Deforestation in the amazon
The past 19 years, our Amazon has been getting destroyed. With Brazil at the highest point, we've lost 792,051 km2 since 1970. This doesn't just affect our CO2 levels, but it affects the endangered animals of the Amazon, the indigenous tribes who own the land and the history behind those tribes. With our loss at its highest, there is no recovery and this tragic loss just keeps increasing. With my art project, I decided to make a painting in the perspective of the animals of the Amazon. With the history portion, I wrote and recorded a song in the perspective of the trees being cut down. Lastly, for ELA I wrote three poems in the perspective of the indigenous tribes that are losing their homes.
Art
For my art portion, I created an art piece that played with perspective. This painting has things representing what they saw before the deforestation started, and things representing after the destruction. The smoke in the back round with the trees represents the burning and loss of trees. The beautiful plants and trees represent what was there before-and what we can never get back if this continues.
History
For history, I researched the rate and reasoning of the deforestation and created a song in the trees perspective using indigenous tribes music as inspiration. The first half of the song is peaceful and sweet. You can also hear the Amazonian sounds in the back round. Then, in the middle of the song, the tone changes and the major chord turns minor. The end of the song represents the deforestation and killing of the trees. You can hear the sound of the fire cracking in the back round. If you notice in the middle of the piece, there is a faint heart beat vibration, representing the Amazons last heart beat.
English
In English, I decided to write three poems. The first poem is in the perspective of the indigenous tribes. The title is, "We are people too", and this poem is in the style of concrete. This poem was written to put you in their shoes. There are countless facts about how many tribes have been lost and they all include numbers, but with this poem, I'm showing you the emotional side of everything. My thinking behind these poems was that maybe if you read what would be going through their heads, you would understand why this is a tragedy.
The second poem, "We will fall as well", is an elegy to their home from the tribes, as if their home died. I decided to write an elegy because the tribes culture was already and will be destroyed. The loss of these cultures is a tragedy because who else do we have to teach it? Tribes are getting invaded by workers, lives lost in the process. This issue is not about who's land it is, the issue is we are dehumanizing these people.
The third poem, "Who else is to blame?", is a ballad that brings detail into the story of how the tribes watched their culture and home die. The poem starts out describing the Amazon in the early 1900's. The peaceful setting shows what the tribes grew up in, and how beautiful their home was. In the middle of the poem, it shows signs of the forest vanishing, and then, "the last tree falls", representing how fast the deforestation is occurring.
The second poem, "We will fall as well", is an elegy to their home from the tribes, as if their home died. I decided to write an elegy because the tribes culture was already and will be destroyed. The loss of these cultures is a tragedy because who else do we have to teach it? Tribes are getting invaded by workers, lives lost in the process. This issue is not about who's land it is, the issue is we are dehumanizing these people.
The third poem, "Who else is to blame?", is a ballad that brings detail into the story of how the tribes watched their culture and home die. The poem starts out describing the Amazon in the early 1900's. The peaceful setting shows what the tribes grew up in, and how beautiful their home was. In the middle of the poem, it shows signs of the forest vanishing, and then, "the last tree falls", representing how fast the deforestation is occurring.