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David Brooks is a conservative political Op Ed writer who writes for the New York Times. His first experience as a writer was after his graduation, when he received a job as a writer for the City News Bureau of Chicago where he developed his conservative ideology and began utilizing writing to evangelize his values as a conservative writer. He has had many other jobs after that, all of which have strengthened his ability as a writer and brought him closer to his job at the New York Times. He artfully crafts intense and persuasive arguments through his use of Pathos through his historical evidence and quotes while establishing complex tone through diction. He trapps readers with well crafted hooks and releases them into the world with a different

James Sturnfield is an American artist from the Chicago land area that works in multiple forms of art, but focuses his attention to Pop Surrealistic paintings. Born 1996 in Bellwood, Illinois James lived his early childhood with a hearing disability that after eleven different surgeries was fixed. Unable to form words or sentences he wasn’t able to learn any English in till he was four years of age. Growing up in a family of seven James is the youngest of five children. James’s family moved to Hoffman Estates by 2003 in search of improved jobs and a appropriate education for their children. James just as other young minds was never grateful for his schooling he found it dreadful and he didn’t enjoy his time there what he did enjoy was doodling

Stone City by Grant Wood was created in 1930 by using oil on wood panel. This painting illustrates a lot of visual elements and principles of design which are important components of an artist’s work. Visual elements and principles of design help draw the viewer’s eyes to certain aspects of the painting and they tell the story of what the artist is trying to convey. This analysis will highlight the visual elements and principles of design that are present in Grant Wood’s Stone City.

Maury Wiseman is a history professor at Cal State Sacramento. A student named Chiitaanibah Johnson, who is of Native American descent. During a lecture one day, Prof. Wiseman stated that he did not like to use the term genocide to describe Native Americans. He stated that the term genocide is not an accurate term to describe what happened to Native Americans.

Space and colors dominates this piece of art. The artist used a three dimensional space where the road angle created a 3-D look. The road is going narrow as it goes towards the back part and the artist make it look like more realistic by making the trees smaller as well. White and blue color dominates the drawing. Blue symbolizes so many things

In the short story “The “Other Side” Is Not Dumb” Sean Blanda. The author talks about opening up our minds to see a different point of view. Blanda feels that people intellectual lazy because they don’t open their minds up to be able to see a different point of view. That people tend to just be closed minded and only see their point, even when the other side has true facts about the topic being discussed. The ton is Blanda writing seems very irritated and angry.

Andrew Abramson reminds us that patriotism is an emotional attachment to a nation which an individual recognizes as their homeland. Abramson acknowledges that a group of NFL players had kneeled in front of the flag. Four Miami Dolphin players kneeled in front of the flag and Abramson agrees that it’s easy to say that the players shouldn’t of kneeled in front of the flag at the 9-11 anniversary. Abramson suggests that there's a disconnect and it's going to take a conversation on both sides before we can actually make change.

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In this podcast, Jonathan Morrow exhorts Christians to engage culture with Paul as a role model. When Paul evangelized in Athens (Acts 17), he encountered a culture foreign to Christianity. We are in a similar situation today: postmodernism, the internet, the sexual revolution, and relativism have crept-in. We live in a post-Christian world where the Bible is not considered authoritative, however, we are still called to be Salt. Morrow explains that excessive salt turns food unpalatable and too little makes it bland. We require the correct amount of salt and to “adapt it” to individuals. He highlights that “faith” and “reason” are not opposites, as it is widely believed. Finally, he calls Christians to be bold ambassadors, to be ready to provide a reason (1 Peter 3:15) for their hope, and, at the same time, to permit God do His graceful works in the unbeliever.

Clive Thompson’s “Smarter Than You Think” reflects upon the idea that technology is her to help us more than we think, rather than the popular belief that technology is ruining the way we think. Thompson believes that the pair between human and technology is making us smarter. Along with that, our minds are slowly adapting to the use of technology, advancing our thinking. Lastly, the relationship between technology and human, has brought humanity closer than ever with the ability to communicate with anyone, anywhere, at any time. Clive Thomason believes the stronger the bond between humans and technology, the smarter we can become; I also alongside with Thompson believe this is true, and if so us as humans need to embrace the use of

Lance Phillips holds degrees from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and the University of Iowa's Writers' Workshop. This is his second year teaching high school at CSD. Previously, he taught at UNC-Charlotte, CPCC, and the University of Iowa. He has worked, at various times, as a freelance writer, chef and baker. Phillips has published four books of poetry and is actively involved in the poetry community on a national scale.

Lee Beaton created Colours of the City using acrylic on canvas. The painting is currently on exhibit at Cre8ery Gallery located in Winnipeg’s Exchange District. Beaton focuses on creating architectural themed paintings or energized abstracts. This particular painting has a large size of 48” x 36” which can only be entirely viewed when standing several feet back. Beaton does not have a specific audience she is aiming towards when creating her paintings. She wants to share with the viewers how “we are all beautiful” and also wants to show “that it is what is inside that makes us beautiful”. In Colours of the City, Beaton uses form, content, and style to capture the ideas and design of the city that gives this art piece an interesting well worth seeing aspect.

Throughout Condo’s artworks, he manages to honor well-known artists such as Velasquez, Picasso, and other Abstract Expressionists. From the Rush Hour painting, the viewer is presented with several different commuters being confined together in a tight space. One particular individual stands out the most, which happens to be “Rodrigo” who appears to have a wicked smirk on his face as he is wearing a bow-tie. These discombobulated commuters are all over the place which can reflect an everyday hectic life on the train or any public transportation. Condo manages to create these abstract shapes as it depicts chaos and people’s different emotions. New Yorkers are the best to exemplify “rush hour” and how they appear to be cluttered in a fast paced environment. As we wake up each day, we are unable to predict the outcomes of our daily commute. One may have a different rush hour experience on the train compared to being stuck in traffic. From the different shapes being represented, the viewer can see how each are combined as they each give off different facial expressions. This correlates well to

Elaborating on this week’s readings, Bombing Modernism: Graffiti and its Relationships to the (built) Environment, it is understood that the relationship between the built environment and graffiti has been a part of urban planning in development of the design of urban cities. Graffiti artist and art in general has long been factors for contributing to the gentrification of city neighborhoods and the displacement of lower income residents. Gentrification is the process of improving or renovating deteriorated urban areas so that they confirm to the middle class. With the increase of development in central cities around the globe, the interaction of art within neighborhoods has become a big topic in this process. It seems as though the developers are following the artist; case in point Miami’s Wynwood community, over a short period of time Wynwood has transformed from the city’s oldest Puerto Rican community to an art haven, with many new art galleries, studios, clubs and restaurants.

In due time, when we were comfortable with the analyzation process, we started our first analytical essay. Straightaway, I had my doubts. We would write about a particular pamphlet that we read, and depending on how well we do on the analytical part, is how well of a score we would get. Thus being my first year in a semi difficult class, Zollman took it easy on the class. We learned straight away the cautions of certain words, as in, I, you, me, us, we, any first person pronouns. This would soon shape my entire writing life.