Is 'change' a good thing or a bad thing? (Relate to the origins of art, the agricultural revolution, architecture and urban planning in Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley.)

Change is one of those things that is inevitable in life. It happens all the time whether it is something as small as changing a pair of socks or something as big as moving to a different state. It involves risk and not knowing what’s ahead. Sometimes it can be scary but in the end you get through it.It can be good or bad depending on what the circumstance is and other times it can just be progression, but no matter what change is always something different than before. 

Art started as things such as cave drawings and animal carvings. Then over time it progressed into what it is now. Now there are many different kinds of art such as pastels, paints, sculpting, drawing, and many different others. Art is just one of the many changes that happened throughout time. To me this is not a good or bad change, but instead a change that needed to happen. I mean can you imagine the people of today using ochre to paint on walls of their houses? Art has come a long way since its origin and is still progressing today.

The agricultural revolution is another example of a massive change in history. This was the time when instead of constantly migrating with the animals to hunt; they decided to make a settlement. Personally, I think this was a good change. I couldn’t imagine switching high schools every couple of months just to follow animals around for food. Again this is just another form of change and progression.     

Because of the architecture and urban planning in Mesopotamia and Indus Valley, our houses and buildings are what they are today. In Mesopotamia, they used the same materials to build houses as we do today which consists of mud brick, mud plaster, and wooden doors. Also, the urban planning in Indus Valley was so advanced that as of today we use something similar to them. Both of these were big changes to the cities and communities of that time period.

    Change can be good like if you got promoted in a job, but change can also be bad such as if you got dumped by a person you really liked. However, I think most of the time change is progress. You learn from it or at least if you’re smart enough to listen to your conscious you do. But there is one thing about change that always stays the same, and that is that it is always something different from before.