BLAST, World War I, and Tonal Shifts

==='Life is the Important Thing!'/'Artists and the War'===

==='Life is the Important Thing!'/'Artists and the War'===

These articles were selected because they were both written by Wyndham Lewis who was the editor of both issues of the magazine ''BLAST''. Wyndham Lewis was also a co-founder of the Vorticist movement which makes him a very important writer in the magazines as he directed the message the magazines would convey for each issue of ''BLAST''. Lewis' article in the first issue of ''BLAST'', ''Life is the Important Thing!'', falls under a chapter in the magazine called "Vortices and Notes" in which Lewis reviews and critiques artists, art forms, movements and more. This section is omitted from the second issue, which is further evidence of its shift from an arts magazine to a politicized forum focused on WWI. In ''Life is the Important Thing'' Lewis critiques artists' desire to capture life and their request for more of it. Lewis argues that artist should not encourage this behavior as intellectuals to other people, but rather encourage them to actually go experience life. Lewis begins his article with powerful language such as "revolt", "revolutionaries", "coup", and "Tyrant". It is clear that incite passion and show his frustration with these artists, and, in this case, the impressionist movement. In this article, Lewis illustrates his motivations for starting the magazine and beginning the Vorticists movement by "blasting" artist idea of trying to capture life in their work. ''Artists and the War'' paints a very bleak picture of the current financial status of artists and how art may change after the war. It is very different in its language. In ''Life is the Important Thing''  Lewis is trying inspire people and artists, but in this article, he is merely reporting on the possibility of a grim future for artists after WWI. The article paints a bleak picture of artists and art movements during WWI further showing how significant the impact of this war was on all art including the second issue of ''BLAST''.

These articles were selected because they were both written by Wyndham Lewis who was the editor of both issues of the magazine ''BLAST''. Wyndham Lewis was also a co-founder of the Vorticist movement which makes him a very important writer in the magazines as he directed the message the magazines would convey for each issue of ''BLAST''. Lewis' article in the first issue of ''BLAST'', ''Life is the Important Thing!'', falls under a chapter in the magazine called "Vortices and Notes" in which Lewis reviews and critiques artists, art forms, movements and more. This section is omitted from the second issue, which is further evidence of its shift from an arts magazine to a politicized forum focused on WWI. In ''Life is the Important Thing'' Lewis critiques artists' desire to capture life and their request for more of it. Lewis argues that artist should not encourage this behavior as intellectuals to other people, but rather encourage them to actually go experience life. Lewis begins his article with powerful language such as "revolt", "revolutionaries", "coup", and "Tyrant". It is clear that incite passion and show his frustration with these artists, and, in this case, the impressionist movement. In this article, Lewis illustrates his motivations for starting the magazine and beginning the Vorticists movement by "blasting" artist idea of trying to capture life in their work. ''Artists and the War'' paints a very bleak picture of the current financial status of artists and how art may change after the war. It is very different in its language. In ''Life is the Important Thing''  Lewis is trying inspire people and artists, but in this article, he is merely reporting on the possibility of a grim future for artists after WWI. The article paints a bleak picture of artists and art movements during WWI further showing how significant the impact of this war was on all art including the second issue of ''BLAST''.

==Stylistic Changes==

==Stylistic Changes==