Jessica Nelson Assignment 3

 In the poem "Singapore" a tone of fascination is created through imagery. The images reveal to the reader that the the speaker has paid incredible attention to detail suggesting he is intrigued by it. All of the pictures created in the reader's mind are happy and cheerful which lends itself to the tone of fascination because none of the words have a negative connotation that would suggest something more like disgust and the images don't show as much emotion as a tone of something like sorrowful instead they show a lot of interest and imagination. The images help to put the reader in that situation in hopes of them feeling what the speaker is feeling. It also creates metaphors too things more tangible than pure emotions, which makes the reader more understanding ans fascinated by the situation as well. "Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in." --Amy Lowell

Art is an ideal way to express oneself. It comes in a lot of forms that are very adaptable based on the person using them. Some people like words and those people will write or sing and some people can't find the words and feel the need to make something tangible like a canvas. Regardless of the format the original desire to make something has to stem from an emotion, even if it's a weak one. Without that emotional motivation I doubt there would be any art because it wouldn't mean anything. For art to be worth making it has to resonate with someone and make them feel something that the creator has felt or experienced, or at the very least create to illusion that it is doing that to the artist so they can feel that they have released their emotions. Those emotions that motivate the art are all created as reactions to something happening in the artist life which ultimately makes art reactionary to something that is happening in the world and it becomes an excellent way to sympathize with one another on those shared situations or universal events. These essentially match those of Amy Lowell because we are both saying that art is meant as an outlet of expression for all that happens to us.