In most social contexts art would be considered a luxury that people who are struggling to survive can't afford. In this village, art is communication. In a low tech society like this one, non-deaf people would have a town crier who would provide an oral account of important events. Deaf people need their news in a visual medium. Fei was one of the painters who was assigned to observe and record what was happening in the village. She would then create a written account illustrated by paintings which would be displayed in the center of the village. She learned to paint swiftly so that her people would have the news on a daily basis. She was essentially taking the role of a journalist. Like the best reporters she had the courage to take tremendous risks to find out the truth about what was being done to them by those who had power over them.