After reading and reviewing, “Is it OK to make art?,” and watching, “How Can Public Art Projects Transform Rough Neighborhoods?,” I noticed that the two had an abundance of similarities. These two articles gave me a completely new view on what art actually does for the world. In “How Can Public Art Projects Transform Rough Neighborhoods?,” Dre Urhahn and Jeron Koolhaas are able to transform rough areas that are struggling into colorful beautiful places that the people who live there now feel a sense of pride in the place they call home. Both of these articles show the power of what art can do for people and that you can do more to help society by just donating money.
The brainstorming activity gave me the opportunity to be able to get my ideas down on paper and helped me compare the articles. I feel like it was a good chance to see how similar these two articles really are. It definitely helped with comparing the articles and gave me a good idea what I am going to write for the essay. 
