A Dream By Hito Steyerl

What really defines a dreamer? Is it the children who have unrealistic dreams of playing in the big leagues or is it someone who has a plan and will go out of his or her way to achieve it? Both of these options can be true. Dreamers are special in this world because they have hope for something they believe in. Nothing is more fascinating than seeing an individual who never gave up and worked extremely hard to reach their goal. Having read only three sections so far, I have explored the individual’s purpose and passion for the work they pursue. The “Dreamers” section has made me analyze what I have and want with my future career. Overall, the elements of the book defining dreamers explains the meaning of a risk taker, the hard work and dedication involved, and the passion it takes to reach your goals.

In the poem “Still Memory” by Mary Karr, the speaker, through a dream like memory, re-experiences a snapshot in time that held particular significance in her childhood. Karr focuses on the seemingly inconsequential details that made mornings in her childhood home memorable for her. She describes the morning scene with the use of sensory, imagery and onomatopoeia to make the dream particularly zoetic. Although the dream is seen from this childlike aspect, Karr highlights how dreamlike this memory is and how memories are fluid and can be easily moulded and altered by the mind-they are not “still” as the title proposes. The writer also keeps the poem very dreamlike in order to remind the reader that the memory, although it can be recollected and valued, it is never going to be repeated and that the speaker is aware that things can never be this way again. Furthermore, the relation of the poem to dreams brings in messages how of heavily a person can become mesmerized by their memories.

The American Dream is a concept that has been of a part of people’s lives and ideals for many decades. We all want the opportunity to become a success, to prosper and to live life to the fullest. In Derrick Harrell’s Cotton, even though he shares the wonder of the American Dream, he realizes that he cannot escaped his family and his upbringing. He will become like his parents and grandparents to an extent. The question is can one have the American Dream and individuality or are we all just a copy of generations before.

A typical novel contains many pages of rich content that can only last a reader a few days for it to be read entirely. A flower can only grow so high until its delicate petals fall off as it wilts. A dream or nightmare can only last until the person wakes up. All of these palpable and intangible objects have something in common: impermanence. They aren’t everlasting and tend to face death or some form of an ending. In Eamon Grennan’s poem “One Morning”, the speaker describes several observations of the surroundings in nature, noting the various aspects pertaining to life and death. Through a carefully constructed poetic structure with subtle remarks on the existence of a limited life, Grennan highlights the notion that no matter how much one tries to preserve something, everything – objects and life – will ultimately reach an end.

Don’t be greedy give to the needy. People all around the have said or thought of this once and with the years to come humanity could use some lessons on need before greed.

The Indigenous Australian imagination perceives the way of the world and all that exists as not the result of a singular force or mind, but, rather, the result of powerful totemic ancestral beings who once roamed the land. This ontological tradition, known as “The Dreaming”, serves as an infinite link between past and present, people and place, and both the natural and spiritual world. “The Dreaming,” then, asserts that all of humanity and nature in its entirety is alive and connected. In his ethnographic account titled, Pintupi Country, Pintupi Self, Fred Myers examines the importance of The Dreaming to Pintupi society and its centrality in the constitution of their lived world. Descriptions of what happened in The Dreaming underlie Pintupi social relationships and constructions of “country.” It is through this mythological construct that the Pintupi Aboriginal people mediate their relationships with the land and negotiate aspects of personhood and identity.

Those who dream big are known as idealists . Many people may not know it ,but our entire industry was built upon their ideas. Fanizizing is a better choice to live your life because you gain the ambition to help the world function at a higher precision.

In The Road, Cormac McCarthy depicts the boy as a “Christ-like” figure that gives hope for humanity’s survival. McCarthy uses several references to the bible and how it relates to the boys “Christ-like” features or character. The bo+

Into the Wild details the events that lead to the death of the pretentious Chris McCandless. An overconfident vagabond, McCandless causes his own death. Krakauer does his best to turn McCandless into a sympathetic, relatable figure, by appealing to the reader’s logic and emotion, but ultimately fails.

Many of the poems within “Montage of a Dream Deferred” by Langston Hughes contain great meaning as well as emotion embedded within them. Whether they are 3 lines or 20 lines long, vivid images and explanations follow. The main focus of the series of poems are centralized on African Americans living in Harlem in the 20’s and on and their opposition from the rest. The motif in nearly all poems express discrimination, daily activities, and African American’s struggle for equality. Out of all poems, certain ones such as “Theme for English B”, “Ballad of the Landlord”, and “Harlem #2” stood out. These short poems have a similar correlation carrying the same meaning and or idea.

Milton gives an expanded story of the Devil and his purpose and how he came about. The most intriguing part of this story is when he tempts humans into eating from the tree of knowledge. This part is important because of the impact that; this one event has had on our lives whether you believe in it or not. In the bible this event is what ultimately lays out gender roles and the responsibilities of men and women to one another. For the sin that Eve has committed and also “influenced” Adam to do: in Genesis 3 verse 16, God says to Eve, “Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you”. The blame falls on Eve she receives the greater punishment. For the rest of history, her gender, has been sentenced by God to serve men. However,

In 1930 the American dream was created, and it was created by James Truslow Adams. The presentation that Alora and I are doing is a TED talk. The main idea that we are trying to get across is how the American dream is no longer possible for lower class. The groups that involved has our president Donald Trump in it, because he is trying to raise taxes and raising insurance, another group is education because it is easier for students to drop out of school because of the pressure, another thing is the income because it is getting harder to get a job for people that drop out of high school or anybody without a high school diploma and without a GED and they are also lowering the hours of much you can work and if they do that then that is less money,

Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson portrays 2011 London through the eyes of Christine Lucas. Christine Lucas, a forty year old woman, suffers from anterograde amnesia which is the loss of the ability to create new memories after the incident which caused the initial amnesia. She wakes up every morning with no recollection of any memory. After her supposed husband leaves for work, she gets a call from Dr. Nash who informs her to find a book. This book is revealed to be Christine’s journal. She writes in this journal every night before she goes to sleep. Writing in the journal proves to be crucial in order for Christine to regain her memory. Christine’s habit of writing in her journal has a substantial impact on the novel because she uses the

Pierre Huyghe is a French artist who grew up in Paris, France. Much of his work surrounds installations, and public events which extends his work into digital and live work. His work that stood out to me the most was his filming of staged scenarios. A lot of this work focuses on one or more subjects, but the setting is quite large. This gives a lot of the work a lonely and sad feeling. His work highlights the idea that we all are very small compared to the world around us. A production still which grabbed my attention was This is Not a Time for Dreaming, from 2004. In this still we see a larger puppet which is being controlled by strings while holding his own set of strings. As you look down you see that the larger puppet is actually controlling

Our mental health is just as essential as our physical health. When our body is damaged, we seek treatment and more often than not the road to recovery is straightforward. When our brain becomes damaged however, the answer to treatment is not always clear and what may work for one person isn’t guaranteed to work for the next. Advancements in scientific research have forged a new path for possible methods of treatment, though we are still left not fully understanding why our brains react the way they do. Free the Mind by Phie Ambo follows Dr. Richard Davidson, Emma Seppald and a handful of their research patients, as well as a young boy named Will. In the film, Davidson expresses that he believes meditation could play a key role in improving the mental health in both veterans suffering from PTSD and children facing disorders like ADHD. Phie Ambo’s film Free the Mind (2012) persuades the viewer to choose meditation for the improvement of mental health by providing emotional triggers and scientific research.