My Response
One of the most compelling reasons for why I chose to write on the Taiwan Sunflower Student Movement is because I was captured by the song's anthem and the documentary photography and video clips that went along with the music video. As I researched more into the movement, it became increasingly more clear to me how art and politics, indeed, go hand-in-hand. Each photo, each video, each hand-drawing, and each song capture a memory of the movement that together literally creates a piece of history that continues to unfold.
Some of the variations of Island's Sunrise that intrigued me the most are in "The Effects" section of this website. As an avid musician and amateur photographer, I was excited by the images created from the movement's anthem. I, too, was also entranced by the hundreds, if not thousands, of photographs that have since been taken of the movement, each a snapshot of the individuals involved and their passion for wanting to see a better Taiwan.
Just as the widespread availability of social media today enabled the hundreds of thousands of Taiwanese students to gather in response to protest a government that no longer listened to its people, the same social media outlets have enabled me to put together this website and to be entranced by the depth of commitment and the strongholds of courage that students not much older than myself choose to display. I've chosen a few of the images that had the most significant emotional impact on me to show in the slideshow above. Many of the images are also relevant to the pages of the website as well, so they have been placed accordingly. (All photos courtesy of tumblr.)
Some of the variations of Island's Sunrise that intrigued me the most are in "The Effects" section of this website. As an avid musician and amateur photographer, I was excited by the images created from the movement's anthem. I, too, was also entranced by the hundreds, if not thousands, of photographs that have since been taken of the movement, each a snapshot of the individuals involved and their passion for wanting to see a better Taiwan.
Just as the widespread availability of social media today enabled the hundreds of thousands of Taiwanese students to gather in response to protest a government that no longer listened to its people, the same social media outlets have enabled me to put together this website and to be entranced by the depth of commitment and the strongholds of courage that students not much older than myself choose to display. I've chosen a few of the images that had the most significant emotional impact on me to show in the slideshow above. Many of the images are also relevant to the pages of the website as well, so they have been placed accordingly. (All photos courtesy of tumblr.)