The article “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction,” written in 1936, by the German philosopher Walter Benjamin (1892-1942) www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/ge/benjamin.html The YouTube video seen below is a discussion of the above-mentioned article by Dr. Ellie Anderson: After reading an watching the video we can relate to his ideas (Walter Benjamin) regarding: What is art? and How art can influence in our state of being or our perception? It is by our understanding of how the development of technological devices and tools have influenced each generation throughout our human civilization’s history. It is by the adoption of these technologic devices as tools to create art that will enhance and help us in our human creativity. Each human generation has been confronted with geopolitical, social, educational, health-related/spiritual and economic issues to solve that have influenced our creativity and the way art is expressed, conve...