Paul Watkins

just walked outside of their recording studio. The sketch for Abbey Road was draw by Paul McCartney himself. Abbey Road was the Beatles last album. Although, “Let It Be” was released later than Abbey Road, it was recorded before Abbey Road. But, the on the album's legacy inspired countless imitations. The album cover went down in Fab Four lore. With the first two providing proof of the conspiracy theory that Paul McCartney had died several years earlier. Before, the album was released. The…

Nicholas Wolterstorff states, “Many Christians join their fellow citizens in going to concerts, attending plays, visiting museums, reading novels; all are nowadays united with their fellow citizens in being subjected to advertising art in all its many forms” (Charry, 2000, p. 295). A common form of art used for expression today is music. When you turn on the radio you are inundated with songs that deal with cheating, promiscuity, and drug references. Most of the songs on the Top 100 Billboard…

Rwandan Genocide Introduction Genocide, it ‘is the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a specific nation or ethnic group’. Genocide is a very controversial topic, particularly the Rwandan Genocide which shocked the world in 1994. Rwanda has had a history of violence between the Hutus and Tutsis. In 100 days, 800,000 to 1 million people were mercilessly slaughtered by Hutu militia. The Hutus were targeting the Tutsi minority, as well as their political enemies. This…

Julian Opie is an English sculptor, painter, printmaker and installation artist that was born in London in the year 1958 and was raised in Oxford and he belongs to the New British Sculpture movement, he is one of the UK's best-known contemporary artists. He graduated from Goldsmiths, University of London in 1983 The new British sculpture movement started in the United Kingdom and is a term that is applied to a group of young sculptors that first started emerging at exhibitions at the start of…

Keywords: The Beatles art, The Beatles rock band The Beatles - Truly Modern Rock and Roll Music Band The Beatles are considered to be the greatest rock & roll music band of all generations, and perhaps they are the most powerful and admired act of the 60’s rock era. Nonetheless, one thing is for sure: the influence of the Beatles rock band on modern music is inestimable, and it has at all times been profound. One of the most universally held convictions, presented beyond question in practically…

I was fortunate enough to present one of my activities to my Infant and Toddler class before implementing the activity within my field placement. Considering the feedback from the students and professor, I choose to use the Feelings Buddies dolls instead of my initial plan to use the characters from the Disney movie Inside Out. I was concerned with the children’s ability to relate or notice the emotional facial cues highlighted in the stuffed dolls from Inside Out. The Feelings Buddies dolls are…

Twenty One Pilots began in 2009 by high school friends Tyler Joseph, Nick Thomas, and Chris Salih. Thomas and Salih left the band in 2011, before they left the band self-released the album Twenty One Pilots. Joseph carried on the band with Josh Dun (current drummer). They toured around the mid-west for a little and self-released album Regional At Best. In 2012 the duo signed with record label Fueled by Ramen. This label also produced bands like Green Day and Paramore. Throughout the next few…

Not as exotic as Oum Kalthoum the Beatles is a band that originated from Britain. Known as the “best selling band in history”, the band was composed of 4 artists, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. The Beatles started by creating a name for themselves in Liverpool, where they grew up. Around the 1960’s the Beatles were one of the bands to lead the “British Invasion” and took their fame to the United States, where they created their best music. The beginning of the…

Before we begin let me share with you a short story of mine. It was almost 8 to 9 years ago. I remember the beautiful warm day turning quickly into a thunderstorm. The rain really downscaling outside I found myself inside my house bored out of my mind. Since at the time my brother and a I didn’t have no cellphones, laptops, and only mp3 players. I was having no fun at all. So I decide to go take a nap. While walking I saw brother mp3 player on the floor. Scrolling down to see my brother mp3…

their own course and let it be. Lyrics in the song also show a hopeful attitude such as, “When I find myself in times of trouble Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.” Mother Mary is said to be Paul McCartney’s mother, whom he lost at a young age. On a wider scale, Paul McCartney wrote this song during a time of violence throughout the world to be optimistic and hopeful for a better world. The song is well portrayed with the light guitar riff and reflective, steady…