What do you think of when you hear “death sentence”? Probably someone being injected with lethal fluids and toxins with a sole purpose of immediate death. Another idea that might come to mind would be the classic electric chair. Somebody sitting there expressionless, waiting for the electric bolts to pulse through their body leading to a painful death. Maybe also a gas chamber, or hanging that was used in movies that take place many years ago.…
Significant personal events in one’s life can act to influence an individual’s artmaking practice. This is evident through Frida Kahlo’s artwork ‘The Broken Column’ 1944, Jenny Sages ‘After Jack’ 2012 and Christian Thompson ‘King Billy’ 2010. Frida Kahlo, is the first example of such an individual as she experienced a horrible accident causing permanent damage to her spine. As a result of the accident, Kahlo became influenced to paint through using her emotion as a driving force to paint where Kahlo states “I am broken, but I am happy as long as I can paint”. This is depicted in Kahlo’s artwork ‘The Broken Column’ in plate 4 which depicts a figure namely Kahlo herself being pricked by nails with the presence of a broken pillar.…
Even from the start of his essay, Church gave ominous, foreboding details to the tragedy that was about to occur. The author says “But the lake is a place of sacrifice. What you gain in water, you lose in shade. What you gain in depth, you lose in vision,” (Church, 5). In an interview with Church about his writing, critic Sarah Montgomery writes, “the narrative voice builds intimacy with readers, revealing the author’s [stories],” (Montgomery).…
There are framing elements in the poem such as the image of the drowning framed in the photograph, and the speaker’s perceptions of the events that are framed in parenthesis. There is an emphasis on distortion of images and how recognizable things are. The house and trees in the poem are “smeared” or “blurred”. There is a sense of hope when the speaker says, “if you look long enough,/eventually/ you will be able to see me”(24-26). This hope is undercut since the speaker is dead so any possibility of clear vision of the drowning body is irrelevant.…
In the conclusion, I know more about Americans’ life during the Great Depression via the three works I chose. I liked three of them because the artists applied their real life, whatever they saw into their painting. These works showed a realistic life such as in Valley Farms, Dickinson depicted people faced with the hot weather in the Southern California valley, and it caused fires, and they also cared about their jobs; in the second work, Third Avenue, Goeller just showed us the modern city, his view and the distance he saw the street, buildings, tower, and the rail from his home, and people continue to find a new idea to develop their life; in the third work, Central Park, Nelson showed us the comfortable life in New York city. The mothers…
Picture books have been around for a long time. They have been read by many generations as a source of pleasure reading and to tap into their imagination. In these books, the writers and illustrator include various language, narrative and visual conventions to appeal to the reader and make them read with a deeper analytical eye to find the intended meaning. While some picture books are simple and the meaning is straightforward others are more complex and metaphorical. An example of such a picture book is Gary Crew and Steven Woolman’s…
Art is all around us, no matter where we go or what we do, there will always be a form of art that is nearby, and as a result of this, art has become one of the most significant aspects of a person’s daily life. In a sense, art is quite like water. It is something that is physical, but the changes that it can embody or bring forth are just like the formlessness of water. Art has become something more than just a work that should be admired, but rather, it has become a medium of speech for the ones that create it. In Dorothy Allison’s “This is Our World”, multiple anecdotes are used to allow the reader to better understand art.…
Viewing Burtynsky’s work was an unusual experience that made me question my role as a human being on the planet. Most of Burtynsky’s work especially that related to oil brought to the forefront problems that most of us choose to neglect, the deterioration of our environment. My first reaction to his work was disbelief at the unfortunate predicament that faces our civilization. His unique photographs that capture the industrial and modern landscape moved me with the clarity that captures color as it is depicted in locations that are not only unique but also significant to our world. The linear curves of pipelines, the placement of oil drills and the complicated spaghetti-like patterns of our roads display the great leaps that our race has made in technology, infrastructure and urbanization.…
I am particularly proud of the portfolio piece titled “Storyboard Photography - Model Car”. This was a very personal project to me, and I wondered how could I represent and photograph instances of the lifelong adventures I’ve had with my mother’s car. Discovering a replica model car, I realized I would be able to make sets to photograph the car’s story. This story takes place during a seasonal shift, and to show that I had to create appropriate environments. Any household resources I found were at my disposal: shaving cream and flour could appear as snow, a burning incense stick cleverly placed made the effect of smoke emerging from a crashed car, a corner in my basement looked just like a repair shop if decorated enough, and a clothes tag…
There is an infinite amount of ways to portray something through forms of art. Writing for example, is an extremely expressive way to put things into words. In both The Lorax, and ”Mirror of our Fate”, the same ideas of environmental issues are brought up. However, the writing styles vary. Writing is amazing due to the articulation which can be perceived through just about anything, in this case a children’s book, and an article by a professor of science.…
It was night time in Ocean Fall Piers where The Black Lions concluded their search of the Crimson knight. Rin say’s “Another empty lead (sigh), I thought for sure the we got him.” Fredric stated, “How do we know that he is real and not a person the king created to struck fear in the heart of his enemies.” Mogath replied “There is one proof that he exists His mansion.” October say’s “The hospital had someone bring in a wounded person this someone was the Crimson knight and the wounded person went by the name Edward.…
Finding one’s true passions can be an epiphany, yet for me it was an oddity I strayed away from at first. As a child, I finger painted to my heart’s content and displayed my artistic expressions on the cream-colored walls of my house. I loved art throughout elementary and middle school, although I never felt that I was very good at it. Even still, it captivated me.…
When you’re born and raised on a tiny island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, you don’t get to experience all four seasons like, colorful fall leaves, thick white snow, and blooming flowers. However, on a small island the one advantage you have is being able to watch the sunrise in the east and watch the sunset on the west all in one day. Having the ability to watch the sunrise and sunset as a child all the way up until now I have grown an obsession with nature. I love to watch the sunrise and sunset because every single one has been different from another. The way the colors flow together, they create an almost surreal picture that really pops at your eyes.…
All building start with a foundation. The quality of a building always depends on its foundation. The same principle can be applied to life: A person’s character is shaped by their beginning. In Randall Williams' “Daddy Tucked the Blanket,” Sandra Cisneros’ “Salvador Late or Early,” and Sandra Cisneros’ “Eleven” both authors use symbolism, imagery, and similes in order to argue that a person’s character is largely shaped by the experiences that they face. Through the use of symbolism, both of the authors are able to convey that important events in a person’s life can have a major impact on their character.…
How I got to view the world through the eyes of others through my volunteer experiences. When you get to do that and learn something new but other ways to help you are truly outstanding. There are so many things that first attracted me to volunteering. Of course, it was advertised in a way to volunteer for yourself to gain experience however I was attracted by how a little can mean the world to someone else. I help others to simple help, not to gain as advertised.…