American Culture Cyber-posts

Ilene Lee
English 1B
Professor Sabir
TTH 9-10:50

The invention of lens and sunglasses allowed people to protect and improve their vision from the sun. Despite its known purpose, sunglasses also serve as a means for people to protect themselves from their outside influences. For any artist- dancers, poets, rappers, lyricists, and djs, sunglasses help promote the confidence and strength needed to perform effortlessly. These trademark lenses revolutionized the way hip hop artists performed and used props to intensify their emotions. Shades enable artists to escape into their creative universe and isolate their thoughts in a more intimate level. It allows artists to get into their natural elements and focus on their expression. In the American and Hip hop movement, people are drawn to the idea of shades. It has become fashionable and interesting to wear them throughout the day- morning, afternoon and particularly in the evenings. Apart from the superficial trendy outlook it gives, sunglasses provide a cool and mysterious atmosphere that gives artists just enough privacy to express their world through their personal lens.