Body is Art (Continued)

               I chose Oliviero Toscani because his anorexia ad hit a similar topic like the dove ads.  That our bodies are beautiful the way they are.  Many believe that being skinny is the way our bodies should look but becoming anorexic to view ourselves as beautiful is not exactly the way we should be thinking.  Toscani is very controversial but I believe it sends a great message to people of all ages.  

               I looked at the website etsy.  Etsy is a website for crafts,  this is a place where people can buy and sell art of their own.  I stand by everything they are about

"Etsy is the world’s handmade marketplace.

Our mission is to empower people to change the way the global economy works. We see a world in which very-very small businesses have much-much more sway in shaping the economy, local living economies are thriving everywhere, and people value authorship and provenance as much as price and convenience. We are bringing heart to commerce and making the world more fair, more sustainable, and more fun."

               Etsy is geared to help create businesses easily.  Many people use this site because there are endless possibilities of art that one can find on here.  The site is growing and growing where no matter what a person is searching for I'm sure they have it even if they don't quite have it under a certain category.  

               Of art that is on digital media sites I think that messages are sent both indirect and direct for example some of the art are literal pictures of the controversial topic showing viewers exactly what they are meaning, where others like cartoons are a drawn picture of the perception.   

               I believe that more recently digital media is growing.  More and more with the technology of smart phones people are having the luxury of being able to share their digital photographs.  This is changing our perception of digital art because I think that art is gaining a greater meaning.  Art used to have the title of something that can be captured or created and now I believe it has the same meaning but it can be created by many in so many different ways where art can be anything.  Art could be a blurred picture, a clear picture, a garden, or even a sculpture.  Art is anything, one just needs to keep an open mind to view it as art.