Monday, January 3, 2011
Monday, October 25, 2010
Significants
My life consists of going to school every day and getting breaks every weekend. What make it significant is the people I meet every day. In the morning before school I talk to friends on the bus and on the stairs. I have a lot of friends in my classes so I can see them then. When it comes to the weekend, I can always have someone come over to hangout. I get to see my friends all of the time. Sometimes though when I don’t have school, my family and I go to see more family. When no one comes over or I don’t go anywhere, I just watch T.V. It’s so boring when I’m not doing anything. The next day I just get back to my normal life though.
Friday, June 4, 2010
Willis Tower
The Willis Tower formerly known as the Sears Tower is an economical, historical, and cultural building. This is a Historical building because it is a very old building and it is also an architect design called Bauhaus Architect from the 1920’s. It is an economical building to because many companies have their headquarters there.
This building is 1,450 ft. tall. The building cost over $150,000,000 dollars. The tower was completed in 1973. It is currently the tallest building in the U.S.
This building is 1,450 ft. tall. The building cost over $150,000,000 dollars. The tower was completed in 1973. It is currently the tallest building in the U.S.
Avatar
James Cameron's "Avatar" may have been a little too real for some fans who say they have experienced depression and suicidal thoughts after seeing the film because they long to enjoy the beauty of the alien world Pandora. A fan forum site has received more than 1,000 posts from people experiencing depression and fans trying to help them cope. The topic became so popular last month that forum administrator Philippe Baghdassarian had to create a second thread so people could continue to post their confused feelings about the movie.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
MCE
Mauritis Cornelis Escher or M.C. Escher for short was born on January 27, 1898 in Leeawarden, in the Netherlands. He died on March 27, 1977. M.C. Escher was a graphic artist who worked on posters, stamps, and other ads. Occasionally he would make a painting with paint but most of the time he used a pencil, a ruler for straight lines, and charcoal.
M.C. Escher worked on kind of a mix between Op Art and Realism. Op Art is also known as Optical Art and that relates to the term optical illusion because many of M.C. Escher’s drawings were optical illusions. Realism refers to the general attempt to depict subjects.
I think that M.C. Escher’s work is inspiring. It tries to challenge the mind of the viewer with the black and white optical illusions and oddities. When I studied the artists through time, I was surprised to see that we never learned about M.C. Escher.
One of Escher’s hobbies was making spheres out of pieces of beach wood. With all of the detail you see in his drawings, the average time for him to make a good detailed picture is about a month. Escher’s nickname through school was Mauk. In his early years, he went to Primary school and Secondary school for 15 years. After that, he attended a school for architecture and then he finally found the school he was looking for. He joined a school that teaches decorative arts and there he became friends with his teacher and gained a great amount of knowledge of drawing.
This is my favorite M.C.E. quote:
“I would sometimes hear painters say that they paint "for themselves": but I think they would soon have painted their fill if they lived on a desert island. The primary purpose of all art forms, whether it’s music, literature, or the visual arts, is to say something to the outside world; in other words, to make a personal thought, a striking idea, an inner emotion perceptible to other people’s senses in such a way that there is no uncertainty about the maker's intentions.”
M.C. Escher worked on kind of a mix between Op Art and Realism. Op Art is also known as Optical Art and that relates to the term optical illusion because many of M.C. Escher’s drawings were optical illusions. Realism refers to the general attempt to depict subjects.
I think that M.C. Escher’s work is inspiring. It tries to challenge the mind of the viewer with the black and white optical illusions and oddities. When I studied the artists through time, I was surprised to see that we never learned about M.C. Escher.
One of Escher’s hobbies was making spheres out of pieces of beach wood. With all of the detail you see in his drawings, the average time for him to make a good detailed picture is about a month. Escher’s nickname through school was Mauk. In his early years, he went to Primary school and Secondary school for 15 years. After that, he attended a school for architecture and then he finally found the school he was looking for. He joined a school that teaches decorative arts and there he became friends with his teacher and gained a great amount of knowledge of drawing.
This is my favorite M.C.E. quote:
“I would sometimes hear painters say that they paint "for themselves": but I think they would soon have painted their fill if they lived on a desert island. The primary purpose of all art forms, whether it’s music, literature, or the visual arts, is to say something to the outside world; in other words, to make a personal thought, a striking idea, an inner emotion perceptible to other people’s senses in such a way that there is no uncertainty about the maker's intentions.”
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Touching Spirit Bear
Can you imagine a world were no one person cared about you? I know I can’t, but Cole Mathews can. Until a parole officer named Garvey came along, that’s how it was. The book Touching Spirit Bear is and epic thrill ride that takes you though the life of Cole Mathews. This book follows a hardcore juvenile delinquent who changed himself into another good person in this world.
