An Artist of the Floating World

Florida and other surrounding states along the coast. It starts off with Kahlen on a cruise ship with her family, to see the world. Along the way the ocean wants her ship. Determined to get the ship she sends out her servants known as sirens. These are young girls that have been saved by the ocean. As Kahlen ship begins to sink she pleads in her mind to live. She wakes up floating on the water with three beautiful girls standing around her. They were sirens, the explained that if she was to join them

way that the ice is angled carries great significance. The way that the ice is presented represents a few things. The first thing it exemplifies is the state of our world. The fact that the ice is being tipped up is still floating above the water shows how this is just the beginning. The crisis of global warming is a threat to the world, yet it hasn’t taken full effect yet. This is only the beginning of the world’s global warming crisis. The way that the ice ends up tipping almost also makes it as

books do. One such game is Bioshock Infinite. Told in the imaginary floating city of Columbia, it's the tale of a man looking for his daughter. With the words, "bring us the girl and wipe away the debt" on the forefront of his mind, he will do whatever it takes to complete this task. Critically acclaimed for its immersive setting

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines architecture as the art or science of designing and creating buildings. Almost all locations around the world have at least one or several buildings that are of historical significance or greatly admired. These buildings not only identify its citizens and government, but the state. Through architecture it’s safe to say that one can measure many things about the culture, lifestyle, creativity, and social structure. In this paper I will be comparing and contrasting

Her eyes are deep water. It is not for Geisha to want. It is not for geisha to feel. Geisha is an artist of the floating world. She dances, she sings. She entertains you, whatever you want. The rest is shadows, the rest is secret.” (Memoirs of a Geisha) Told through the haunting voice of one of the most well known Geisha in Japan, the book Memoirs of a Geisha, which takes place before and after world war II,is a tragic but beautiful tale about Sayuri’s experience as a Geisha and later a mistress.

Chapter 1: The Invention of Writing - From the early Paleolithic to the Neolithic period (35,000 BC to 4,000 BC), early Africans and Europeans left paintings in caves, including the Lascaux caves in Southern France. - Early pictures were made for survival and for utilitarian and ritualistic purposes. - Petroglyphs are carved or scratched signs on rock. - These images became symbols for what would be the first spokenlanguage. - Cuneiform – Wedged shaped writing, created in 3000BC. Started

anterograde and retrograde amnesia. He could not form any memory after 1970 and the memories prior to 1970 was also somewhat lost. Greg was able to retain memories of his favorite bands and songs from 1964-1968, but is unaware that some of his favorite artists had past. Most of his memories were stuck in the 1960s, even the memories of his parents. His best retained were his procedural memories, like playing the guitar. Greg was able to pick up a guitar and unconsciously let the music flow through his fingertips

America. Published in 1925 this book whose start was rough, with poor sales, later became a best selling book, that today portrays the American dream (Sneha Bengani) A book that with the years has changed cover art numerous times. Francis Cugat is the artist of the original book cover, the book cover that best embodies the themes and imagery of The Great Gatsby. The original book cover best exemplifies the Great Gatsby; the hollowness of the higher class, the longing for an ungraspable dream, and the

War Protest Songs War, what is it good for? Some would say absolutely nothing. This is the recurring theme in protest songs from the 1960’s through present day. This essay will show by comparing and contrasting songs from the Viet Nam era with the present day songs protesting war and the senselessness of going to war. The end result invariably is death for both sides. All of the songs, regardless of the setting and time focus on senseless death. The songs of the 60’s contained lyrics which

contrasting surfaces and architectural anomalies may create a kind of perceptual discrepancy upon first glance. The pictures, however, are decidedly un-mediated descriptions of real world phenomena. In this way, the photographs demonstrate an interest in the ready-made and my on-going commitment to making work in and of the world. In the removed sign works, I photographed residual adhesive attached to walls after signs have been removed. Confined by the rectangle of the photographic frame or the sign