Thursday, October 23, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
art.
art, to me, is the ability to express something intangible (such as an emotion or an event) and make it visual to the audience. the indefinite can be made definite.
within the visual arts (painting, sculpture, printmaking, etc.) an issue can be addressed, a bold statement can be made, an emotion can be expressed, all without having said a word! that's powerful, yo! by appealing to your senses or emotions, the artist can express theirs.
ps. well done graffiti (not slop drawn up to endorse gangs) is just cool.
literature is the art of writing. within literature there are different mediums (novel, poem, short story, drama etc.) and each can be used to visually and verbally express the authors intentions.
i have no comment on how literature moves me. it has the ability to, but im moving on nonetheless.
performing arts encompasses theater, music, dance and yes, the circus. for time sake (mine and MJ's) im only discussing music here. music would have to be my personal fave of all the art because for every intangible emotion, there is a song out there that can express (verbally) what you are feeling. say your feeling 40 kinds of sadness when your lover is gone, well sure enough theres a song called "Kinds of Sadness" that may describe your state of being. OR, say your trying to get pumped for tolo and the theme just so happens to be rockstar...theres a song out there called "Party Like a Rockstar"* that may get you excited because it fits your situation perfectly!
*btw, the REMIX's are 8x/10 better than the original...why?
anywho, without art, we would have all these mental images, all these emotions, all these genius concepts, and no form to express it in...
that'd be one sad world.
oh, and art is what society makes it out to be. the deodorant on my wood dresser may be art to me, but not to you. art is defined by its collective audience, not always the individual.
**and now that a couple days have past since ive written this blog, ive concluded that my description of art was total garbage.
if you know whats best for you...
never copy my blogs people
within the visual arts (painting, sculpture, printmaking, etc.) an issue can be addressed, a bold statement can be made, an emotion can be expressed, all without having said a word! that's powerful, yo! by appealing to your senses or emotions, the artist can express theirs.
ps. well done graffiti (not slop drawn up to endorse gangs) is just cool.
literature is the art of writing. within literature there are different mediums (novel, poem, short story, drama etc.) and each can be used to visually and verbally express the authors intentions.
i have no comment on how literature moves me. it has the ability to, but im moving on nonetheless.
performing arts encompasses theater, music, dance and yes, the circus. for time sake (mine and MJ's) im only discussing music here. music would have to be my personal fave of all the art because for every intangible emotion, there is a song out there that can express (verbally) what you are feeling. say your feeling 40 kinds of sadness when your lover is gone, well sure enough theres a song called "Kinds of Sadness" that may describe your state of being. OR, say your trying to get pumped for tolo and the theme just so happens to be rockstar...theres a song out there called "Party Like a Rockstar"* that may get you excited because it fits your situation perfectly!
*btw, the REMIX's are 8x/10 better than the original...why?
anywho, without art, we would have all these mental images, all these emotions, all these genius concepts, and no form to express it in...
that'd be one sad world.
oh, and art is what society makes it out to be. the deodorant on my wood dresser may be art to me, but not to you. art is defined by its collective audience, not always the individual.
**and now that a couple days have past since ive written this blog, ive concluded that my description of art was total garbage.
if you know whats best for you...
never copy my blogs people
Friday, October 17, 2008
Band Camp
1. God in the Universe
"The father, son, and holy ghost,
They caught the last train for the coast."
- There in no God in control of the universe, rather since we create the music, humans are in control.
2. Humanity and Identity
"Oh, and there we were all in one place,
2. Humanity and Identity
"Oh, and there we were all in one place,
A generation lost in space."
- Humanity is lost, because there is no God and the music they create is dead. Also, because humanity is lost, there are no constants by which we live by.
3. Conflict and Suffering
"bye-bye, miss american pie...
3. Conflict and Suffering
"bye-bye, miss american pie...
this'll be the day that I die."
- The conflict is that the music is dead, there is no God, and there are no standards to live by. The death or absence of these things contribute to his suffering.
4. Hope and Redemption
"I went down to the sacred store
Where I'd heard the music years before,
But the man there said the music wouldn't play."
- The music won't play. There is no hope in it making a comeback to how it was in years before.
5. Values and Relationships
5. Values and Relationships
"Man, i dig those rhythm and blues."
"The courtroom was adjourned;
No verdict was returned...
And we sang dirges in the dark."
- So obviously he values music. He also values justice which is evident because they sing dirges (a slow, mournful musical composition) when no verdict is returned.
6. Truth and Knowledge
"No angel born in hell
Could break that satan's spell...
I saw satan laughing with delight
The day the music died."
- The truth is that Satan in pleased the music is dead and that God is missing from the equation. The absolute truth that repeats in every stanza is that the music is dead and nobody can save it.
Secular Humanist because:
- it is an atheist piece.
- God is a refrence, but has no personal meaning.