I definitely think that the At,oow is a big symbol in Touch Spirit Bear. It represents pure trust from one person to another. It showed the trust between Garvey’s family and Garvey, then from Garvey to Cole and from Cole to Peter. The totem pole is important too. A totem tells the story of its creator’s life. Instead of his life though, Cole just carved what animal he saw first that day. The totem is important because in the Cole and Peter started to work on a circle in Cole’s empty spot on the totem. Together they worked and they grew a small friendship; maybe not big but it was better than a year and a half a go when Cole only wanted to smash Peter. The circle started at birth and ended at death. In between birth and death was for Cole to decide. It could be friendship, trust, love, life.
I think that Touching Spirit Bear is a comedy. In the beginning of Cole’s journey everything is like it’s always been; Cole beating up other kids and robbing stores. The conflict arises when another kid in his school confesses to what he knows about a robbery Cole participated in. Before Cole was caught he had to have revenge on the kid who was going to put him in jail again. After the beating of a life time on the kid who snitched on Cole, Cole was caught and sentenced to one year on an island just off of the coast of Alaska. Cole finally realizes the conflict when half of his bones were broken from a bear attach. That’s when he realized that he was just as weak as Peter. He was just as powerful as Peter. He was no different than anyone else. He was taken to a hospital and kept there for the next six months. The resolution is when Peter’s parents send Peter to the island to stay with Cole after Cole is sent back to the island. At first Peter tried to ignore Cole and just stay out of his way. Cole just continued his daily life. A couple weeks later though, Peter and Cole started to talk. Eventually they started to work together and everything between Cole and Peter started to resolved. It returned to normal when Cole stopped hating Peter and Peter didn’t feel as if in danger anymore.
There are many lessons in this book but I think that the main lesson learned in the story is to forgive and forget. The sooner everyone knows that the better. Everyone knew what happened that day on the sidewalk. Peter’s face did get smashed in by Cole , but after spending A couple of months on the island with Cole, Peter realized that it wasn’t his fault Cole hurt him; it was Cole’s father who hit Cole. It wasn’t Cole’s fathers fault that he hit Cole it was Cole’s grandfather, and the list goes on and on.
I can’t imagine what Cole has been through but I know he’s been through a lot. Cole is now just another person in our American society along with peter. The island really changed him. The Circle Justice isn’t such a bad idea.
I definitely think that the At,oow is a big symbol in Touch Spirit Bear. It represents pure trust from one person to another. It showed the trust between Garvey’s family and Garvey, then from Garvey to Cole and from Cole to Peter. The totem pole is important too. A totem tells the story of its creator’s life. Instead of his life though, Cole just carved what animal he saw first that day. The totem is important because in the Cole and Peter started to work on a circle in Cole’s empty spot on the totem. Together they worked and they grew a small friendship; maybe not big but it was better than a year and a half a go when Cole only wanted to smash Peter. The circle started at birth and ended at death. In between birth and death was for Cole to decide. It could be friendship, trust, love, life.
I think that Touching Spirit Bear is a comedy. In the beginning of Cole’s journey everything is like it’s always been; Cole beating up other kids and robbing stores. The conflict arises when another kid in his school confesses to what he knows about a robbery Cole participated in. Before Cole was caught he had to have revenge on the kid who was going to put him in jail again. After the beating of a life time on the kid who snitched on Cole, Cole was caught and sentenced to one year on an island just off of the coast of Alaska. Cole finally realizes the conflict when half of his bones were broken from a bear attach. That’s when he realized that he was just as weak as Peter. He was just as powerful as Peter. He was no different than anyone else. He was taken to a hospital and kept there for the next six months. The resolution is when Peter’s parents send Peter to the island to stay with Cole after Cole is sent back to the island. At first Peter tried to ignore Cole and just stay out of his way. Cole just continued his daily life. A couple weeks later though, Peter and Cole started to talk. Eventually they started to work together and everything between Cole and Peter started to resolved. It returned to normal when Cole stopped hating Peter and Peter didn’t feel as if in danger anymore.
There are many lessons in this book but I think that the main lesson learned in the story is to forgive and forget. The sooner everyone knows that the better. Everyone knew what happened that day on the sidewalk. Peter’s face did get smashed in by Cole , but after spending A couple of months on the island with Cole, Peter realized that it wasn’t his fault Cole hurt him; it was Cole’s father who hit Cole. It wasn’t Cole’s fathers fault that he hit Cole it was Cole’s grandfather, and the list goes on and on.
I can’t imagine what Cole has been through but I know he’s been through a lot. Cole is now just another person in our American society along with peter. The island really changed him. The Circle Justice isn’t such a bad idea.
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