I Fall to Pieces

Compassion, a passage about a few brief encounters with homeless people, where she struggles to understand the compassion of others. “Twice I have witnessed this, and twice I have wondered, what compels this woman to feed this man?” (Paragraph 9). The part of this sentence that qualifies it to fall under the scheme of anaphora is the repetition of the words ‘twice I have’ before and after the comma separating the two clauses.…

On Sunday, June 21st, I went to see the Dallas Symphony Orchestra perform “The Music of John Williams and Hollywood’s Great Composers” at Stonebriar Community Church in Frisco. The concert was held in the church’s worship room at 6:30pm. This was a great place for the DSO to perform because the audience and the orchestra were very close and, in a way, felt more personal. The show included fourteen pieces: “Overture to Captain Blood by Korngold, ‘Tara’ – A Short Poem for Orchestra from Gone with…

Thomas Malory's Morte d'Arthur, the fall of Camelot seems most accredited to the sin of Lancelot and Guinevere. Indeed, I myself, upon completing reading this piece, could feel no sympathy toward these two characters. They should have realized that if their sin were discovered, it would bring about grave consequences to those around them. However as I continued thinking about this story, I realized that while they are a major part of what causes Camelot to fall, the other part of the fault lies…

the painting there is a man near the sea who might or might not have heard the splash and Icarus drowning, but decided to not pay attention. His whole idea of the painting is that you turn a blind eye when there is a problem. In Landscape with the fall of Icarus, Williams gives meaning to the painting by providing more details of the painting itself. He states, “when Icarus fell/ it was spring/ a farmer was ploughing/ his field” (Williams). He gives specific details about the time of season and…

Throughout this Semester I had the task of going to three musical performances and reviewing them. The first performance I attended was Hairspray, this took place at North Central College at the Red Horse Theatre which my friend invited me to see with her. Overall this performance was very organized and the tempo sustainability was upbeat throughout the entire time. I was very impressed how drawn the audience was and how there was never a dull moment. These things fall under the category of…

Niagara Falls Upon arriving to the Allentown Art Museum I had a slight idea of what I was looking for. My initial plan was to simply find a piece of artwork that I was immediately drawn to, because it would mean that it was something I wanted to learn more about. Interestingly enough, prior to this museum, I had never been to art museum. Walking through I was mesmerized by various paintings, and also turned away by numerous others. This was to be expected; however, the one artwork that I found…

Murakami exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art was intimidating. As I know little about art, naturally I was slightly apprehensive to be in a building solely dedicated to something I hardly understand. As a whole, the art from the exhibit seemed to change drastically as we moved throughout the display. Some pieces seemed humorless while others were risible; some towered over everything, while others could easily be missed. One piece, however, seemed to catch my attention. “Kōrin:…

literature has changed I will be comparing, “The Fall of the House of Usher “ and “Sunbleached”. The former is by Edgar Allen Poe, a prominent Gothic writer of the 19th century and the latter is by Nathan Ballingrud and it was written in 2011. Even though both selections take place in different time periods they both include supernatural aspects. In Poe’s piece the supernatural aspect was that Roderick’s sister, Madeline, returned from the dead after she was buried alive. In Nathan’s piece…

On Thursday, December 3rd, 2015, I saw a few performances of the Dance Company Fall Dance Concert presented by the Theater, Dance, and Film department of Franklin and Marshall College. The concert incorporated the works of Talia Beck, Merce Cunningham, Elba Hevia Y Vaca, Belinda Mcguire, Janet Peck, and Pamela Vail. The Concert took place at the Schnader Theater in Roschel Performing Arts Center at 7: 30 P.M. Of the performances I had the opportunity to watch, the one that most intrigued me was…

1. Sarah Sze’s artwork attracts the viewer by directing their attention to her piece to identity the different objects within her artworks. I was attracted to the colors and the array of identical items. She makes something out of nothing and its eye opening. Her artwork consists of unexpected and carefully arranged combinations of materials. She transforms these everyday objects into gravity-defying works in horizontal and tower-like formations that zigzag into the heights of gallery spaces.…