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Exhibited at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Juxtapoz x Superflat was a show co-curated by Murakami, whose illustrations are often shown in gallery spaces, though he too retains a strong entrepreneurial sense. Directly drawn from traditionally flat Japanese imagery, Murakami’s superflat aesthetic appeals directly to otaku and kawaii culture, otaku as a fan-based subculture and kawaii as a culture of cuteness (Laurence). He views these cultures as a specific response to the trauma of Japanese people,…

Katsushika Hokusai’s piece titled The Great Wave off Shore At Kanagawa is a Japanese woodblock print that was created around 1826-1833 in the Edo period. This piece is apart of Hokusai’s series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji. Japan’s most famous mountain, Mount Fuji is in every piece in the series. This piece is relatively small at 10 1/8 inches x 14 15/16 inches. Yet, Hokusai did not make his magnificent pieces of art alone, he had skilled craftsman aid in the production of the each of his…

Got Good Books? Not many people enjoy reading or just do it for fun, but that's because they are doing it all wrong. Whether its because they don't have a good fit or because they just gave up on a style or genre. Books can be expensive but you just have to know where to look and where to buy them. How to Get a Good Book I have always been thought to pick up a book that looks interesting to you, and turn to the to the first page and do the five finger rule. The five finger rule is, you read the…

both Negroponte acknowledges the outcomes of technology, he does not forecast the negative effects that Turkle highlights in her writings. In his essay, Nicholas Negroponte touches upon the popularity of E-mail, which was a new technological advancement at the time. According to this week’s lesson, E-mail was developed by Ray Tomlinson. Its intent was to allow researchers to communicate…

I’m going to tell you why you should buy my Under Armour Storm backpack. This is no ordinary backpack, it has amazing features that you can’t resist. This Under Armour Storm backpack is a one of a kind that has many different pockets to hold all necessary items. It is also comfortable and has good back support and includes side pockets to hold a water bottles or a coffee thermos. There are many other exclusive benefits including a padded back and shoulders, load spring adjustable handles, and…

Moshe Pearlman vividly whisks the reader away in a literary time machine, titled In the Footsteps of Moses. This literary time machine is achieved through placing us, the reader right into the years that came before, the years throughout and the time that passed after Moses lifetime including the standing impact that is echoed in Jewish culture today. I especially find that Pearlman’s decision to present the history and vast amount of information upon his subject in the form of a story being…

Utagawa Hiroshige I created Hamamatsu: Winter Scene in the Edo period (1833-34) using the medium of woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Specifications include: dimensions of 9 in. x 14 in. and a landscape orientation, as showcased in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, U.K. The piece depicts a wintry rural scene on the outskirts of Hamamatsu station. The village and Hamamatsu Castle are visible in the distance. Porters warm themselves by a bonfire while another traveler looks on, pipe in hand,…

Problem The current study investigated media multitasking habits and media multitasking beliefs, and explored the relationship of multitasking habits and nationality, specifically with Malaysian and American college students, and its effects on academic performance. It also investigated the relationship between multitasking beliefs, multitasking habits while studying and academic performance. Media multitasking has detrimental effects to academics, increases errors, and hinders creativity,…

People all around the world are taking Massive Open Online Courses, otherwise knowns as MOOCs. In the article, “The Year of the MOOC”, Laura Pappano states that MOOCs are free online course that anyone in the world can take. In an essay called “Chunky Peanut Butter,” by James Gregory the author explains his qualities and he can complete a MOOC. The best candidate for taking a MOOC because Gregory is flexible with working with people, serious about his work, and dedicated to advance his education…

According to article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, everyone has the right to an education. Nowhere in the article states that an education received at an online institution is more or less legitimate than that of a psychical institution. As it happens, studies have found that 74% of for-profit universities offer online courses, and more than half of these are equivalent to classes offered in person. With this being said, an online education does help students due to the fact…