Adam Savage's Video Analysis

With the experience of art-making, people can reflect on the finished art products and art processes which can help increase insight, awareness of self and develop

The more I observe, the more I understand who I am. I come from a small town in a very cold part of the world, where very few exciting events occur. This means, I have to work extra hard to become an artist. I remember having my neighbor say, “You aren’t an artist until I buy a painting from you,” and she did. I never wanted the money, but I did enjoy the satisfaction of knowing that what I create makes others happy. So many people in town encourage me and support me with my dreams, and all I do in return is help them back in return. When people need a little sunshine on gray, winter days, I am there to lend them my happiness. That is why I am able to succeed. When failure strikes his wrath upon me, I learn from the mistakes rather be held back –being optimistic allows me to grow much quicker than if I were to be

As a child, I have always been a visually observatory person. Patterns, textiles, and fashion have always been high interests of mine. My childhood consisted of many Barbie dolls as toys, and it wasn't the Barbie dolls that I wanted to play with, but the clothes that I loved to collect and interchange between the dolls. Creating different outfits for the dolls made me feel as if I was making my own mark in fashion. As I grew older, begging my mother to purchase fashion magazines like Vogue, Elle, and Harpers Bazaar were typical and became expected. While flipping through the pages of fashion magazines, I was enthralled while examining the latest trends from celebrities and models. This is what influenced me to want to work in the fashion industry.

Creativity and art have been a significant parts of my life for as long as I can remember. When I was little and we visited my Grandma Carol in the summers, my favorite thing to do with her was make art. She taught me about so many different media, such as: acrylics, oil pastels, and the ink press. Sometimes, I would bring my sketchbook from home and she would help me set up art shows around her house. I would sell my art for a few dollars each, and then use the little bit of money I earned to buy more art supplies. As she introduced me to more artistic styles and mediums in the

Christopher McCandless and Adam Shepard are two wealthy young men who decided to embark on a project, which ended in two different ways. Although the two men had the same goal and the same background their strategies proved them to be exceedingly different. The challenge itself showed courage and a tremendous amount of self reliance, but looking deeper it also showed work ethics , character and purpose. Both men took on the challenge to start with nothing, however only one of them ended with financial stability and the happiness they were both searching for. Having that being said, Adam Shepherds project served a greater purpose because he was able to economically move up in life, he did not burn bridges, and more importantly he proved his

The pencil liberates my stresses and sorrows. Bare and unimpeded, my mind is able to isolate itself from anything that was happening in my life. At my art table, which is merely an escape from reality, my curiosity is able to wander. Within this room, five blank canvas's look in on me as I become a mold of my imagination. A step inside my world develops into a sea of color and exploration. The vibrancy of the walls resonates throughout. Over the years, my room has served as my oasis. It’s my escape from monotonous and mundane routines. It’s my exploration of another side of me. I observe such works of art almost as much as I create. Taking notice of my classmates’ innovations and inspired by their creativity, my paintbrush begins to alleviate stress. I strive to produce pieces others will appreciate, but often find myself to be the true admirer. My pride, in this world, is driven simply by my own curiosity to express myself. I credit this side of me as the “passion” that supplements my insane drive for success. This passion has sparked critical thinking in me as well as how I see failure. Life is a blank canvas and you can truly draw whatever you want, and if you fail, you start over and don’t make that same mistake again! Hard work takes ideas quite far, but true success is derived from ingenuity and the generation of

O’Brien’s story about getting drafted to serve in the Army at the tender age of twenty-one made me sympathize but that doesn’t mean I particularly like his decision at the end of the chapter. He said it himself, he took a mild stand against the Vietnam War and was going to Harvard soon; he was too smart for it because unlike every other student drafted he had an actual future. When the young student thought about crossing the border into Canada to avoid the draft he chickened out of it, even though he went there and spent weeks building up the courage to do it. To me it seemed like his fear of losing respectability and being ridiculed were greater than his fear for his own life. If I were somehow in this particular situation I wouldn’t have

In the panyee football video, by Matt Devine the boys learned you can’t take everything for granted because the learned that you can’t take everything for granted because the boys lived on a small floating island making space hard to find, because the pitch was shaky and uneven, and lastly because the boys had no help at all. It all starts with one of the boys thinking of creating a football team. They needed a pitch but they do not have the sufficient room. They have to do something about these problems so the team can practice. Overall, I think that the boys had to practice a lot and have a lot of inner confidence in themselves to build a pitch.

