Name: Jeremiah B.

Lacno Date: April 7, 2020

Course: BSCE-2B

Art Appreciation

1. To what extent can art help in the formation of society’s culture?

In my opinion art can help in different aspect of our society’s culture to form it in

some extent such as the systems of community, unity, self-respect, principles of human,

nature, and creativity. Art is in our surroundings wherein it is yours how you appreciate it

in your own understanding that can help you in your daily living and maintain the culture

of the group of people in a place even time goes by because art is something that is

created with imagination and expresses feelings or emotion and ideas with an artistic

effort. It serves as some of the most significant, participation and coordination to each

other, and social influences of human behavior of human interaction. When we put

together our different ideas from our mind’s creativity or we called “Art” it can produce

strong system that can form our society’s culture. Also it provides us with a way to

create useful and meaningful things with increasing the value of our livelihoods or

economic through different pieces of artwork and it reflects the situation of the society.

Art helps the formation of the society’s culture through shaping the manners in which we

view and understand the people around us.

Name: Jeremiah B. Lacno Date: April 14, 2020

Course: BSCE-2B

Art Appreciation

2. Interpret a music through your own art expressions.

The title of the song is "Draw me close”. It is a great message of love and

affection for another person. The artist wants to be with this “you” person, whoever it is.

He will sacrifice for him or her. This “you” is the object of his desire. He needs their

help to find his way back; however, he does not explain how or why they left to begin

with. Christians will tell me that God is the “you” to which the artist expresses his

affection; however, this is not clear in the lyrics. This is a reasonable assumption given

the context of original Intent.

In verse 1 lines 1 and 2 the concept of God drawing near to us can be found in Psalm

34:18 (to the brokenhearted and crushed in spirit), Psalm 145:18 (when we call upon

Him and those who draw near to God and humble themselves).

Lines 3 and 4: This is highly problematic. The bible does not tell us to lay down our

lives just so that God can tell us “I’m your friend”. Rather, it tells us that those who wish

to follow Jesus must deny themselves and take up their cross (Matthew 16:24). We do

these things not so that God can tell us nice things, but as an act of obedience.

Lines 5 and 6: God should certainly be the object of our desire. He is our creator

(Genesis 1:1Lines 7 and 8: This speaks of the uniqueness and greatness of God, to

which there is no comparison. This can be found in Exodus 8:10. Lines 9 and 10:

Though I was initially puzzled that the artist would ask for God to find a way back to

Him, I now understand that this is about drifting.

In chorus Lines 1-3: The artist is expressing his want and need for God. However, he

does not tell us why. It is because we need our sins forgiven. In this present time, we

face a pandemic situation about Covid-19 all we need is God to heal our land through

our faith and prayers to unite us as one.

“Draw Me Close”

Verse 1

Draw me close to you

Never let me go

I lay it all down again

To hear you say that I’m your friend

Verse 2

You are my desire

No one else will do

Couse nothing else could take your place

To feel the warmth of your embrace

Help me find the way bring me back to you

Chorus

You’re all I want

You’re all I ever needed

 You’re all I want

Help me know you are near