Art Class: Journal Analysis

As the semester comes to a close, it is always interesting to look back and reflect on the events and opportunities my English class has given me throughout my first semester as a whole. At the beginning of this semester it was evident that I was feeling uncomfortable due to the adjustment that I was going through as a student moving to college. It was very difficult expressing myself through my writing since I was nervous about good impressions and my good grade. While this class was one of the most difficult courses that I have taken this far, it has become quite evident to me that I have grown a substantial amount as a writer and as a person; Especially, when it came to explaining my ideas, writing academic essays, and making arguments.

I can’t believe my first college semester is almost over. Key word is “almost” because the weeks following thanksgiving break will be critical for me. Even though it’s almost over, I must finish strong. I wouldn’t want all my hard work to go to waste. All the A’s that I earned so far must remain A’s for me in order for me to be happy with my academic performance. These next 3 weeks are going to be hectic, but also relaxing.

Over the years, I have flirted with visual art. It started with pencil drawing, continued as an affair with marker illustration, then a dalliance with lettering, and I now have a relationship with photography. However, my favorite art will never be displayed in museums or galleries. It is not static and immutable. Rather, my chosen medium is fluid, living, volatile. No matter how well rehearsed, it will never be the same again. That’s the beauty of performance art.

It is significant that pastoral caregivers find that balance between caring for self and the caring for those they have dedicated their lives to giving care. This was a very enlightening week in reading the narratives of Robert C. Dykstra, “Images of Pastoral Care.” There was one in particular, “the intimate stranger”. He spoke about his own personal stresses and challenges and disillusionment which confronted him as a pastoral caregiver. It is not he did not love his vocation as a hospital chaplain, he sensed it was beginning to take a toll on him. Dykstra, was very open and honest in regards to what occurred in his life. Pastoral caregivers have dedicated their lives to being there in crisis situations for others. It is the assumption pastoral caregivers will always have the answers to everyone else’s hurts and hopes.

Kehinde Wiley is a New York based artist whose paintings focus on the themes of empowering black men and combining classical and contemporary styles.

The shift from Realism to Impressionism in the 19th century represented not only a change in form, but it also represented a shift in ideology. As one of our module videos notes, rather than focusing on accuracy and clarity, Impressionism emphasized “what the mind and the eye sees” and the “impression of light and color.” We will briefly discuss how the differences in the approaches of the Realists and the Impressionists had interesting implications for arts and how these ideologies can be applied to the ways in which believers and unbelievers interpret art.

This year has been a long one. With all the trials that Mr. McGee has thrown at me, I’m surprised that I have made it this far. I will reflect on the work that have completed, and self evaluate myself on what I did well and what I could have done better. Throughout the year, my strengths have been not failing the class, my weaknesses have been the essays, and the work that I could have improved on was studying.

The United States consumes more than 25% of the world’s petroleum products which is a large percentage, considering only 3% of the world’s oil reserves are produced by the United States. Given the demand for petroleum products such as gasoline, understanding why Crude oil prices have skyrocketed in recent years, is not hard. According to the article “Ending America’s Oil Addiction,” the surge in crude oil prices can be reduced in large part to the simple concepts of supply and demand. (Cooper, 2008)

This semester was my very first semester as a college student. Being the first, it was probably the semester I would learn the most in. I learned the expectations for writing that I will have to live up to for the next four years of my college career. Though my high school teachers were usually demanding because I was in the Honors English section throughout high school, writing in college has still ?raised the bar? for me. Also, in high school, we would have weeks to pick a topic, create a thesis, outline the paper, write the paper, and then revise the paper. In college, the time restraints are not quite as lenient. I?ve had to learn to manage my time and be more productive with what free moments I

I am proud of all the effort you have made during these weeks, you have been working very hard to make your grades up and have your assignments completed in a prompt manner. It has been overwhelming and I understand that sometimes you could get confused about your deadlines. I encourge you to think that there are just 9 days to the end of this term. You are almost there, please keep working.

I will begin by saying that I will write again about the challenges I face in my studies as I do in every letter. Challenges that are becoming more and more difficult. Since the beginning of the last semester the lectures keep on saying that it's going to be an especially difficult semester due to the very difficult exams. I was able to pass the exams to my great joy 

This week for my weekly writing assignment, I will be writing on my feelings of high school, what I am hoping for, what I am looking forward to, and what I fear. In high school, what I am hoping for is both a learning experience, as well as physical and emotional growth over the course of four years. I would not only like to grow as a student, but as a person. I would like to increase my knowledge in the field of mathematics, because I am very interested in this field. One of my goals for this year is to be able to take courses at the University Of Chicago starting junior year. This will take a lot of hard work, but I believe that I can accomplish this. What I am looking forward to the most in high school are the classes, the variety, and

The first artwork I chose didn’t have a title with it but it was drawn by Douglas A. Beckett. I went to the Activity Center of San Marcos with Geoff Bretches and Alice Horn (My mom). The painting is a portrait with multiple types of rock looking shapes. You can’t really tell what the time of day was but it looks like it was outside on a mountain or cliff. It is a vertical realistic piece. The artwork was made in the contemporary period because it was drawn just last year. There is just a cluster of a bunch of big rocks surrounding pebbles. The artist must not be that famous currently because I couldn’t find any information on him.

If you have some free time and have always wanted to visit an art gallery, a start is the Art Sacré exposition. Just do not expect high quality art. Running from October twenty-third to December eight-teenth at Les Salles de Gesù, the exposition features four artists depicting spirituality and inner self.

The idea of this piece is to show the connection between mother and daughter being painted. It shows the time and the classic style of the