In this video Matt Cutts discusses how people can try something that they really always wanted, just for 30 days and, based on the experience of Morgan Spurlock, Matt Cutts proposes removing or adding things in your life for 30 days. He proposes to add things, like biking to work, 10,000 steps a day, take a picture a day or even write a book and also remove things, like TV, sugar, caffeine and twitter, just for 30

A highway patrol officer in Ohio is being hailed as a hero. He saved the life of a truck driver after his semi-truck crashed. The officer's name is John Devers. There is a dash cam video that captured the accident, and the aftermath of it.

One night in 2008, Erin Andrews, an ESPN reporter, stayed in a Nashville Marriott Hotel, and her life has not been the same since. Michael David Barrett, who had been following Andrews for quite some time, called the hotel and booked the room adjacent to hers (which he had also done a few times). He drilled a peep hole in the wall and proceeded to film her undress. These videos were released on the internet and the day has yet to pass in which they cease to haunt Andrews. Barrett was sentenced to a mere 30 months in prison along with a few fines. This conundrum is a perfect example as to why feminism is necessary and very relevant. Although some may say the feminism is in no way a crucial necessity for society today and Andrews deserved it, the truth of the matter is that we need feminism because the shame often falls

Being inspired is an important part of being successful in life. For Kerry James Marshall being inspired by various people has helped him to find his own success in art. According to New art Publications “Kerry James Marshall” by Calvin Reid,1998 Kerry James Marshall states “And I used to watch this television program, John Nagy’s Learn to Draw which was highly influential on my development”. The words that Kerry states shows that he learned and was inspired to do great art because he learned from a great artist and wanted to do great work like the artist did (Marshall, James Kerry. Interview by Calvin Reid Winter. 1998). Although this inspired him, Kerry was inspired from other people too. In junior high school his teacher Mrs. Clark really helped him to become better, as the same interview with Calvin Reid finds Mr. Marshall says “And then there was Mrs. Clark, who was the head of the junior high school art department, she had competitions amongst the kids to see what would get into the showcases”. This really inspired Kerry because he was given a challenge but was shown by Mrs. Clark to do well and create good art to help him become successful early on in life. Kerry James Marshall also has time periods that influence him too.

Ever since I was little my dream was to own a fashion brand. I have always been fascinated by fabrics, designs and outfits. As soon as I left high school I interned at a fashion house for three months and then my fashion dreams skyrocketed into something most times I cannot even fathom. For me, fashion and styling has been something I have always done with so much passion and happiness for the past four years. I have styled so many people for red carpet events and created outfits for them as well. Also writing reviews for online magazines. Styling and constructing my designs into wearable pieces for me, is fun. I see an outfit or a fabric and in my subconscious mind I am already thinking of what to create out of it. This came naturally for

Sam Smith music video Smith would be considered as the narrator of this narration because at the beginning of the video it creates a succinct story before the musical part of the video begins and throughout the video there are clips of Smith singing that they cut through to jump back to the narration of the story. There are three main characters in this video Sam Smith, Glee’s star Dianna Agron and Chris Messina from The Mindy Project’s, Agron and Messina is the married couple in this story and Smith looks like he is singing in the same bar Messina goes to, to meet his lover this creates a dramatic irony because it relates to the specific points of the music video. On the other hand he looks like he is performing at the bar because of the red

This was his time to shine and let the people know his voice and overcome. With this being said I also have had at least a similar experience to the character. I was basically more of a savage back in my freshmen year of highschool. Although I was not a dropout like him I always got in trouble in school and outside in public because I didn´t care. I would ditch, steal,drugs, hangout with other lil savages like me and this is just recipe for disaster and had my run ins with the law. Ended up doing 6 months probation with 60 hour community service. But drawing was always another side of me my peers did not really know about and I enjoy really well. Its like you are working but it doesn’t feel like it because of all the joy you get out of it. A hobby that I do not get bored of just creating spectacular ideas from my mind.This helped me because it made me question more about my life and what adventures this subject can bring out of me. Instead of all the bad influence I was seeing and causing earlier. It was like basically still continue the old life I was living or embrace a new journey with creating art. I have found this to be very satisfying, like a form of addiction but in a good way. This helped me because it made me question more about my life and what adventures this subject can bring out of me. Instead of all the bad influence I was seeing and causing earlier. It was like basically still continue the old life I was living or embrace a new