbye to my Mommom. 

http://www.oldest.org/artliterature/cave-paintings/

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