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For my piece of art I have found a quote stating “Even heroes know when to be scared”
And the painting is a sad soldier. What I’m trying to get across is if a hero is scared, than the position there in has got to be something terrifying and if we don’t show that it is ok to cry than what kind of people are we to sit at home and criticize them. With a whole new generation of young men growing up playing video games has the skill to be able to use controllers without actually going to battle and can confidently kill someone with out all the after affects.

When you think of a war veteran you think of a strong hero who has served our country proudly. But you never know what runs through there mind before they go to battle or enter a terrifying situation. I tried my best to capture that mind state even adding tears to see if I could fully grasp it. Soldiers do the most courageous acts in battle you often times don’t know what runs through there mind before they do them. Reasons for this could be because you are at home, or two you aren’t there with them to see the expressions they make.

With a new generation growing up on video games you can I read an article were it was saying the army created a realistic war game and is calling the attention of the new generation making the game so realistic that they take target practice and have to medically heal friends the same way people do in real life. I find this quite impressive seeing how the military is trying to adapt to the new times. The only problem with this though is it hides the emotions of people and since they see it as a video game it wont be mentally connected as real person they are killing just another character.

The advances that the military are making are so complex that later on in life people wont have any raw emotion or feelings toward each other if we continue to do everything by computer. The idea of using the computer to stimulate battle is good but you also have to remember if with the picture people need to have feelings that’s what makes us living versus just an object.