Final Mashup-Time

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2. To me, once we are born, we are given a very large amount of time. As children we never have many if any responsibilities and we pretty much follow wherever our parents go. We are carefree and enjoying life. We have 'playdates' with friends and go to minimal school. We are surrounded by family who make time for us, we don't need to worry about making time for them. Let's just say, we had to world made for us.

3. "Four days will quickly steep themselves in nights;
Four nights will quickly dream away the time;
And then the moon, like to a silver bow
New bent in heaven, shall behold the night
Of our solemnities."

4. "Time is the clarity for seeing right and wrong."

6. "I am afraid it is much too long to take your precious time."

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8. From birth to adulthood, our whole sense of time is askew. When we are first born, we automatically get time. We never have any specific places to go that count on us. But with the more school we go to, and the more responsibilities that are placed onto us, we lose time. In fact, we have LESS time than when we were children. Work and school become consumers of our time and we are no longer able to get any of that time back. The older we get, in some way, the less freedom we have.

9. We have less and less time to do what we want to do. 

10. "Each person who gets stuck in time, gets stuck alone."

11. "But earthlier happy is the rose distill'd
Than that, which, withering on the virgin thorn,
Grows, lives, and dies, in single blessedness." 

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13. "One day you will hear the sound of time rustling as it slips through your fingers like sand."

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Bibliography

1. Google Images, ‘too much time’

2. Personal Paragraph

3. Hippolyta, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare

4. Einstein’s Dreams

6. Letters from Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King, Jr.

7. Google Images, ‘time is running out’

8. Personal Paragraph

9. Personal Paragraph

10. Einstein’s Dreams

11. Theseus, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare

12. “Time is Running Out” by Muse

13. Sergei Lukyanenko, Night Watch

14. Google Images, riandesign.eu

Curation Progress!

After earlier this week when the website, Pearltrees.com was introduced, I decided to change my site to this one. It had a funkier feel and look to it which got me to like it right away. I searched around for the best styles and templates to use on this site and so I began to curate. I did transfer a lot of what I had on my other site to the Pearltrees one now. This week I finished 'My Story' part of the site. Just explaining and organizing my thoughts and ideas of exactly why I was doing a curation on tattoos. I'm still evaluating all of the possible pictures and articles I can put onto my site that will help explain and narrate my story into all of these peoples stories.

Curation #2

     So since the last post, I have not added too much new things onto my curation site. But I have been continuing to search for new pictures and new elements to place onto my site. Again, what is difficult about this project is to evaluate the bad elements from the good. I think my next three steps will go like this;
1. I will gather as much useful information as I can, 2. Organize and evaluate all of the elements I have picked up and see exactly what is important and what will help me narrate my story on this site, and 3. With all of the information and the elements that I have and will get, I need to figure out and organize the BEST design for my site that portrays all of my information in the most clear and easy-to-understand manner. 

Curation Blog 7

Well since we didn't really get started on this project until Monday of this week, I'm not really far and I don't really have much on my site. What I'm trying to accomplish with my site, is showing that no matter how abstract or how off-beat someones' tattoo looks, it does tell a unique story. Tattoos of all shapes, designs, sizes, colors, and words mean something no matter what it is. No matter how little the story actually is, it's a story to that single person. Tattoos absolutely amaze me because of all the details the clients AND the artists put into them.

A cool thing I'm going to add onto my site will be two videos. Each with an interview of each of my parents talking about their tattoos and the meanings that they wanted to get from the art. My mom has about 4 or 5 with only one of them being not so meaningful. :) While my dad has between 8-10 and each and everyone pretty much has a story or meaning behind it. For my mom, each of her tattoos, in order, tell a chronological story about her last 10 years or so in life. I am really looking forward to doing these interviews and be able to share their stories with many others. So as I'm including their interview onto my site, I'll be evaluating what the strongest or most important pieces of their narration.

An issue I'm finding to be present all the time with making this site is searching for strong, incredible links and pictures that show the depth in tattoos that I really am trying to show on my site. I know that there will always be those people who think tattoos are ridiculous and not meaningful as well as people who do think they're meaningful but I want to find those who absolutely think tattoos are so unbelievably deep and powerful and can portray that in a picture or in text. I need to organize everything I find from most important to not that important so that I only use the very best stuff for my site design. 
What my top three steps or goals are, are making a powerful section explaining how important tattoos are to some people, showing with videos and/or photos that help that, and getting feedback from family and friends on what I could do more.

