I think interior design is a very creative way of expressing art. It's art that you see everyday and use on a very regular basis. Whoever built this or even came up with the design was a true artist.

Album artwork is a great example of art, besides the fact that it has the word art already in it. Not only is music art, but album covers reprent a picture for music that has no image, at least not until a music video comes out, but thats besides the point. Its a true work of art to represent other art.

I think computer generated images are art because they can reach new capabilities. They provide new level of design to put art on to paper or even the internet. While others think this isnt art, I respectfully disagree. I think this is only a newer and more modern way to design art.

Fairy tale meanings

While researching the histories of fairy tales I stumbled upon a certain story I thought had a very interesting history and back story, the princess and the Frog. Not one of my favorites but I know it well enough to understand the message. I’m also aware there have been remakes of the story in various forms, like the Disney movie remake. I’ll just say right now I did not watch that to research the story more. As interesting as that would be I wouldn’t enjoy myself what so ever. When I did research this story I was looking back on the older versions, not the newer.

 There are many differences and similarities between the “modern” and “classic” versions. One of the weirdest changes from the two versions (one told to children the other used to almost to scare children and or even adults ) was the lesson. The children’s version teaches to not judge a book by its cover and to not be quick to act. While this is a true lesson and is still sown into the original tale, the main theme has changed drastically. Instead of the main idea being to not judge a book by its cover, it teaches the consequences of greed, ignorance and taking advantage of others.

The newer version reads like this, the princess sees the frog and can only see him as something ugly. She takes pity on the frog and grants him a kiss. He then turns into the handsome prince and they live happily after ever, the biggest fairy tale cliché. In the older version the princess drops her most prized possession, a little golden ball, in a lake. A frog pops out of the water to comfort the princess and says “I do not want you pearls or your diamonds or your crown, but if you will promise to love me, and let me eat from your plate, and drink out of your cup, and sleep on your bed, I will bring your ball safely back to you.”

The princess agrees thinking silly of the frog for trying to get the ball back. Sure enough the frog succeed in his task and is ready to eat, drink and yes, even sleep with the princess. In astonishment and happiness the princess returns back to the castle and forgets about the frog. The next day the frog comes to the castle and says “from the deep and mossy well, little princess, where I dwell, when you wept in grief and pain I brought your golden ball again.” The princess explains to her father of the deal she did not follow through with. The king tells her to keep a promise when one is made. So the frog began eating, drinking and sleeping with the princess. While he was there the princess had nothing but thoughts of disgust and dread that such an ugly creature was to enjoy the royalty of a princess.

For three days the frog slept in the same as bed as the princess. But on the third night she awoke to find the frog to be replaced by a handsome prince. When she saw him he explained that he had been cursed as a frog by an evil fairy by offending her. A key note to see here is that the fairy is evil and represents a witch, but that the so called “picture perfect” prince was the one who brought his fate upon himself. He had what was coming to him. After the prince had been restored to his human form he married the princess. They lived happily ever after, same cliché ending.

It’s true that the story (both modern and classic) have similarities but the changes were major and close to drastic. I think they were quite easy to see as well. In the older version, the princess takes advantage of the frog and acts greedy. Apparently that’s to mean for today’s very sensitive generation. So they changed it from greedy princess to one that pity’s the frog. Another change is that the there is never a deal between the frog and princess in today’s version, only conversation, some flirting and finally the kiss, there is no kiss in the original version. The last change is in the older version the frog teaches the princess not only to judge a book by its cover, but that it pays to be a person of your word and not to be greedy. The newer version does not teach any lesson close to that. It sticks with the one lesson and never changes.

            The ways these lessons are learned are on different paths and ones almost exactly the same. In the end they teach different things, expect not to judge a book by its cover. I feel the older version has more lessons than the newer version and teaches them in a story that is more interesting to the reader. Sure the modern version is good, but there’s so much more the audience could learn by reading or even watching. It makes me wonder why they scared the other half of the story and just kept that one lesson in particular. Maybe as time went on people thought the story was real to for younger viewers and decided to edit out the other parts and put them into a new story? Whatever their reasoning I think they could have knocked out two birds with one stone. http://www.childrenstory.info/childrenstories/thefrogprince.html