Feb 7 Daily

The oldest human artifact that matters to me the most is the Venus of Willendorf.  “Venus” laid the foundation for art and art form for the entire future of the human race.  Art became of form of expression and a way to tell stories.  Just by studying “Venus” and her features, we are able to make predictions on how life was like back in ancient times, as well as what the people of the time cared about.  Today, art is an enormous aspect of our culture as human beings.  New art creations arise every day in the forms of painting, music, theater, fashion, and etcetera.  “Venus” was the first popular example of human self-expression in the form of art.  Besides being a major form of self-expression, “Venus” acts a window to the ancient world in which it was created.  Without this, humans would have one less clue of what this world was like.  On a personal level, I think “Venus” is very important to what I hope to do in the future.  I hope to be involved in film and television, and acting is indeed an art.  Acting is certainly an art of self-expression, and, again, “Venus” laid the foundation for this.  In the future, humans can look back on the works of art that humans have developed today and see what our culture was all about.  Rather than trying to decipher our culture, as we must do to the civilizations of the ancient world.  “Venus” is an extremely important artifact in ancient human history.