Modern Cave Paintings

            It’s in human nature to want to communicate.  In archaic times, cave paintings developed to leave messages to others or tell tales.  Modern humans now use cute little images called Emojis.  Like cave paintings, there are many variations of Emojis intended to have general interpretations. 

            Translating both cave paintings and Emojis has a more literal translation than one would think.  Cave paintings, however, could be presented at varying arrangements to help translate into a story.  Emojis tend to be presented in more of a sentence format that is presented in a text box. 

            As artists would have different features in their cave paintings, phones can have different variations of Emojis.  Originally featured on Apple products, Emojis have expanded to be featured on most modern smart phones.  While on the iPhone, an ill looking Emoji can be yellow, round, and sporting a face mask.  On a Samsung the same Emoji is more sluggish in shape with the same yellow and face mask as its iPhone counterpart.  When exchanging texts between the two variations, the phone will always translate the Emoji to display like it would normally look on the phone the person is using. 

            Different tribes would also have slight variations in their cave paintings.  One example would be a bear.  In one tribe, the cave paintings sign for bear could have a leaner shape with a very short muzzle.  Another tribe might draw a bear with a fat body and longer fangs.  Same concept was drawn with different emphasis.  For the different tribes, they could we speaking of different breeds, but the general idea is still translated. 

            The utilization of both cave paintings and Emojis is usually accompanied with words.  In ancient times, the words were verbal with the cave paintings to emphasis their points.  Modern humans use Emojis to emphasis something they may have said in the text they are accompanied with.  Either way, cave paintings and Emojis can stand alone to present a story, but they both generally require some context. 

            Now go ahead and put your Emojis on your best friend’s Facebook wall, you modern caveman!