I Fall to Pieces

The Oxbow is another painting created by Thomas Cole in 1836. While the Distant View of Niagara Falls was mainly influenced by the love for the wild and nature in general, The Oxbow carries quite a different connotation. In the 19th century, the Westward expansion and the new political ideologies played a significant part in the lives of Americans; Cole was not an exception. This piece contains multiple significant details and it is composed by two combined parts. The left represents Cole’s…

The biome I chose is the Temperate Deciduous Forest. The biome is located around mid-latitude, between polar and tropical regions. This includes the eastern half of North America, the middle of Europe, southwest Russia, Japan, eastern China, Middle East coast of Paraguay, New Zealand, and southwestern Australia. The Temperate Deciduous Forest is broken down into 5 different zones. The first zone being the tree stratum zone where the trees range from 60-100 feet tall. The second zone is small…

Paterson, New Jersey, I have been afforded the privilege of witnessing the Great Falls of Paterson my whole life. I have visited the Great Falls many times throughout my life. When I was young with my parents, whether it was for a day in the sun or for a festival. I grew up appreciating this magnificent work of nature, I also took a part in cleaning up the falls, both as a volunteer and as a member of the Paterson Youth Council and Urban Youth Corps. I have brought my family to the falls to help…

flowers we bought this morning, the dahlias tossed on his grave and bells waiting with their tongues cut out for this particular silence." I believe his quote falls under second degree. To me, First degree would be top notch, the best of the best. Second is good, and their is bad. This small piece of literature is different from any other piece I've seen, that is why I chose it. This poem is called Memory of Elena by Carolyn Forché. Some poems are hard to interpret. This poem however was…

Ramona, thank you for writing about falls. The way that you detailed your step by step preparation was perfect. You wrote that you were going to discuss with a trusted leader to establish critical pieces of information that were worthy of a presentation. This is part of the American Nurses Organization Executive (AONE) Competencies Relationship categories which is collaborating with leaders in determining needed patient care (2015). When you are preparing for the meeting by reviewing current…

Final Art Analysis: The Course of Empire From beginning to end: Savage State, Pastoral State, Consummation, Destruction, Desolation. Art Analysis What category of art does this fall under? How can you tell? This piece of art falls under the category of a painting, or an oil on canvas painting. The way I can tell that these works are paintings is every source describes it as so. You can also tell by the amount of detail and the way it has a fade. This artwork is a series, however, with The…

The smell of burning books, or maybe that’s just the smell of suffering. I inhale the scent for what seems like two minutes and forty eight seconds. I count the seconds until the time reaches three minutes. One, two, three, four seconds I have left to take it all in. I see four pieces of a young man’s body. He approaches death crawling and crying; his limbs left in a swastika shape; As life withers away from him,he sketches with his quivering finger, the shape of the malevolent symbol within the…

portfolio i have a variety of different kinds and pieces of writing. The first piece of writing in my portfolio is the explication that I wrote on the poem “Dirge in Woods” by George Meredith. The purpose of my explication was to explain how the speaker used his or her contemplative tone to get his points across to humanity. The next piece of work in my portfolio is the critique that I wrote on Maggie Fitzmaurice’s explication. She wrote her explication on the poem “The Tide Rises The Tide…

With the 2016 fall semester coming to a close for IPFW I have been studiously viewing my completed portfolio in search for identifying my voice that I had created within our class together. After examining my work throughout this course I came to realize that my voice and writing has had a drastic change to my previous writings. Before taking Creative Writing I had worked on many other papers and had taken a separate course similar to this; however, the papers written in those classes didn’t…

“Autumn in Central Park” On March 26, 2017, my husband and I were strolling through the town of Gatlinburg, TN when we came upon the Masters Edition’s Fine Art Gallery. We were taking in all the fine art when a piece caught my eye. The piece did not have a date on it, but was titled “Autumn in Central Park” by Rod Chase. It was created using the medium, Acrylic on canvas. The artwork and detail put into this piece was breathtaking. I knew immediately it had to be New York as the twin towers were…