The White Bird by John Berger

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This is a discussion of the salient points from The White Bird essay of John Berger. It answers the following questions:
What are the implied reasons on the creation of the white wooden bird?
What is beauty and aesthetic emotion and how are they related to art?
What is meant by, “All the languages of art have been developed as an attempt to transform the instantaneous into the permanent.”
What is meant by, “Art does not imitate nature, it imitates a creation, sometimes to propose an alternative world.”
What is the main message of John Berger?

The discussion also includes examples and relates it to other art forms like the haiku, John Keats' Ode on a Grecian Urn and Bohol churches. In the discourse on art and culture, the influence of the Sto Nino icon is tackled and how it has made an impact on Philippine cinema and the media's promotion of whitening products.

The video attempts to explain the philosophical essay in layman's terms.