The commonly known phrase “laughing is the best medicine” has been used by the public for decades for numerous reasons. It is mainly used to encourage people to live life a little more and enjoy the present by laughing. This phrase is not a phrase that is just made to lift up the energy of people, it has actually been scientifically proven that laughing does heal diseases. Not necessarily healing the entire sickness, however, it does elongate the life expectancy. Through my genre I would like to emphasize how laughter is contagious. Through our laughter and simply expressing the joy in our hearts, we could encourage our surroundings to also laugh together with us.

The first genre that I would like to explore is calligraphy. Nowadays, I have seen a lot of young people post their handwritten quotes with great photography skills and edit. Generally, their posts have color schemes that matches their aesthetics. Other than the aesthetics of beautiful handwritings and great photography skills, calligraphy has a greater purpose. Calligraphy aims to communicate feelings that the artist believes need to be shared to their viewers. This is done in hope that the viewers will have a new perspective of what is written. In my calligraphy, I wrote a quote saying, “There will always be a reason to choose joy.” This is the point I was trying to get across the young generations nowadays who are overwhelmed by the busyness in their lives. All of the homework and deadlines might cause them to forget what the real purpose of living is. It is understandable that all of these works that they have to do are necessary in order to survive in this weary land. However, once they have become successful and is able to survive without much pressure put unto them in order to strive, what are they living for now? They look for joy and happiness, as having money and successful careers do not necessarily mean that one will be happy. The perspective that I am trying to raise awareness is that, joyful hearts can be found in every step that we take. It depends on how we look at the matters and affairs in our lives. Instead of waiting until one is successful to be happy, why not start right now? Along the way of becoming successful, as happiness is a choice made by every individual. This is the reason of why I wrote the words, “always” and “choose joy” in bigger font and in cursive. These words highlight how one always have the choice to think positively or negatively in their daily lives. It is only logical to choose to be positive and be joyful. Also, as some people are quickly scrolling through their feeds and only read the highlighted words. When only the words in cursive are read it will form a sentence “always choose joy.” This is the most important message that I am attempting to get across the viewer’s minds. Furthermore, I drew a sunflower around the calligraphy as a border. Sunflowers is the most vibrant flower. The vibrant yellow color symbolizes freshness, optimism, and happiness. Therefore, sunflowers are known as flower to bring joy as they are “happy” flowers.

The second genre that I would like to make is a simple video that demonstrates how laughter spreads. This video was inspired by the video of the spread of the coronavirus of how one person can spread the virus quickly to their surroundings. This inspired me of how laughter is also contagious and how we can spread the joy to our surroundings. The target audience of this short clip is businessmen or businesswomen as videos are used a lot in their arguments when presenting an idea. Hence, I believe that showing them visually of how they can have impact on other would be better comprehended. The first emoji that pops out in the video is a representation of us being the start of joyful surroundings. As they, themselves have to be happy to bring other people to the more positive side. After the first person is joyful, more emoji pops out around the person is illustrating how we can bring our community to brighter days. The community that we are in can influenced how we feel, such as if one hangs out with people who are sad and discouraged, they would feel their sadness and be sad as well. Instead of being influenced by the community, we should influence the community to be happier. When they see the delight in our hearts, they are more likely to follow the positive spirit that we project. Right now, as technology advances, distance does not seem to matter as much. People can gather through texts and video calls with their old family members or friends from another state or country. That is why after the whole community is cheerful, the spread is starting to move to another continent. Because, being joyful can transfer through anything. Only by calling loved ones, we could be happier and so are they in the other side of the world. After they are happy, they can start influence other people in their community to be happier with them. This is the reason why I increase the speed when more people are starting to become happier. The popping sound effect whenever a laughing emoji pops out is to indicate how quickly the spread are getting as more people are influenced. I also incorporated a caption that say “make the world shine brighter with your laughter” to tell the audience of how just by them being happy, they can have an effect towards a lot of other people, not only their close ones. As their close ones also have another group that are close to them. This caption emphasized on the fact that they can be the source of joy to many other people. As the world becomes full with smiley faces, the last thing I put in the video is filling the whole earth with one big laughing emoji with shining effect around it. The one big laughing emoji covering the earth symbolizes how people on earth should be covered with euphoria. Also, demonstrates how one person can bring the whole earth to a more positive side. The shining effect is the portrayal of the word “brighter” in the caption. Bright is a term used to explain when someone is cheerful and simply happy. Thus, the word “brighter” in the caption means that we could bring other people to a more positive side in terms of feelings, enforcing our principality of being happy to others.

In conclusion, these two compositions are attempts to bring joy to people in the world. The first genre is a calligraphy to reach the younger generation to adolescents. As calligraphy is used a lot by young people nowadays due to the calligraphy being aesthetically pleasing to their eyes. I am using this genre to remind them that being happy should be incorporated in their daily lives. The second genre is a short clip, targeting people who are working in the office. A short clip is an easier way to convey what the presenter wants to tell their audience. To be easily understood by adults, I believe video is a way of reminding them on how the feelings that they are projecting can have effect on others and their surroundings. That is why they should always be joyful so that their happiness can be seen and can influence to others.