Spirited Away

There are distinct images that come to mind when the term biennial is used — sheer number of artworks displayed, intellectual discourse, avant-garde, grand openings and a crowd of visitors that temporarily takes over sites and public spaces that host these biennials. These iconic events which recur at every predetermined number of years render a feeling of happening — a redefinition of the contemporary art scene. But do these images conjured correspond to the reality of biennial events? What…

Scorpio is not only the eighth sign of the astrological year, they should fall in to the ranks of the eighth wonder of the world due their many characteristics, skills and dynamics. They are one of the most spirited and forward thinking zodiac signs in just about everything they touch, say and do, but their opinion is known for reaching the highest degree of extremes. They are moody, passionate, sensitive, and intense. They have a way of transforming any situation if they feel the need.…

An Evaluation of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest directed by Miloš Forman and released in 1975 is an iconic film because it won a plethora of awards, the most notable being four different Academy Awards, the Best Picture, Best Actor, Jack Nicholson, Best Actress, Louise Fletcher and Best Director. This movie withstands the test of time and belongs in the AFL Top 100 Films list because of the many driving themes throughout the movie and because of the outstanding…

The study of Native American history, culture and customs indicates what has made Americans diverse, but also what makes us the same. Native involvement in the Americas is set apart by coercive and once in a while willing endeavors at assimilation into standard European American society. Starting with missions and paving the way to governmentally controlled schools the point was to instruct Native people so they could return to their communities and encourage the acclimatization process. Overall…

In the 1970s, if you were someone who was interested in the same sex as yourself, you could understand the day by day difficulties of being accepted by society because this was not considered proper. The general views of Americans were very different from the views of Harvey Milk at this time. The actions that Harvey Milk took towards gay rights stood out. In the Mid-1970s, Harvey Milk worked to promote gay rights and for everyone to be equal. Milk was successful in making a change by being the…

trusted friends and enemies, and in the end gives his life for the betterment of the world. It starts with young boy, unaware of His magical Powers or his history is brought into the hidden world of Magic and Wizards. For most his life was tucked away behind his almost cruel Aunt and Uncle, unaware of what he is and especially who he is. Hagrid, a large lovable oaf of a wizard comes to bring Harry into the world where he belongs, and tells him that he is a Wizard. We see the all the magic and…

blinking, flashing and moving lights and people in the square. As we exited back onto the street, I decided to visit the American Eagle store. I found a pair of socks adorned with a little snowflake pattern that seemed like a good enough souvenir to take away from New York City. My parents were done with the crowds at this point and ready to go somewhere a bit…

spans over several decades of his life. He overcame many hardships, nevertheless, his positive outlook on life persisted. Forrest lived during a very eventful time in the United States, and in turn, had a very exciting life. This kind-hearted, good-spirited character shared his life story with multiple strangers at a bus stop. Forrest used his sociological imagination and placed himself within a specific period, and became aware of the people with whom he experienced life with. Forrest played a…

Animation is the process of making the vison of motion and the figment of change by different means such as, fast moving display of images that follow upon one another and that do only have small changes to them to form an animation. Animators are artists that specialize in the creation of animation. There are a few different creation methods in animation, Traditional animation, Stop-motion animation, Computer animation, 2D animation, 3D animation. Traditional animation (Cel Animation) - The…

Frankie watermelons. Curator of the Jim Crow Museum, David Pilgrim discusses the stereotypical and negative association of watermelons with that of African American's by stating "the association of Blacks with watermelons is, at its root, a mean-spirited attempt to insult and mock Blacks.” In this discussion, he furthers his argument by citing Keith M. Woods: Since the earliest days of plantation slavery, the caricature of the dark-skinned black child, his too-red lips stretched to …chomp down…