- it offers no hope, no salvation.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Burn This City (Narnia/Oz)
Narnia:
The Chronicles of Narnia was written around the time of WWII so Lewis incorporates the idea of dictatorship. The people of Narnia are in fear of the White Witch who rules them with an iron fist. The children come and talk of a different time and place and eventually usher in a time of peace alongside Aslan.
Oz:
The Wizard of Oz has Dorothy go to a land of people who are under the fear of wicked Witches to the point that the Munchkins do not leave their houses. Dorothy comes and talks about a different time and place and in the end helps rid them of evil.
Both demonstrate a Marxist view of oppression. Both have the protagonist usher in a time of peace after overthrow the disruptive powers. The realities of both are that there is a real and fake world. Both fake worlds are made in the minds of the people in it. Dorothy falls into a coma, and as a result dreams up Oz while putting people she knows into her dream as characters. The kids in go into Narnia on accident but do not incorporate real people into it. Oz and the real world are connected through the mind of Dorothy which is postmodern. Narnia is created by the minds of the kids and show an innocence of child fantasizing and imagination. In Oz, Dorothy is important and people listen to her which they didn’t in Kansas. In Narnia the kids are important while they’re not in England. So in both alternative worlds, people take up an importance that they don’t have in reality.
So all in all, there is reality, and then there is what our imagination can create. The kids acted like Narnia existed. Dorothy acted like Oz existed. It was all real to them, but they knew the whole time in both stories that it wasn’t reality.
The Chronicles of Narnia was written around the time of WWII so Lewis incorporates the idea of dictatorship. The people of Narnia are in fear of the White Witch who rules them with an iron fist. The children come and talk of a different time and place and eventually usher in a time of peace alongside Aslan.
Oz:
The Wizard of Oz has Dorothy go to a land of people who are under the fear of wicked Witches to the point that the Munchkins do not leave their houses. Dorothy comes and talks about a different time and place and in the end helps rid them of evil.
Both demonstrate a Marxist view of oppression. Both have the protagonist usher in a time of peace after overthrow the disruptive powers. The realities of both are that there is a real and fake world. Both fake worlds are made in the minds of the people in it. Dorothy falls into a coma, and as a result dreams up Oz while putting people she knows into her dream as characters. The kids in go into Narnia on accident but do not incorporate real people into it. Oz and the real world are connected through the mind of Dorothy which is postmodern. Narnia is created by the minds of the kids and show an innocence of child fantasizing and imagination. In Oz, Dorothy is important and people listen to her which they didn’t in Kansas. In Narnia the kids are important while they’re not in England. So in both alternative worlds, people take up an importance that they don’t have in reality.
So all in all, there is reality, and then there is what our imagination can create. The kids acted like Narnia existed. Dorothy acted like Oz existed. It was all real to them, but they knew the whole time in both stories that it wasn’t reality.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
ok Mammon, your a Goon, but whats a Goon to a GOBLIN?!
Being the least established spirit to be cast in Hell, Mammon's downfall was a result of materialism. His desires for individual wealth and possessions control his every instinct. In Heaven, Mammon always looked down at the streets of gold, but now sees the gem and mineral wealth and thinks that Hell can be improved. He argues that Hell can be made into a livable, even pleasurable place. Under the guidance of Mammon, Pandemonium is built, acting as Hell's "Confrence Room."
Monday, October 13, 2008
LAX to Oz
From the 5 or so worldview perspectives which The Wizard of Oz could possibly be, it fits Postmodernism best. Here are a few reasons why:
1. Postmodernism believes that whatever is right for you, is what you ought to do or pursue. In the story, Dorthy has the choice of following a yellow or red brick road. She choses yellow of course, whereas myself would have chosen red because its my fave color. In Postmodernism, both routes would have been acceptable.
2. This worldview also believes that we can escape reality or switch to an alternative reality if we so chose to. In Dorthy's case, she escaped the reality of Oz by simply clicking her shoes three times.
3. Postmodernism requires no absolutes. As a result, nothing is totally wrong or totally right. This is evident in the contrasts between the Wicked Witch of the West and the Good Witch of the North as well as the Munchkins and the people of Emerald City. One might be viewed as more harmful than the other, but they are still not absolutley good nor absolutly evil.
1. Postmodernism believes that whatever is right for you, is what you ought to do or pursue. In the story, Dorthy has the choice of following a yellow or red brick road. She choses yellow of course, whereas myself would have chosen red because its my fave color. In Postmodernism, both routes would have been acceptable.
2. This worldview also believes that we can escape reality or switch to an alternative reality if we so chose to. In Dorthy's case, she escaped the reality of Oz by simply clicking her shoes three times.
3. Postmodernism requires no absolutes. As a result, nothing is totally wrong or totally right. This is evident in the contrasts between the Wicked Witch of the West and the Good Witch of the North as well as the Munchkins and the people of Emerald City. One might be viewed as more harmful than the other, but they are still not absolutley good nor absolutly evil.
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