Minimalism

Kanye West passion, creativity, intelligence determination, and ego have made him a cultural juggernaut. His spread of influence in different outlets of entertainment and culture has created an impact in American society. He is a risk taker who is not afraid to cause controversy and denounce society norms. Kanye West has challenged the social and artistic status quo by inciting controversial discussions on race relations, socioeconomic division, and education. In return for all his crazy antics…

basically lifestyle choice, you cannot force yourself or anyone to have this kind of lifestyle since it has to come from within, it has to be your choice, you must want it badly enough that you are willing to sacrifice a few things in your life. Minimalism is where you get rid of unnecessary things in your life, to actually gain freedom from all the pressure, worries, and a materialist mind. It is a mindset where you choose to be content with everything simple. This lifestyle is not as complex…

As a student at Curtis Institute of Music, we are required to take Curtis’s new one-semester course, Social Entrepreneur. The course teaches students to create and sustain social value through community-based service opportunities. My service project for this year is Project H.O.M.E, which is a Philadelphia non-profit organization empowering individuals to break the cycle of poverty and homelessness through affordable housing, employment, health care, and education. Neil and I, two percussionist…

sub genres of electronic keep me interested. The fact that electronic music has been around since the 80s makes there so much of it. I feel it fits with my values because I am hedonistic. I seek pleasure in life and electronic, more specifically minimalism electronic is pleasure in sound. The music feels good, the way it sounds makes my brain happy. Listening to music can get in the way though. It is time consuming and takes away from homework time. When I am at my delivery job it makes me…

Agriculture and Trade: Seeds for Society Human society in the time before 11,000 BCE looked much the same regardless of location. All human’s shared the same never ending desire to satiate their hunger in the quest for food. Within the constraints of a hunter-gatherer lifestyle humanities penchant for diversity and ingenuity had little room for flourishment. With no permanent refuge and no place for storage besides your own person, only the essentials to life could be taken with you. Because of…

In 2012, Nokia over 100 year – old communications and technology corporation was the world’s leading mobile handsets manufacturer, a position it had held since 1998. Yet, in September 2013, Microsoft purchased Nokia`s Device and Services business for Euros 5.4 billion. However, by mid 2000s, the industry was increasingly competitive form new competitors from Asia and South Korea Samsung manufacturer entered markets in Europe that Nokia had dominated. This competition shortened product life…

Nasreen Mohamedi lived a cosmopolitan life that brought inspiration to her work from many different places and cultures. Mohamedi was born in 1937 in Karachi, India, an area that would later become Pakistan. In the mid-forties the artist lived in Mumbai, before spending relocating to London and attending St. Martin 's School of the Arts, in London in the late fifties. The artist lived for a short time with her family in Bahrain, a small island country off the western shores of the Persian gulf.…

Through the use of minimalism and animals as characters, Art Spiegelman incorporates a unique art style to illustrate his parent’s past during the Holocaust in his graphic novel, Maus. In the beginning of the Book II of Maus, Spiegelman introduces the aftermath of the critical and commercial success of his graphic novel, as well as personal events that occurred after the publication of Book I (Spiegelman, 201). In the opening panels of Auschwitz: Time Flies, the perspective and portrayal of…

Mid-Term Project (Philip Glass) For my mid-term project I chose to do topic Four and that was to select an artist and give some brief history about him and incorporate his music and how it connects to our class. The famous classical composer I chose to select was Philip Morris Glass. I feel as though he is an artist that caught my eye and really wanted to talk about. Philip Glass was born January 31st, 1937 in Baltimore, Maryland. That’s one main reason he stood out to me because he comes…

unhappy. This consequently led to Mrs. Elliot’s friend being flown in for a visit that caused Mrs. Elliot to become, “Much brighter after her girl friend came and they had many good cries together” (Hemmingway 87). Throughout Hemingway’s intentional minimalism, the theory that Mrs. Elliot could be a lesbian, starts to become apparent. Mr. and Mrs. Elliot had tried to have a child, but their efforts were to no avail. The story continuously reinforced the idea that Mrs. Elliot did not enjoy making…