Metacognition: mashup

For my mashup I was originally going to do solitude until I realized that Letters to a Young Poet seemed to be more romantic so I then chose love. The Notebook is my all time favorite chick flick so of course I needed to have a picture from that movie. From then on, I liked pointing out the fact that love doesn't always mean between two people. It can be between anything like person-book, animal-nature. And discovering that was really quite fun because I always knew it in the back of my mind but I never really put it out there to see it and believe it. It was hard to not get plenty of love quotes that were gushy and mushy which is too boring for me. I liked searching for new unique ones instead.

Mashup-Love: Letters to a Young Poet

LOVE:

2. "Love is an incredibly powerful word. When you're in love, you always want to be together, and when you're not, you're thinking about being together because you need that person and without them your life is incomplete." 



3. "It is also good to love: because love is difficult. For one human being to love another human being: that is perhaps the most difficult task that has been entrusted to us, the ultimate task, the final test and proof, the work for which all other work is merely preparation." 


4. "...they must learn to love."


5. Young lovers think they really know what love is. We all want it and feel that we all deserve it. But what about those cruel and unforgiving people? Do they deserve it? Or is it because they didn't receive it when they were young and they are who they are now because of that?

6. “We’re all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness—and call it love—true love.”

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8. "It feels good to be in your arms, to feel the warmness of your touch...it feels good to have someone like you..." 


9.Sometimes I feel like everyone wants to discover something new within themselves and they want it so bad that they subconsciously fabricate it into a story they can share. We need to learn the patience and calm of waiting it out to see what it may become.


10. "Wisest is she who knows she does not know."


11. "Only love can touch and hold them and be fair to them. -Always trust yourself and your own feeling, as opposed to augmentations, discussions, or introductions of that sort..."


12. Emotion has so many values to it whether negative or positive. These emotions and feelings can be channeled to do great and better things, while for some it destroys them completely. But it seems that the most important of all is, LOVE. Without it, people grow up to be a mess and people with it, become great. 

13. "Live for a while in these books, learn from them what you feel is worth learning, but most of all love them. This love will be returned to you thousands upon thousands of times, whatever your life may become-it will, I am sure, go through the whole fabric of your becoming, as one of the most important threads among all the threads of your experiences, disappointments, and joys." 



14. The way we see ourselves and the way we see each other reflects on what we are as a human being and who we are individually. 

15. "...but believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this love there is a strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as far as you wish without having to step outside." 


16. Love, whether for a book or another person, your pet or your tangibles, there are all sorts of love and ways people explain it. 

Works Cited

1. Google Search. Love
2. Urban Dictionary-Love
3. Rilke , Rainer Maria, and Franz Xaver Kappus. Letters to a Young Poet. New York: Norton, 1954. Print. (68).
4. Letters to a Young Poet (69).
5. Personal Reflection
6. Robert Fulghum, True Love
7. Youtube Video-Stand By Me, 
8. Short Love Poems familyfriendpoems.com
9. Personal Reflection
10. Gaarder, Jostein. Sophie's World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy. New York: Farrar, Straus and             Giroux, 1994. Print. (58).
11. Letters to a Young Poet (23).
12. Personal Reflection
13. Letters to a Young Poet (17).
14. Personal Reflection
15. Letters to a Young Poet (43).
16. Personal Reflection

360 Degree Thinking: Frank Gehry

I have never truly thought about special architects or their philosophy to their buildings what-so-ever. I always do see the beauty in some buildings and some ugly parts in others, but that's the extent of my thought on architecture. Recently, after learning about Frank Gehry, I started noticing little details in buildings and I'm trying to think what the architect was thinking and trying to accomplish. What their motivation was and what keeps them to continue making new and improved designs.

Obviously I never really come up with the correct answer to those things but I do like to think, how do they keep making these buildings similar to each other but yet so different. How does that imagination and creativity never really blow out like a flame? It's an outstanding thing to think about because I do understand that if they truly love what they do, then they will try all they can to keep the blood flowing in their brains and the ideas moving in their minds. But what REALLY fascinates me is how no matter the number of architects and buildings there are, none will look identical to the next. That's astounding to me because it can easily relate to people. We all are made of the same stuff, but none of use look absolutely identical.

But coming back to Frank Gehry, although each building is a different shape, he likes to use the same metal material for the outside. I don't really like the material but it lets people know that it is a Frank Gehry building and he is proud of it.While watching the film on him, I liked seeing he and his teams' phases on creating these buildings. They throw ideas out there, start making small models and if there is something he or they don't particularly like, they take that part out and add something new. But everything has a different texture to it whether there are curves or straight edges. To me, that adds a different perspective to these buildings and I really do like that.

But, what if he changed the materials? How could that affect his designs either negatively or positively. It can definitely add new perspectives and views to his work, or it can make his buildings harder to accomplish due to the complexity of the materials. But if that were the case, then he would possibly have to choose easier materials which he may not like. But I would find his buildings to be even more enjoyable to look at if there were some sides with that bright and shiny metal material and then some brick type stuff along with a softer material to soften up the entire building. In my opinion, it could even enhance the complexities of his buildings and bring a potential new meaning to his work and his buildings.

