Analysis: Edge Of The Cloud By Randy West

Technology is a helpful tool that society has become accustomed to using. However, the overuse of technology can lead to disaster. In “The Veldt” and “There Will Come Soft Rains”, Ray Bradbury explores the power that technology holds through the use of futuristic gadgets. Both stories contain smart homes that provide everything for the humans living in the house and show the destruction caused by it. Through these technological advancements, the reader sees how mankind is being defeated by its own creation in mental and physical ways. Bradbury uses the superior technology of the smart home, the replacement of humans for the newest electronics, and the dependence of technology on humans to explain that overindulgence of these modern appliances can have drastic results.

Shaded by trees and peacefully overlooking the Brisbane river, a five-metre bookend in the shape of an elephant stands, on its side, observed by the beady eyes of kuril. A bronze chair complements the life-sized, 3-piece work commissioned to artist Michael Parekowhai by the Queensland Government. The World Turns was designed for the anniversary of the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA), and Parekowhai was one of three shortlisted artists considered for a piece that was to enhance Queensland's national and international profile and become an emblem for the Australian gallery. Chairman of the sculpture commission Selection Committee Tony Ellwood praised the bronze-casted sculpture for its "responsiveness" towards the cultural significance of Kurilpa

The piece I chose to write about is called Anti-Mass by Cornelia Parker who originated from London, created this piece in 2005. She was also raised Catholic which really gives you a sense of this sculpture. It is located at the de Young. What really made me chose this piece is because of how massive it was when I walked up to it. It seemed so intense when I looked at it and at the same time it looked so surreal. Now with this piece, you would need to walk around it at least twice to really feel how it is huge when it comes to the size, its hanging from the ceiling and continues till its only a few inches off the ground. Walking around it is when you really understand the size since its three-dimensional.

Rosie McLay is a mixed media artist living in Bristol, England. Both of these prints are part of a small series using copper plates and etching. She enjoyed using this technique because of how fluidly she could draw on the plate using fine lines. She not only relished the process of burning, rolling, and inking, but also how “every print from the press is a little different to the last.” Along with etching prints she also made some small sculptures. I enjoy the fact that she used other mediums since I also have an interest in mixed media and I think that working in other mediums at the same time can enhance your understanding of the subject.

The first piece was called "Space Wheel Interior” This Space wheel was featured in the movie Elysium. This part of the wheel displays the progression of agriculture overtime. It shows space colony farm workers adjusting the water and nutrients for crops ripening in soil-less rocks. This piece is centered around the vegetation of the wheel with a lake in the background. Imagining a space wheel just excites me. This piece makes you think of what is yet to come in our broad future. He uses a variety of fluorescent colors that really show the aspect of the artwork. Another piece that really stood out to me "Running of the 200th Kentucky Derby.” It takes on a futuristic look to this fast pace event. The art work shows an energetic crowd enjoying the festivities. I like how sticks with the theme by uses horse like robots to run the race. He put a lot of detail in this piece from, having an aerial coverage of the event to what looks like a crew team at the bottom to simply the dirt flying up from the hooves when the horses pass by. The last piece I viewed was “L.A 2013” This modern city piece captures the beauty of the city. He use light colors witch accents the chrome textures throughout the piece. I enjoyed it because the cars actually look like they are

In “The Ceiling,” by Kevin Brockmeier, a man’s marriage slowly collapses at the same time as the sky slowly descends. The ceiling is represented by the sky and also symbolizes the marriage of the main character. Brockmeier combines the man’s everyday marital problems with a completely foreign and New Weird concept such as an apocalyptic ceiling coming down from the sky. Melissa, the man’s wife, became progressively more detached and reserved. “It was clear to [him] at such times that she had taken herself elsewhere, that she had constructed a shelter from the wood and clay and stone of her most intimate thoughts and stepped inside, shutting the door. The only question was whether the person [he] saw tinkering at the window was opening the

For this book analysis, I read the book A Piece of Cake by Cupcake brown. It is a memoir told by Cupcake about her life. She starts the book at age 11, when she was living a normal and pleasant life with her mother in San Diego. She was quite close to her along with her step father (who, at the time, she thought was her biological father), and her uncle. Then out of nowhere, she finds her mother dead in her room and her life is shaken into disaster. The court system had to turn both her and her brother over to her biological father whom she never met, instead of giving her to the man she was raised by. Her father then sent her to a foster home where she was raped and beaten constantly. When she

