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Monthly Archives: October 2012
The Modern Artistic License: Rough Draft of Paradigm Shift Essay
This is how I hoped to set it up: Cite instance of Contemporary Art Illustrate popularization of art, how this type of art has become dominant in contemporary culture Address thesis statement: Art increasingly abstract and concept-based History/Old Dominant Trend/What Art … Continue reading
TED Talks Response 2
I really, really like the TED Talks assigned this week! The first two I saw (A Thousand Times No and Before I Die) were incredibly powerful and inspirational with their visual art and representations to the general public. Bahia Sehab: A … Continue reading
Response to TED Talks
1: Brené Brown’s TED Talk on Vulnerability described the conclusions of her years of research on human connection and happiness: that the key to leading happy, successful, satisfied lives is to “to believe that we are enough” and to accept the … Continue reading
Artist #7: Nabhan Abdullatif
I was in the middle of posting my Artist #6 blog reflection when I came across NaBHaN‘s work on Deviantart.com. This artist has some of the cutest work I have ever seen!! So, I am going to post my seventh … Continue reading
Artist #6: Kayleigh O’Connor
The neat thing about Deviantart.com is that it features tons and tons of artists from all over the world and includes a huge variety of mediums. You see traditional art like acrylic painting, sketches, and watercolors, but then you see categories that … Continue reading
Paradigm Shift: The Beauty in Art (Kairos Map)
Thoughts as of Oct. 14: After attempting to do some preliminary research on my paradigm shift topic, I have decided to that I am going to shift my “perceptions of beauty and perfection” essay idea completely from its focus on people … Continue reading
True Friendship
What is friendship? There are a myriad of definitions online and in print, from dictionaries to editorials to even cartoons. The most generally agreed upon definition, however, almost always indicates some sort of mutual bond, or agreement. According to Aristotle, friendship … Continue reading
Brainstorming Topics for Paradigm Shift Essay
Since our paradigm shift essays are supposed to discuss changing cultural trends, I was thinking of writing about how what is considered “good manners” in general have changed since early Colonial times, or maybe as far back as medieval history. If you look through a … Continue reading
Artist #5: Silvia Pelissero
Silvia Pelissero is a really, really talented water color artist from Italy. She categorizes her work as surrealism, a type of art which, according to Wikipedia, “[features] the element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions and non sequitur.” Many of Pelissero’s paintings really … Continue reading