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talking as the five of us made our way to the special boat. At last we reached our destination. A silver and navy blue 1980-something pontoon boat floating in the slip right smack in the middle of the second to last dock in the marina. The blue and grey freckled carpet looked cracked and hard from years of usage. The off-white and baby blue seats looked worn but cozy. It was the utmost beautiful sight to see on that occasion. I placed the tote on the bobbing fun-o-craft weighing the nose of it…

rather fond it, her own little kingdom. It had an eerie dark beauty, and she loved how handsome the trees looked dressed in their verdant robes. Just beyond the reaches of the forgotten fire, the Ash Hut slipped from the trees like a ghostly shadow all grey and moody. It sat squat on its little mound and sagged with mystery, like a locked at the end of a dark hallway. A tingle danced up her arms, and she shivered in some invisible breeze. “Just checking up on it,” she told herself, as if the…

to glow bright blue. Shift then took a step back and smiled as Slushy began to grow to a size of 5”2’. When the light went down you could clearly see the new Slushy. He now had pale caucasian skin and spiky white hair with the ice cream parlor hat on. His body was in the standard Baskin Robbins uniform, but the eyes were still pure black and cold. Stitch stood still and dropped his snow cone along with his jaw. Slushy looked at himself in the window reflection and stood in awe at his new…

come back to my senses and realize where I am at. I pass a huge glass case full of pictures taken when the hospital was first opened. I stop to take a look. The nurse’s uniform was the long blue dresses with a white apron over it and the old style hat. The staff is either deceased or rocking their late nineties. I stop looking because I see the restrooms in the near distance. I push the door open with all of the body weight I can give, I feel weak. I look in the mirror and splash water in my…

time. Furthermore, his patterned, bright blue socks are a modern design and had no place in proper 1930s men’s attire. In contrast, the actress playing Amanda Prynne is dressed extremely accurate for women’s clothes at the time. She was wearing a grey button up suit and skirt, nearly perfect in the details of a 1930s era women’s suit. Lastly, the actress playing Sibyl Chase was…

displays the influence of Impressionism on Van Gogh's use of color and brushwork. The Impressionists tried to create the color of natural light by only using pure hues as seen in the colors of the rainbow. They banished premixed browns, blacks, and greys from their paintings. Instead, they replaced them with unmixed dashes of pure color. For example, Van Gogh's jacket is painted with red and green which fuse together on the canvas. Some areas mix naturally to form a brown, but some still retain…

Paul Gauguin is an artist whose usage of colors allows the viewers to experience dramatic changes. Unrealistic and implausible as colors may seem, he simply painted the colors reflected in his eyes, something that had been his philosophy of life. Gauguin was a leading French Post-Impressionist, who was not well appreciated until after his death. He was a pioneer in the Symbolist art movement of the early 1900s in France. Fauvism and Expressionism are advanced stages that were set from Gauguin’s…

received it has glint of confusion in their faces, before they muttered a short “thank you”. Looking at the pills in awe and astonishment, they consume it; filling up their empty belly. Nearly everyone took the pills, besides a grey haired man; wrinkled, wearing an old hat and scruffy romper. Eyes fill with fierce and rage as he says, “This is not food, hunger might be satisfied, but your soul remains empty.” He then takes out a box filled with things I have never seen. A viscous liquid colored…

Culture is a major part of daily life. It tells us who we are, allows us to express ourselves, and identifies where we are from or what we value. Culture has changed drastically over the years as styles go in and out of fashion or different resources are available or effective. This was particularly prevalent during the Civil War when limited resources were available and certain, unique needs had to be met. The culture of this time reflects this as demonstrated through its music, fashion, art,…

Rather than doing my own individual research, I decided to speak to my friend Heliya about the Muslim religion as she had much knowledge and experience about the practice. I dragged my roommate Heliya along my journey to Irvine to the Islamic Center of Irvine, who is a practicing Persian Muslim today. Coming from a Persian-Armenian background I naturally relate to her culture and have similar ideas and values that I have grown up with. However, as a Christian-Armenian, the religion we each…