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yet another lecture

Today was the second to last lecture for the first semester! I can't believe that these past months have flown by so quickly. All I can recall was Etsy, Etsy, Etsy. I felt she was just trying to sell herself to a bunch of broke college students, and a spokesperson for Etsy. The lecture was kinda boring, I think at least. There was a lot of relation to gods and goddesses in her titles of work. She worked with fabrics, spices, stains, and alchemy. Talk a lot about vending, blahhh.

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lecture

So I totally regret not going to the lecture this morning, but I am sick and decided to sleep in. The lecture at 7 pm featured the work of Brett Cook. I really liked his work or portraits, its size and color! Wow there was so much color, and used with spray paint. It really was amazing. His lecture was very interactive, we took three breaths together to collaborate. He had volunteers write on posters on the walls that read COMMUNITY and SOUL, and used them as rubrics for his presentation. He does a lot of interesting community projects that really get people you wouldn't expect involved, and by watching interviews, I learned that they were excited about his projects. In his lecture he compared community vs. soul, paintings vs. murals, and even graffiti vs art work. I did not like how he went on and on about race, and how the lecture itself was soooo long. But all in all it was interesting and I enjoyed his work.

Tank Man photo

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Today's lecture was awesome! I really did enjoy it. Doug Bucci was so entertaining and lively (props to him for keeping me awake today). He started school in 1990 with a 6 month old child. This reminds me of my mom who is a great role model to me. She went to school while being pregnant with my now 31 year old brother. Doug's goal was to be a painter and educator. He applied to graduate school and thats where his direction in life really changed. He began working in metals and jewelry. This is something I really want to try and find it super interesting and cool. He designed a bunch of things for famous people like Prince Andrew of the British Council when he visited Philly and even Viva la Bam. He pushes himself because of his disease. He has diabetes but that doesn't stop him, and now he is creating jewelry inspired by the medical aspect of his disease. He is so interesting and inspiring. I loved today's lecture and it really inspired me and makes me want to try jewelry making.

tank man

Today I did my research and wrote my paper on "Tank Man". I found it really interesting, and the picture itself is luring. My paper touches on the history behind the photo and why it happened. Students in Beijing started protest in favor of democracy after there were memorial protests for communist general who died. The students were beaten, arrested, the even killed. After these events Beijing did not return to a peaceful place. Communist police covered the streets along with tanks. Soon after an unknown man stood in his own little protest in front f traveling tanks, and this had a huge impact on the press. He was very brave for standing in front on a moving tank right in their path. The tanks stopped before running over the man and the man was taken away for a possible unknown punishment. The picture taken of the man standing in front of the moving tanks is an iconic image and is very popular. It stand for many things to the Chinese people, especially those who crave more freedom and are pro- democracy.