Broadway

I read through the blog posts and one in particular stood out to me because it was prefaced with this picture:

Also because the post, due to its google translated nature, referred to Ms. Marie Antoinette Perry with he pronouns which made her story seem a bit more interesting. She was such a big influence on the Broadway culture and I had never even heard of her before. To have the awards of the industry named after you would be such a big honor.

The first post of the blog really resonated with me though, about the fifty percent love. I really feel like that philosophy is what I admire about the people I look up to. Their ability to give their all for almost no reason. It just seems worth it to them, but I wonder if its also a bit of low self esteem on their part too. Like they feel they don't deserve better and fifty percent is all they're capable of receiving. I hope they can grow out of or learn to get out of such a mentality for their own sake.

I know that all sounds a bit contradictory, but overall that post really honors people who try their hardest no matter what and it really is a good quality that anyone could have.  I wasn't able to find that much about the source material aside from this blog, which is disappointing because it does seem interesting.  Though, if we're being honest, the real thing would probably make me angry because someone like that deserves everything good in the world.

Opera Paper

Madema Butterfly

When the video started and we see a white military man with an asian woman I knew there were a couple options for the ending of this thing. My first one was that the man was just using the woman to get what he wanted, but I honestly didn't think that was going to be the real story. After the most unnecessary sex scene I've ever seen and the woman waits for this man to come back, he just takes her child and leaves with his "real" family.

 In my opinion it shows he never really thought of her as a person and just an object to dispense what he wanted. I didn't think it was going to end the way it did though. I understand the umbilical cord was mean to be symbolic, but it just makes me kind of angry that she didn't fight back and merely ended her life.

The art type, puppet stop motion, helped give the ending scene a bit more impact. This worked because the stuffing and doll pieces coming apart really does a great job of getting the true nature of her pain across. It takes the phrase "coming apart at the seams" literally and it does it well.
Part of me is very angry at the woman character for not seeing this was going to happen and fighting for herself and her child or at least not doing anything with him in the first place.

Living Smart

Dr. Cuero has such a great life view, he has helped many people by doing what he knew he could do and din't let anyone stop him. People could really benefit from thinking like him, because a lot of people let what others think of them control what they do and how they spend their time. By accomplishing things people don't expect is how someone gains respect and self pride. When you accomplish one thing it reminds you that you can do more and that builds and builds, it really leads to Independence.

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The first image I got off of Chris' ASCII website, the other I made using a generator. I can't even imagine making one of these by hand. It really is a cool art form and its cool to see what every one is able to do with it. It really allows people to be creative with a simple medium, but just because its simple doesn't mean it doesn't have a steep learning curve.

Introduction

My name is Denise Leahy, I'm a senior. I'm a seamstress and do embroidery. I have always liked art, especially looking at it. I am excited to learn about different kinds of art.
I did not expect this class to be lecture based, but I'm glad it is.
I expect to learn about various art forms and how they are made and where they came from.