1. What is this video trying to communicate to its' audience?

This video is trying to communicate to its' audience of how good the world would be if there wasn't any judgment, prejudices or differences among humanity. It says how much better the world could be and it makes the audience think about how different life could be. It can leave a great message on the audience by inspiring people to not judge people's ethnicity, race, color, religion, preferences or any other differences that exist in the world.

2. Was there a time when you didn't feel listened to? If, so how did you react?

Yes there was a time when I felt like I didn't get listened to and I simply didn't say anything because I felt like there was no point. The person who I was talking to was on their phone and I knew that they were distracted and I guess their interest wasn't in listening to me or my feelings. I know that they probably didn't even acknowledge that they made me feel like that, but I learned that probably that wasn't the best person to talk to.

3. What can you do to better understand someone else who thinks differently than you?

Overall I believe that I'm a very empathetic person when it comes to understanding people, I feel like I always look outside of the box and I try to put myself in their situation. But one thing that I can do to better understand someone is to maybe take a moment to ask them and simply think about the idea or argument from their point of view. I personally feel like I'm okay with people not agreeing with me, but of course I'm always open to new ideas and thoughts about things in life.

1. What is Kehinde Wiley's work about?

Kehinde Wiley's work is about presenting art in a very different way from the typical way that it is shown to the world. Kehinde Wiley saw how society in American History usually portrayed the typical wealthy, white, noble person in art paintings at the museums. Due to this he decided to make a change and to paint African Americans who also deserve to be portrayed in a beautiful and noble way as well. Breaking the norms is what he did and he decided to show that dark skinned people can be shown and portrayed in the same way as others.

2. Why does the work of Kehinde Wiley have impact on the world today?

The reason why Kehinde Wiley's work have an impact on the world today it's because it breaks the norms and it allows for people to see a different and unique piece of art. It allows for African Americans to have a place where they can identify themselves and see that there is a hope for change in society.

3. How can art give us greater understanding of the thoughts, feelings, and experiences of others?

Art can give us greater understanding of the thoughts, feelings and experiences of others by it being a safe space for artists to let it all out and simply draw it or paint it. A piece of art is a safe space for someone to express their feelings, thoughts and emotions. Much can be learned from a piece of art by analyzing a seeing every element that gets presented in a piece of art. Just like anything in life everything can be seen from many perspectives, a piece of art can be analyzed and someone can think and ask themselves, "Why would someone draw this, this way?" "What is the artist trying to tell the audience?".

Summary:

Kehinde Wiley is an american artist that is dedicated to making art in different ways by portraying African Americans in a noble and unusual way. Kehinde Wiley makes art out of African Americans and sets them to pose and act like the old days people that get painted in American History museums. What he does is he takes the beautiful way of art and makes African Americans as beautified as others in history. By Kehinde Wiley changing the norms and doing what he loves he is achieving his objective of showing society that there is hope for African Americans.