I honestly believe that if he were to try new materials that weren't too difficult to work with, it could only be an advantage to him and I really don't think there is any potentially detrimental sides of this process. I have really only seen good stories of people who try new healthy things, that it works out well for them, so if he would be okay breaking out of his own comfort zone, then I think he should take that first step to trying new materials.

Blogging Around: Hannah and Jessie

Hannah wrote about how postmodernism and abstract art helped her understand it more. I agreed with pretty much everything she said and I can relate to her thoughts.
This is what I commented on:
I like how you talked about absract art and how it helped you understand postmodernism more than some of the examples from class. While we were going through the postmodern side of tht chart, I too was thinking of how abstract art and postmodernism were connected. And then I noticed that although I like to look at some modern art and scultures, I have always like the more postmodern buildings and sculptures. So pretty much I agree with everything you said here and this is somewhat the same idea as what I was attempting to say in my blog. Good job!

Jessie wrote her blog about how she wished our postmodern world would slow down and really start re-thinking about the modern world. I see what she's saying but I just don't see how with all of our technological advances, how it's possible to go backwards to the modernistic world.
This is what I commented:
I see what you're saying here and I completely understand but if you aren't liking this, how do you think we should change it? Can we even change it? I think it will be an interesting experience/experiment to see how this world of advertisment can be changed back into a world of simplicity and the individual. But with all of our new technologies and the constant moving forward into more futuristic thoughts and products, is that even a possibility to move back to the individualism that we once knew. I liked seeing this new view on these things :) Good job!

Best of the Week: Corporate Space

    While learning about the modern and post modernism chart that Mr. Allen created, a particular piece of information somewhat stuck with me. It was the idea of corporate space and about space in general. A lot of people are saying that the way of advertising and corporate products are being forced into our everyday lives, everywhere is a negative thing. But how can it be so negative and horrible when 99% of your belongings are because of the advertisements and the infomercials. 

    I'm not saying that I want all spaces to be empty nor am I saying I want all of it to be completely filled by advertising and corporations but what I am saying is that, without all of these things, we wouldn't have a lot of what we do and we wouldn't know about a lot of the things we know about. It's also not like the advertising commercials are boring either. So why is it so negatively viewed by a lot of people?

    Many many people have TVs which is primarily why all of the commercials are even entertaining. The companies try to fit their commercials with what is interesting people today. It grabs our attention and tells us all about their product. And, we sit there and watch it. 

    Yeah it's sometimes a pain to see 7 commercials every 3-5 minutes during your favorite show but it is VERY likely that you will eventually go out and buy some of that product. What else would you prefer that space to be used for?! And do you realize that space is very expensive too?!

Connection: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Status Quo

     This past week we started discussing Martin Luther King, Jr. and his fight for Black        Rights. He challenged the status quos of his time on numerous occasions. Although he and his followers were violently attacked and subjected to torture on many levels, he never fought back with violence. He only fought back with words and support of his followers and the power of pointing out facts against the white population. He fights the status quo with words of wisdom and unity. He sees the injustice around him and he counter attacks with the thoughts and promises of justice to be served. All he wanted was for blacks to be considered equal to the whites. He was the engine to the change in the society and culture of that time. 

     A status quo is a normality or a norm of all cultures and societies. But as history has proven, they need to be challenged and broken in order to be a growing nation, culture, society and whatever else. Not only does it show many different perspectives on issues, but the breaking of the status quo helps push forward into new beginnings. When has change and/or a new beginning ever been a bad or negative thing? Martin Luther King, Jr. saw a status quo that he felt was unjust and wrong, and he needed to destroy it and prove another, correct possibility. 

   There are those people, however, who aren't very fond of change or 'abnormalities' in their lives. Like the whites for example, besides those people feeling as if the blacks were an abomination and every other harsh name that they threw up, deep down they were afraid of the change. They were used to being the higher race and having their lives be separated from the blacks so when all of this started, they turned a cold shoulder to the blacks. They felt like they were the superior race and no one should stand anywhere near them what so ever. At any cost, they would stay at the top. But King, Jr. decided to go against them and fight for what he truly believed in. 

   Although Martin Luther King, Jr. and the status quo fought against each other in most ways, one way made them fight next to each other. The status quo needs to be naturally challenged to remind people that nothing is infinite and if they truly believe in something that can change the world for the greater good, then go for it. Status quos may seem like they have a negative connotation, and for the most part, maybe they are negative. But in this situation, King, Jr. was fighting against it but somehow with it as well.