Ken Hurley's Civil Discourse

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Art allows our eyes to speak for us, whatever we may need to say the lines and colors will lead us that way. Civil discourse can be displayed through various types of illustrations. Paintings, for example, can allow the conversation to flow and let the meaning of the picture be revealed. In this case, civil discourse will be displayed through many artists. The definition of civil discourse that I have been using is discussing topics and issues to be better understood with an unbiased opinion. While looking at art and digging deeper into the meaning, a question will appear, to what extent does civil discourse or lack thereof, improve, diminish, or hold society at status quo? In my opinion, civil discourse improves society to an extent. Although, …show more content…

This picture demonstrates that civil discourse is physically, emotionally, and mentally killing us. It is killing our sense of unity as a society because we are unwilling to find common ground which creates stress. Through the eyes of a teenager, I believe that civilized discussion could improve our society but, sometimes we let it destroy instead of create. An example of this is how the government behaves. The two major parties have biased opinions creating civil discourse and a incapability to find compromises that will strengthen our country. Why do we cause pain on people who are only trying to help? I see this man laying down with an oxygen mask and four people are helping him. The oxygen mask represents how we suffocate each other with our words. Words in which society chooses not to use wisely, but destructively instead. It is more common to hear insults and negativity expressed through television or social media. On the other hand, art leaves the interpretation to the individual without directly stating a biased. Instead of going into a conversation closed minded we could be open to different opinions. In doing that we could allow discussion to be more peaceful, respectful and

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