2012年5月14日 星期一

Journal 72: War and Economics

so, we're basically still at war, except not big wars. We are having a economic downfall or recession at almost all places such as Europe, America, still in Africa and some eastern countries. Asia and Muslims are infact getting really really rich. I suspect in the next few years, the main business will be Asia and all the money and people will be flowing there. Although alot of people in China are corrupt, they will probably get the most money.
Other thing at this time period is religious war. It's more of a country hating the other country where America just hated the Iraqs. The only way said to eliminate this hate is to bomb the other country to shred such as Mecca. Well, bombing Mecca is letting them become traumatized. I will gladly walk infront of the person who thought about this idea and slap them. This is a condemnation to people's faith and to the God. In fact, what worries me more is that right after this, it will launch the world into like a World War 1 and 2 combine.
Full range nuclear war of mass destruction going bombing everywhere. Muslims will grab their shotgun and kill every white dude or even asian people on the street. The whole world would be in complete and total chaos.

2012年5月9日 星期三

Journal 69: Make It New

this quote i believe definitely have something to do with modernism in the art field. Modern art could basically be classified as anything adn everything. a color or a splatch of paint if named right and have a concept that could support its existence can be named right there, on the spot, art.
This could be such a long journal espacially when i dont want to write a long journal now ~"~
art is the process where one creates order and stability out of chaos. When you make art, you created something of your own representaiton through the chaos of life. When i make art, i'm always happy, why? because instead of using words where someone might question you and might attack you in public. You get to make you point from a picture that you drew that can worth a million words. It communicates to people in all sorts of different ways and no explanation might be needed for specific pieces. Of course if you created a abstract art form or somethng like Barnet newman, i suppose you might have to explain why that color on your painting is art.
Art is the best thing in the world which allows people to express themselves in any way. Words in a book or a written message requires one to have a basic knowledge of the language. art just require well, basically nothin, its a simple expressive use of hand or anything you have on your body.

Journal 62: Romantics v Realists

i can't really say i see any difference in the writings for now since i only saw the silk stocking and john profrock. I suppose the realists are really much more concern of their current situations. The subjects and the writings of their time are also concern with societal problems occuring in the world. The silk stocking story talks about the gender role and the insights of a woman at that time without revealing what it is actually about. If it weren't for the talking in class and searching up online for ideas, i would not have thought about how its talking about the thoughts of escaping reality.
In Prufrock's story, we also get a glimpse of a person's mind right before he shifts out of reality. His consicous waver between the idea of escaping the reality and expierencing something new and adventurous. He hears the mermaid and the voice in his head tempting him to try something. He hesitates and wonders on if he should do it over and over again. Its another glimpse of the mindset of someone just like the silk stocking story.

Journal 65: You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby

A whole lot have changed, in fact, i believe we are now even losing men's rights now. Men are like the pets and slaves of woman. Think about the social class of men nowadays. Women can have multiple men chasing them and they are consider hot. When a man have multiple women chasing him, we are then considers as heartbreakers or flowery heart. I dont know how to translate that.
If we have a divorce, we men hacve to pay for their living while we also have to keep the kids. Women expects us to pay for all of their expenses and have to baby talk to them before sleep. We have to tolerate all of their anger and misbehavior simply because they can and we can't.
If we do something that is against they get to complain day and night and we man will be called jerks
seriously, where are men's rights nowadays. If you think about it, men really are descending the social staircase of equality.

Journal 70: Social Influences – Entertainment

entertainments that are provided nowadays are basically what i like to call, unlimited. our entertainments range from watching tv for all day or grab a backpack and go out to see the world. With the modern transportation and conveniance for our lives, we can entertain ourselves in every possible way that you basically imagine and we have it. Problem is that you have to have the money to do all that good entertainment you desire.
I suppose the 1940s have a very limited amount of entertainment that they can enjoy compare to the ones we have nowadays. However, i feel that because their our so many entertainment in the 20th century, it makes communicating and trying out new things to be a really scary and unparticipated activity for people.
If you ask someone would you go outside and look at the world or watch your tv on a saturday, i bet they will say they want to stay home and watch tv.
The entertainment in the 1940s i believe have alot of nature. nature wasn't as damaged as severely as today's environment. I believe that they have much more diversity as in nature participation activities.

2012年5月3日 星期四

Journal 68: What’s His Problem?

im basically going to give a summary of what this story means to my perspective as a whole or with lines that i still remember because i find this story extremely interesting and i feel i could learn something from it cuz its so philosophical in some terms.
On the surface context, it eludes to Prufrock growing old, his not sure if he should try out something that is totally new. His afraid if he walks down the path (descending the staircase) the woman on top of the stair case would talk shit about him such as how his bold and how skinny he is.
In discussion of this part, its as if his crippled and weak. To find courage in challenging something brand new is frightening and quite mysterious or even dangerous for people. At Prufrock's age which i assume at this time is not so young since his bold is even more exciting and dangerous. There is saying that when someone tries something new, its as if his walking into a ocean tide, like a tsunami where the wind is strong, tide furious and his future a great unknown. I figure my way of thinking him walking into a huge wave of unknowns is the samw assumption in the later part of the story as he have his trousers high.
In other multiple senses, besides the story of him leaping into something new, the time period is a consideration.
He says that he is drowning in the bottom of ocean when his awake with the colorful things. His out in the surface in his sleep where he sees black and white. This time period is just after the colorful lives of the traditional paintings. Modernism is full of conceptual and expressionistic ideas that is unlike anything the past have ever seen. They cut away the glamorous and the pretty color to soemthing crazy and nto colorful. SOmetimes a piece of work could be a few simple color splached on top of the canvas. As for literature, i saw one of the poems in this time period in class. They cut out all the other lines into thin slabs of two lines. That was all it takes.
Rejection of the "More" quality is the trend of modernism, this might be alluding back to the ocean color theory that Prufrock was talking about.
All the other stuff i have said it in class about the society moving forward and he sees colleagues transforming while he stays the same.

2012年5月2日 星期三

Journal 67: The American Dream

bascically, i forgot all about the american dream back when the time i have U.S history. For the L.S Elliot story, i don't really see how that have to do with rejecting the traditional ideas. Actually, putting into some thoughts on concept wise, i think i kind of found what's new with this style.
THe American dream and modernism is a time that rejects the traditional. New things are being found such as in art. Expressionism was pushed into even more abstract terms that eventually ended up with a whole new category called Modern Art.
Art was thought as more concept wise. The representation can mean many things but what is the fundamental idea that is bwhind the artwork? that is what was important. Art in the 20th century promoted people and wanted people to think.
I figured this story we're reading right now did made alot of people think. Like me, i was suddenly interested at it once i understand he used. Since this jumping out of reality and taking a leap was a idea that concerning my mind for so long, this story was a push for me to think about new things.