Sandra Selig

“Merican” a short story written by Sandra Cisneros is appeared most likely to be from a small town in Mexico. The setting is taking place nearby outside of a plaza and inside a small Mexican church. The story starts off with the narrator’s memory of a day when she and her two brothers follow their “awful Grandmother” to a church service. The narrator which is a young girl named Michelle, which was later revealed in the story and her two brothers are caught up in two different cultures – the old world (Mexico), which the awful grandmother followed and respected and the new world (America), which the children naturally favored. The “awful” grandmother always referred as by her granddaughter, Michelle, was a very religious and concerned of the well beings of the family.

Before reading A Perfect Red I never viewed historical events through such vivid color, I always pictured it with greys, blacks and whites. Nor did I realize the importance and desire that the color of red held over the people of Europe. The fact that red dye was so coveted amongst the rulers of Europe to the point where it was valued at almost an equal level as the gold and silver which poured into Spain from the New World is difficult for me to grasp. Red has always simply been another color of the spectrum, and it wasn’t until Greenfield pointed out commonly used phrases in the modern world, and traditions we currently practice which require the color red in order to hold significance, did I realize how important red truly is to even modern

Julie Mehretu’s paintings are loosely termed history paintings by Douglas Fogle and called psychogeographies by the artist herself. A viewer is supposed to find something in themselves much like exploring a city and figuring things out for one’s own self-interest. Mehretu is quoted as saying “my aim is to have a picture that appears one way from a distance-almost like a cosmology, city, or universe from afar- but then when you approach the work, the overall image shatters into numerous other pictures, stories, and events. Historically drawing is seen as inferior to painting which makes it interesting that Julie Mehretu would employ so much drawing into her canvases because drawing is important to architectural drawings. How does the mapping nature of Julie Mehretu’s paintings convey a sense of identity in a very political nature and how is it a representation of the post colonialist world in which we inhabit? Scholars all seem to agree that Mehretu’s canvases are maps, but what do they seek to accomplish? My analysis of Mehretu’s Stadia III will use a biographical and post colonialist methodology to explore the ways in which Mehretu’s own upbringing and how the very nature of her map making, though very artificial, can be seen as a way of both bringing us together and giving those groups that have previously been neglected throughout history a voice.

Growing up near a city filled with museums, I was lucky enough to be exposed to amazing works of art. My visits to the Frick Collection, housed in one of the only remaining Gilded Age mansions in New York, have clearly been my favorite throughout the years. In that special ambiance, I discovered the glowing and extraordinarily clear tranquil paintings of Johannes Vermeer. I was drawn to the three Vermeer masterpieces in the permanent exhibit. The personal qualities of both the mansion and the paintings captured my fascination and I returned frequently. With extraordinary clarity, Vermeer was able to capture objects precisely through light and space. At first I wasn’t sure why his paintings appeared so different from the other works of his time, but I soon realized they were infused with light and

‘And Most Slow Have I Been’ is a current exhibition at Lipscomb University by Karen Seapker. The gallery features a concise body of work; approximately ten to fifteen pieces in size. Many of her paintings depict bold, vibrant colors contrasted against dark muted ones. A recurring technique that Seapker utilizes is creating lines that appear to be executed in one brush stroke. These compositions are often subtly defined by these dynamic brush strokes. Seapker then creates void like spaces by filling the remaining negative space with contrasting colors; in comparison to the brush-stroke in the foreground. Another technique used alongside the strong brush strokes is a simulated gradient effect by applying two or more colors to her canvas and meticulously

Here it is seen that McClung is developing and proceeding in her fight to provide equality among the sexes, by allowing girls to participate in sporting games. She was providing her female students with the privileges they rightfully deserve. Furthermore, she again went against the norms of a woman in the nineteenth century by simply being a teacher. All of which making Nellie McClung an example of a strong, feminist activist for other women of her era to follow She successfully taught at Hazel school for seven years. It was also at Hazel school that Nellie met the woman who would make the largest impact on her life, Annie McClung.

Sandra Cisneros is a Mexican-American writer who was born in 1954. She was the only daughter out of 7 children. Most of her stories are about the woman’s role in a hispanic culture. “Only Daughter”(1990) is her autobiography where she explains what circumstances helped her become a great writer and her family's point of view in her education.

The color red is used prevalently in Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale as a motif to emphasize the dystopia world. It also serves as a symbol to represent several meanings. Many connotations are associated with the color red. Red illustrates positive feelings from love and passion to negative feelings such as anger and hate. Not only that, as Moses (2007) describes, it is a color which represents blood and violence, creates emotional intensity, and to some extent also “evoke erotic feelings” (p.35). Overall it can be concluded that the color red is deeply related with humans and “epitomizes human vitality and most above all, power.” (Roland, 2013). The role of red successfully creates dystopia in The Handmaid’s Tale by incorporating several symbolic meaning including fertility and love—themes related to the core of the story.

When you walk into the room, you are immediately surrounded by mirrors 360 degree. Endless LED light is hanging and blinking in the room. The dazzling light and the reflection makes you feel like you are floating in an infinity galaxy. You will see unlimited reflections of yourself, some are floating, some are parallel, some are upside down etc. It is such a breathtaking experience that is purely beyond words.

The use of geometric shapes in this painting allows the subject to be viewed in both a recognizable and unrecognizable state at the same time. Overall, geometric shapes and patterns play an essential role in what the viewer sees, which is further supported by a powerful color palate.

David Hockney's painting from the series Bigger Trees Near Warter features two roads.One seems straightforward, simple, and full of life, while the other seems more mysterious and unknown. Through his use of color and line, Hockney allows the viewer to think upon and contemplate two different directions. Hockney allows the viewer to question the directions of the roads. Where will each road take me? David Hockney’s painting from the series Bigger Trees Near Warter takes the viewer on a poetic journey.

In the short story, “A Red Dress 1946” by Alice Munro, Color imagery is used for signifying a girls point of view of her world and her own self by using the color red which represents nonconformity. The narrator has only a slight interest in being red, but she really wants to be blue, just like everyone else. Munro writes, “When I was asked a question in class, any simple little question at all…that I had blood on my skirt”.(2) The narrator is just so nervous about being red she is thinking of bad things that can happen with the color red. She is thinking of all the bad times the color red could do a girl badly, just like a girls period could leak at any moment. In “A Red Dress 1946”, a short story by Alice Munro, she uses Color Imagery to show the significance of the narrator’s view of the color red and all the “Evil” about it.

Susan Sontag said photographs sends across the harmlessness and helplessness of the human life steering into their own ruin. Furthermore the bond connecting photography with departure from life tortures the human race. (Sontag 1977:64)

Mass confusion is all the new age and it 's creating a feeding ground for the bottom feeders of hysteria”

My desire has always been to venture into the field of arts and design. In the process of exploring the right life and career path from the unprecedentedly prosperous diversification of art and design, I have realized that since we live in the era of digital technology innovation, the rising demand of “applied arts” (multimedia and industrial design) is far beyond the range of “traditional arts”(drawing, painting, sculpting, etc.) in our society. With this observation, I have made a decision to target one of the most recently emergent and burgeoning design discipline, human-centered interaction design, after making a comprehensive analysis of my