First Experience

FIRST EXPERIENCE ESSAY for the Music of Charles Mingus, “Pithecanthropus Erectus” – Due HERE July 8 (24-hour grace period)
The focus of the First Experience papers are on the Subject and Content. Â
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There are three First Experience essays; each concentrates on your experience of different Artforms to include your interpretation of the subject and content of specific works. There are five First Experience essays, one for each of the following Artforms; Art, Music, and Dance. (& TBD an optional for Literature).Â
For each Essay, you will answer a series of questions that apply to, and are about your experience, response and your personal understanding of the different Artforms.
Write your First Experience essay after replying to the questions below as prompts, respond to the questions that apply to the respective artwork(s) and include your answers in written form in the structure of an essay, a short paper..Â
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1. What was your initial response to the work?
a. What were some of your feelings while experiencing the piece?
b. What personal memories or associations did the work evoke?
c. What did you find pleasing? disturbing?
d. Did anything surprise you and why?
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2. Describe the subject of the piece in one sentence.
a. If there is a story, what is the plot? If there are no words, imagine that the work is being used to illustrate a story. What is the plot of that story?
b. How complicated is the subject?
c. How easy is it to describe the subject?
d. Have you ever thought about this subject before?
e. What part of this work is most crucial to understanding the subject?Â
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3. Explain the possible content of the piece in one sentence. (What you think it means.)
a. If there is/was a story to this work, what would the message of the story be?
b. Why do you think the artist felt the need to express this content/message?Â
c. What kind of experience or emotions would you need to have in order to feel the need to create something like this piece?Â
d. How easy or difficult is it to describe the content? why?
e. What is the ONE most crucial piece to understanding the content/message?Â
f. Letting your imagination run wild, what possibilities are there as to the meaning of this piece?
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4. What expectations did you have before you experienced the piece?
a. Were those expectations met or denied?
b. What were your answers to the two questions (listed above) that you asked yourself?
c. What questions or curiosities do you now have regarding the work and/or the artist?

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