4-2 Project Draft
The work that I had initially selected for this project was a painting named “Persistence of a
Memory” by Salvidor Dali. I decided that I wanted to choose something that I could dig deeper
into the culture work I am going with is from module 3 the poster named “We Can Do It” in
1943 by Miller Howard. Later she became known as Rosie the Riveter, but I will get to that later.
This poster started a campaign during the second world war that eventually inspired women
worldwide to serve in the war. Females during this time were forced to be second to men in the
workforce. the woman in this poster was an idol for these women and gave them a strong
initiative to work their butts off.
1.) “Thinking of the work selected, explore how acts of creative expression impact, and are
impacted by, the people and situations surrounding them.” (“4-2 Project Draft.pdf - 1. Thinking
of the work selected, explore how ...”) Creative expression gives us the ability to use our minds
and imaginations to create something that can represent our values and define us as unique. This
poster was an act of creative expression that had a lot of impact on the people and situations
surrounding it because it soon became a symbol of strength and motivation and intricately
connected with feminism as it was one of the most famous icons for the second world war. This
poster had no copyright restraint, so it was reproduced in all sorts of formats and materials, so
