Crimson

Our artistic society paints the desire of materialism with golden yellow, the glory of reputation with crimson red and the dream of pleasure with optimistic turquoise. However, the only actual color we are allowed to use is grey and its shades. The pale picture of a subway train heading home in the rush hours is usually sketched with exhaustion under the lifeless…

Earth Café Case The Earth Café, Deli and Natural foods was opened in Norman Oklahoma in 1969 starting as a store for bulk herbs and beans. After time they developed into an organic grocery store. In 1978 new owners took over the store and moved to a new location. They expanded the grocery business by offering more products, but still focused on natural and organic goods. With business going good the company expanded and opened another store in Oklahoma City in the mid-1990’s leaving the Norman…

Rangila,” composed by Jatin-Lalit and lyricized by Prasoon Joshi, from the Bollywood movie Fanaa, tracing a blind woman’s unconditional love for her country. “Des Rangila” praises India as a vivacious land of colors, with golden rivers, green oceans, a crimson-cheeked sun, and faces bright with smiles. The verses are sometimes followed by the interlude Vande mataram, an allusion to the national song of India, which I would sing during Independence Day celebrations at the Riverside…

Persephone ((The story of Persephone is quite commonly known of Greek mythology. Yet, it can be argued that as more and more editions of the story were told, the original was quite different. Whilst the tale told is of a young girl kidnapped by Hades and tricked into staying with him, another lesser known version tells the story of a young woman who sought adventure and chose to visit and then stay with the Lord of the Underworld. This version, deserves to be told. With a new setting to reflect…

Watanabe interrupts the merriment in a bar the Artist has brought him to, to request and sing a song; ‘Gondola no Uta.’ A song about living life to the fullest before you die, with solemn lyrics such as: “life is brief, fall in love, maidens, before the crimson bloom fades from your lips,” Similarly Kierkegaard comments on this definition of life as a reaction to death, “Let us eat and drink, because tomorrow we shall die – but this sensuality’s cowardly lust for life, that contemptible order of…

As the Civil Rights movement progressed throughout the 1960s, racial tensions within American communities were in a perpetual state of hostility. Inevitably, commentary on the protests and riots sweep through every possible medium from news articles to high esteemed works of art. Two notable works include Larry River’s Black Revue (1970), and Andy Warhol’s Birmingham Race (1964). Larry River’s composition features three black men from chronological historical events. However, Birmingham Race…

The deaths of Romeo and Juliet were caused by multiple characters. Though some of the characters can be blamed more than others like Tybalt, Friar Lawrence, and even Romeo himself. Tybalt can be blamed because he started many fights and encouraged Romeo to fight him or he would kill him. Friar Lawrence also contributed to their deaths because he married Romeo and Juliet in secret and helped Juliet fake her death. Romeo himself helped to lead to his death by not thinking through his actions…

Our first stop was for breakfast in Alabama. Ready to roll out of the crimson state, after eating a fulfilling breakfast, we headed out for the longest fragment of time on the road. Luckily I had all of my gadgets to help me through it. In the car, the idea consisted of photographing the mountains to watching movies. And…

Structural Violence has been the main topic of this course “Cooperation and Conflict”. Structural Violence is basically the legal and systematic oppression of a particular group of people, whether it be a race, religion or a sexuality. Structural violence also has a slow violence side effect to it where it can oppress generations at a time. Specifically in America, Structural violence has a stronghold on African Americans in terms of education, law, and finance just to name a few. We are very…

They are corrupt, they are the embodiment of sin, and this is what makes them human. This is the reality of the world and her nature. Secrets, lies, and manipulation run rampant through the hearts of humanity. They hold secrets meant to be tucked away under the darkness of an iron vault, never to be heard from again and deceit clings to every word that drips from their smiling lips. However, these private transgressions are something more than just keeping things hush-hush. This is the fear of…