Welcome back to my passion blog thread, through which I take a tour of some favorite artworks of mine. I know that I have been largely focusing on 19th and 20th century art, but there were so many interesting and unconventional approaches that artists took to these works that this blog’s piece is yet another […]
Read more "PAS 6: The Green Dancer"I first watched a speech by Barack Obama when I was about six years old. It was nearly election day during the 2008 presidential election, and my mother showed me a recording of the keynote address that then-Senator Obama gave to the 2004 Democratic National Convention. He started his address by praising the attribute of […]
Read more "RCL 6: Paradigm Shift Musings"Welcome back to my thread on passion posts, through which I take a tour of some favorite artworks of mine. The works that I have examined so far have all been paintings, which often offer combinations of upfront and subtle imagery that enable the artists to convey the work’s theme. Today, however, I am going […]
Read more "PAS 5: Sea Nymph Vase"Being someone who has had an interesting experience with trying to form good habits during the first semester, I chose to analyze a Ted Talk entitled “The One Minute Secret to Forming a New Habit” by Christine Carter. Carter’s main thesis for her speech is that people must be open to being bad at things […]
Read more "RCL 5: Setting Unambitious Goals, The Key to Success"Welcome back to my thread on passion posts, through which I take a tour of some favorite artworks of mine. I have looked at artworks painted by American and European artists, but for this post, I am going to be looking at a painting by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, one of the most notable painters […]
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