We are living through a series of evolutions- of clothing, of science, of technology, etc… But I have noticed the most discernible change of something in this generation: emojis. That’s right, emojis.
Emojis have been around for almost two decades now so it’s a relatively new concept. It’s something that is evolving day and day, right before our eyes. From using simple keyboard symbols to using a keyboard dedicated to these symbols, we have seen the growth of emojis from the very beginning.
You can see emojis in two ways:
1.A language- using emojis as a way to express emotions without words. Sometimes, symbols can express our feelings much better than words can. Emoji is the language that doesn’t need you to learn it. You don’t need to take classes or use dual-lingo to learn how to use it. That’s the beauty of it. It’s been thriving these past couple years as seen by the constant releases of new emoji by giant companies like Apple Inc. and Samsung©. I’m sure you all know someone who falls on either end of what I like to call the “Emoji Spectrum” (I know, very original. If this is an already coined term, I deeply apologize). It’s a scale of 1-10, 1 being you rarely or never use emojis, to 10 being your emojis usage outnumbers your word usage. If you aren’t the emoji type of person, I’m sure you can somewhat relate below.
2.An art form- you can find mosaics made from a range of emojis or you can find that people can make sketches using keyboard symbols, in other words, keyboard emojis. If you search it up, you can find impressive works of art people have made just by using symbols and spaces. Below, I have attempted some keyboard emojis of my own (based off the top of my head, they pretty much sum up my artistic skills on paper too)
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(. .) </____\/.) (. .) (. .)
(_ _)o II II ( ) ( () )D
bunny turtle attempted cat attempted panda
All and all, emojis are ever growing and ever being redefined. We have yet to see the peak of emoji in modern time. What do you expect will come from the evolution of emoji in a few years?
