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in California. “Brush Fire” and “The Santa Ana” are pieces that touch upon this pertinent topic. Arguing that the toll taken on civilization in California by annual wild fires is the fault of the humans affected is California native Linda Thomas. In contrast, Joan Didion, also a California-born author, portrays wild fires and Santa Ana winds as evil forces that destroy all in their path. Despite these authors’ diverging perspectives, their pieces intersect in regards to the basic rhetorical strategies

the overall intention of breaking up the formal character of the Melbourne city it was located in. It does this with the use of bright yellow dominating colour and the dynamic movement created by the different angles. The people of the city wanted a piece of art that was bold, simple and to be the focal point of where it was located. Vault has weathered much controversy throughout its existence as its form was said to be unsympathetic to the location and the cost of $70,000 was also felt to be

When one thinks of the word furniture, they usually think of this definition: “The action of decorating or embellishing” (“Furniture, N. Def. 1b”). This definition has been in use since the 1500s and has remained popular through today. A less popular and less known definition for furniture is “the condition of being equipped whether in body or mind; equipment in dress or armour; preparedness for action; mental cultivation, culture” (“Furniture, N. Def. 2b”). This definition was used during the antebellum

introduces the Four Burner Theory, he explains that "‘one burner represents your family, one is your friends, the third is your health and the fourth is your work.’ The gist is that in order to be successful you have to cut off one of your burners. And in order to be really successful you have to cut off two.” (pg. 89-90) If I were to be asked which burner I would turn off, I would say none. I don’t like the idea of choosing or shutting off one of the burners. You can be successful in life without

for the process of thinking and creating each piece of work. Art also requires patience. When creating beautiful pieces of art, the artist needs to be able to have patience while working. Art is not just something anyone can do. Art requires much time and patience to be considered good art. The painting Guardians of the Secret by Jackson Pollock is good art. Good art involves taking a lot of time to prepare and actually do the work. To create a piece of art that is good, the artist must take time

A piece of art I really liked at the El Paso Art Museum was Me, Knife, Diamond and Flower created by James Surles in 1999. This piece is three dimensional and made out of pine, poplar and fabricated stainless steel. The first thing I noticed was the big knife so immediately I was drawn to go see what it was all about. I found it be very expressive because it definitely made me feel a little creeped out that there was a knife, leaving me to wonder if this was about a murder, or trying to tell a story

I visited the exhibit "Nature’s Fury: The Science of Natural Disasters," at the American Museum of Natural History and was amazed by the entire adventure. When I entered the section titled “Nature’s Furry” I could feel my inner child stirring inside as I glanced over all the exhibits. The eight-minute presentation of how the earth has been affected by all of these natural disasters felt a little unnerving. I loved how they divided the exhibit into four sections, which were - Earthquakes, Volcanic

Edvard Munch’s painting The Scream is one of the most recognized pieces of art throughout history. He created this masterpiece in the year of 1893 and continued on to create three different versions of the painting (Paulson). The image shows a deathly pale, skull shaped head man clutching his hands over his ears, facing the audience, screaming with his mouth opened wide. There are two silhouettes behind the screaming man on the left hand side of the bridge, while the sky is bloody and the water in

Sociologists can analyze the most important aspects of life such as, love, romance, intimacy, marriage and family. My one piece of media is a song by Beyoncé called “Cater 2 U.” The song is about letting your man know that you appreciate his hard work and showing that it is the women’s job is to temporarily take the stress away. Heterosexual imaginary of appreciation is viewed in the song “Cater 2 U” by the emphasis on feeding the man. The heterosexual imaginary about relationships focus on pleasing

was inspired by Saurer’s surroundings while growing up (Shadow Casting). On piece, in particular, caught my eye. His Shadow Casting sculpture is around 75 pieces of welded steel and charred wood composed into different shapes mounted on a wall. When I first saw this piece, I found it interesting, but as I got closer, sensored lights came on and caused each piece to cast a shadow on the wall behind the sculpture. This piece of art reminded me the incense burner that has been discussed in our book (Stokstad