Personal Narrative: Art Immitates Life

In addition to an enthusiastic attitude I would bring to the position strong communication skills, and the ability to encourage others to work cooperatively within the department. My Graphic Arts training and experience will help me work with staff artists, and provide me with a understanding of the visual aspects of you

On my twenty-forth birthday, the seventh of May, my mother, the eminent, Whitney West Scooter, almost had a major myocardial infarction. After, I told her that her aspiring Michelangelo had withdrawn, that very day, from her alma mater the illustrious J. C. West Academy of Fine Arts. The only reason I attend the Academy, in the first place was to appease my mother, who believed every artist should hold an art degree. I spend the entire day with my mother and throughout breakfast, lunch, and dinner, I tried to penetrate her armor of resistance so she might understand my reason for leaving the Academy at the conclusion of my junior year. As I spoke, her facial expression took on the characteristics of a rabid dog about to pounce. And I swear

The day had finally came, it was July 21st, 2020. I had been waiting for this day for what seemed like forever! I was beyond excited that of all artists, I was chosen to escort the Interplanetary Ambassador around our world and culture. Once I greeted him at the New York Space Port, I decided to take him to our very own Metropolitan Museum of Art located here in NYC. The ride from the space port to the Museum was a little over two hours and felt like forever. On the way there the Ambassador asked many questions about our clothes, food, money, and many of our everyday things that are around us. Then, out of nowhere he asked me a question that changed my life as an artist completely. He said, “In my planet we have clothes and money and everything that you humans have, but we do not have art. Can you please explain to me what this art thing is?”

For as long as I can remember I have always had the drive and passion to create works of art in many ways, shapes and forms. My creativity and integrity that I share with art is on many levels ranging from 3D work, video game design, physical pieces of artwork as well as digital. I believe that there are very few schools that would not only help challenge my abilities but be able to utilize them in many ways I would've never imagined.

Rhythm and blues, known as R&B has been an influential aspect of the musical movement. “The content of the messages in R&B lyrics is deconstructed to enable a fuller appreciation of how creativity and imagery associated with the lyrics facilitated listeners’ personal and collective political awareness and engagement” (Stewart 196). R&B music began in the 1960s and is still common

There are many types of music, known as geners, that people prefer to listen. Many people may like country while the other person like Jazz. Me on the other hand, like several types of music genres. The music i find most appealing is the soul in R&B, the notes and keys artsist hit in gospel, the beat and rhythm in instrumentals, and the flow and lyrics in rap music.

My second artist was, Yayoi Kusama. In her images, she uses a lot of color and covers everything with black or white dots. To create my image, I used black acrylic paint to create the penguin and then covered it with white dots. Because this project has to be black and white, I was not able to make it bright and colorful like Yayoi Kusama would have.

As I have said before the differences that were created between late 20th century R&B and 21st century R&B are great in number. The first differentiation you’ll see between the two eras is the change in the voice of the music.

Drat! The trainee in our spacecraft beamed me to the wrong destination, his trainer was supposed to be guiding him but I guess he had more important things to do. Somehow he beamed me to a place called the St. Louis Art Museum, instead of to the planet Zorf where I was supposed to set up a trade station.. I’ll be sure that young Flee gets more training. I guess while i’m waiting I can look around and see if we had made our mark on this civilization.

I stood in a gymnasium with over 700 other art pieces on display. I can still feel my stomach drop in amazement when seeing my drawing hung up in a glass case with a huge best ­in ­show ribbon dangling from the side. It was the annual conference art competition, and my third year of participating. Additionally, it was an extremely proud moment for me knowing my hours of work and long nights without sleep had payed off. Taking first out of the whole competition marked a gratifying moment in my life. Reflecting over the past few years, I understood why making art is such a big part of me.

In the twenty-first century, we have an abundant variety of music genres, old and new. Music has a versatile role in modern society. Music serves just as many purposes as it possesses in genres. For listeners, music is not simply an escape or form of entertainment; it is a source of inspiration and self-expression. Sometimes, this can be problematic and lead to false identities and music miscegenation. The music industry has had a powerful influence on what listeners consume. In this process, traditional black music genres have crossed over to the mainstream. This has been problematic in that it gives listeners the sense that the music industry is fully integrated. In reality, the white dominated music industry and labels are still using

The 1980’s consisted of several historical events and societal changes that have been relived though the lyrics of many young hip-hop artists. Of the numerous genres of songs, hip-hop has been labeled as of the most relatable genres. During this 1980’s, many of the songs that were written by male hip-hop artist tend to focus on the relationship aspect of male and female interactions. This finding is similar to what was stated in Frith’s article (1986) that most successful pop songs were about being “happy in love” and “frustrated in love” as well as having a sex interest (p. 78). Instead of using derogatory terms to describe women, men felt the need to use more delicate and gentle terms. Through their music, artists portrayed women as individuals who provide love, support, happiness and fulfillment to a man’s life. Furthermore, male artists portrayed themselves as men who weren’t afraid to express their emotions, admit their dependency on women, and their willingness to do what it takes to keep a woman. There were no signs of hypermasculinity or dominance in the first few songs

At the time of the editorial the audience Variety was attempting to appeal to was the white conservative reader. This group would be highly susceptible to concur with the article as it was presumably attacking R&B (music made by people of color for people of color)- a style of music in which was not made for them, which frightened them.

In our current technological era, the beauty of art and literature has been forgotten despite its heavy importance in the past. For my Rhetoric-In-Practice project, I wanted to create a product that corresponds with the message of Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven. I created a website that highlights the message of the novel that art has a strong influence in finding a person’s identity. This website is intended to be accessed by a technological literate audience of all ages since this type of audience tends to be the ones who prefer technology over art and literature. The purpose of this website is to introduce Station Eleven, and make my audience realize that the use of art to reflect and express themselves is important for their physical and emotional health. The use of Station Eleven with this project was crucial due to the fact that the novel contains characters, which I used on the website, that are relatable to many types of audiences.

I am trapped inside this art museum, or as I like to say this art prison. I am different than other paintings in here, I feel out of place. I do not belong here, compared to all of the other paintings I belong outside of this prison. I am a leopard, I want to be outside where I belong. I should be able to run free and wild. Being trapped inside this art museum I feel like I am stuck inside a cage at the zoo. No leopard, like myself, should be stuck in here. I should be outside of this museum with running with my pack, hunting gazelle. I am a beautiful leopard, that cannot be tamed, I should be outside.