In the excerpt from Empire of Illusion by Chris Hedges, he argues that “the most essential skill” in political leaders is artifice. This means that a political leader’s connection with their citizens is fake and created purely with propaganda. The issue at hand is that too many political leaders are using artifice and are deceiving all of their citizens and are then able to lead as they want and not as their citizens wish. The most essential skill for a political leader should be a balance of skills and not just one skill; Integrity, being honorable, being a good communicator should all be skills (and more) a politician should have to be a great ruler.

In today’s society men are taught to be strong and exert a constant masculine persona. At an early age men are taught to be strong and not to express their feelings. Andrew Simmons is a high school English teacher, and has seen firsthand the benefits of Facebook for young male individuals. The article “Facebook Has Transformed My Students’ Writing- For the Better” by Simmons has broken the stereotype of Facebook being useless and men not being able to express their emotions appropriately. Simmons in the article discusses how through the use of Facebook young teenage males are learning to better express themselves through their writing. The author Andrew Simmons effectively

One of my favorite pieces of art would be the ukiyo-e print, Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave, from the woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei). This print was created by Katsushika Hokusai who at the time went by the name, Zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu. The interesting elements of this print are the contrast between the wave and the peak of the highest mountain in Japan, Mt. Fuji. With a height of 3776 meters, the mountain appears to be a small mound in this print compared to the huge wave that is towering over the ships within the sense. The most eye catching feature of the print is the claw like crest shape wave that is printed in a dark blue pigment called Prussian

What makes art so interesting to every individual? Perhaps it is due to the fact that an object, color, or theme can represent something to one person while at the same time could mean something completely different to another person. Allow me to describe one of my personal favorite works of art, which would be “Relativity” by M.C. Escher in 1953.

Middle-Eastern and North African clothing culture is distinguished from other cultures by the veil, a clothing that provokes many reactions from authors and debates between the Western and Eastern people.

Having spent one’s entire childhood through war and bombings can inspire many ideas, both positive and negative. From the fear of a nuclear bomb to the proud feeling of witnessing the first American man on the moon, Ray Bradbury took his experiences during World War II and the International Space Race and transformed them into literary pieces, such as “There Will Come Soft Rains”, “The Sound of Thunder”, and “The Pedestrian”. In these short stories, Bradbury includes elements of his own life into the plot, creating a message of caution to the readers through his riveting genre of dystopia. Some topics he stresses include time, technology, and its possible threats to human interaction. Through Bradbury’s unique style, he encapsulates the major issue of the rapid development in society and how it affects people in a social aspect. As new technology and science is innovated, there are many people who debate whether or not it can have harmful side effects to mankind. Among these three short stories, Bradbury uses the stylistic techniques of diction, imagery, and figurative language to convey that as society progresses through time, people lose their sense of humanity.

Artworks are those that use natural tools in an aesthetically pleasing way, to express some deep meanings desired by the artist, for which this art is found. These works can be analyzed by looking at a variety of aspects individually and these elements are often called elements They are very useful for criticizing or understanding any artwork as a whole. The materials used by the artist creating the artwork in the documentary "Mystery Masterpiece", the shape of the work is the shape of which it is, including its size or its volumetric perception, and the artwork has three dimensions; the depth as well as the width and height, the three-dimensional form is the basis of sculpture, yet the two-dimensional artwork can achieve the illusion of the

The notion of the contemporary indigenous identity and the impact of these notions are both explored in texts that have been studied. Ivan Sen’s 2002 film ‘Beneath Clouds’ focuses on the stereotypical behaviours of Indigenous Australians highlighting Lina and Vaughn’s journey. This also signifies the status and place of the Australian identity today. Through the use of visual techniques and stereotypes the ideas that the Indigenous are uneducated, involved in crime and the stereotypical portrayal of white people are all explored. Similarly the notion of urban and rural life is represented in Kennith Slessor’s ‘William Street’ and ‘Country Towns’.