In Titus Kaphar’s TED talk, he approaches racism in a way that relates to all people. He recognizes that we as a society see the world through many different lenses, but we tend to focus on those with prestige instead of the people with a history just as rich, but haven’t had the same luxuries as others. Titus moves the audience with very convincing words about both his experience with his child and everyone’s experience with our very nature. He moves the talk into a demonstration where he covers up all of the high class white people with paint. My first reaction was sadness, for I resented the fact that things like this need to be done in order to make us “shift our lens” to the subject matter that needed to be seen. But the meaning behind it was, in fact, beautiful. The paint is mixed with linseed oil, which becomes transparent over time. This allows us to look at different parts of the painting before eventually coming back to the full picture, our artistic minds all the better for it. If this style of painting can be perfected and utilized in art galleries all over the world, then I believe that it will change the way not only artists, but the entire world will look at history. Titus Kaphar teaches us an important lesson that I have also written about in previous works; It’s important to look at the whole picture, for in an ever changing world, we can always notice and understand more than meets the eye.
I liked that you put your own perspective and emotion/how you felt in your post. Talking about the impact of what would happen based on information you got from the TED Talk was nice too. I might insert in some more specific parts from the TED Talk in the revised version.