This is What Makes Me Who I Am – My Pechakucha The purpose of this blog post is to introduce myself using a Pecha Kucha that I presented in class but expanded. Typically a Pecha[…]
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“Art vs. Trade” by James Weldon Johnson: AP analysis
prompt: (AP 1976) Write an essay in which you discuss how the poem’s diction (choice of words) reveals his attitude toward the two ways of living mentioned in the poem. In his poem “Art vs.[…]
is there no power?
personal response to James Weldon Johnson’s “Art vs. Trade” Is there no power to rescue her, protect, defend her? There has always been power, Found in the hands of the people who roam the earth:[…]
They say that eyes are like the windows to the soul.
As is indicated by my highly subtle use of Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer as my featured image, my quotation presentation is about this painting’s eponymous book by Tracy Chevalier. “I had been[…]
Voyeur
Voyeur Most writers and artists are voyeurs of a kind. A Voyeur is a noun referring to a person who gets pleasure from secretly watching the private lives of others: both the intimate situations and the[…]
“A Five-Year-Old Could Have Done That”: The Case for Modern Art
“Art is so pretentious.” “If I were to scribble on a canvas, would it be shown in galleries?” “Anyone could have done that. Why is it even considered art?” *** In[…]
C’Est la Vie
Here lies the soul of a boy. A soul so damaged by loneliness and longing it forgot how to love itself, as it desired to be loved. Cause of Death: Heartbreak Talented, Beautiful, and Entertaining[…]
All Those Silly Little Things
No blog can possibly be complete without a rant, so here is mine. Because I was the oldest child, and because I was the first child to experience growing up in a different country, I[…]
Dorian Gray and Sibyl Vane: The Artistic Beauty of the Damned
The following is an analysis of a quote pulled from chapter six of The Picture of Dorian Gray. It is said by Basil Hallward upon being informed that Dorian is to marry Sybil. “But think[…]
Who am I?
I don’t know. But I have some ideas. Vanity- Mentally, Physically- My Facade Believe it or not, I concern myself over the opinions and thoughts of others more than I would[…]