Wednesday, March 30, 2011
TOMS: One for One

Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Rize up
"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up" - MLK
how do we define a language?
We use language as a way to communicate with one another. In the movie Rize, dance is their language. In the south side of L.A. where violence is an every day occurance, Tommy the clown chose to create a new form of language. The language of Krump.
how do we define art?
In today's society anything is can be considered art, it's all in the eye of the beholder. Tommy and his gang of clowns used the art of dance as a way to release their anger. "this is how we express ourselves, this is what makes us feel like we belong." - dragon
how does this relate to me?
Like the clowns i too use many different forms of communication when communicating with different people. The clowns use dance a a form of art to express themselves, while i use photography as a way to make me feel like i belong.
Shawn Mcdonald


Monday, March 21, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Mumford and Sons
Lately i have been listening to new music suggested through various friends. well numerous times i heard people talk about mumford and sons. so one day i decided to create a mumford and sons station on pandora while working on homework. that was about a month ago and now i love their music. it's totally different than other music i'm interested in and a few of my friends don't quite understand my interest in the band, but i like the old look they have. they recently performed on the grammy's along with 3 other bands and sounded amazing. their most popular song that has even hit the radio's top forty is called "little lion man."
http://www.mumfordandsons.com/
advice to young artists in a postmodern era.
Talent, Itelligence, and Art... The author goes on to talk about how our society tends to perceive those who are intelligent as though who occupy their time with so-called intelligent pursuits. He gives a few examples then goes on to talk about the differences between intelligence and genius. When talking about tallent he decribed a story that i found really entertaining. A story about a tennis player who would talk out loudly to their opponet about the strengths, then the player would start to focus on how they do that particular move. Focusing on that would affect their game and would cause them to lose the game. I just found this interesting because i know how hard things can be at times once you lose your focus. Near the end of the chapter he goes into description on conformists, anticonformists, and non conformists. I would like to consider myself a non-conformists but most like most of the time i am a conformists.
Reading-and Reading Right... this chapter taught me a lot on the importance of reading. How you can improve your IQ score just by reading a higher level book. A test was done on 2 students that had the same IQ score, one began reading a lower IQ level book while the other read a book at a higher level than their own. Over time the second student's IQ score changed and became a higher number while the other student's lowered due to reading a lower level book. Reading this has encouraged me and given me the urge to start reading again. I have never been one to want to read when i have down time, but i'm hoping and working towards changing that. I have a book shelf of books that friends have given to me or suggested that I buy to read. Also, knowing that my IQ can increase just by a higher level reading material is another incentive.
Reading-and Reading Right... this chapter taught me a lot on the importance of reading. How you can improve your IQ score just by reading a higher level book. A test was done on 2 students that had the same IQ score, one began reading a lower IQ level book while the other read a book at a higher level than their own. Over time the second student's IQ score changed and became a higher number while the other student's lowered due to reading a lower level book. Reading this has encouraged me and given me the urge to start reading again. I have never been one to want to read when i have down time, but i'm hoping and working towards changing that. I have a book shelf of books that friends have given to me or suggested that I buy to read. Also, knowing that my IQ can increase just by a higher level reading material is another incentive.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
my lovely discoveries
Over the past 3 years i have fallen in love with the musician JJ Heller. She along with her husband Dave create a folk sound created with just the guitar and occasional harmonica. As i big fan of hers i follow her on facebook and recently discovered her blog. I have never been one to follow or even have a blog, this is my first. But i love reading her posts, she posts about yummy recipes, her new garden, outfits she sews for her daughter Lucy, and much more. http://thelovelylittlethings.blogspot.com/
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