Every day, I dress the same. I usually wear workout shorts or sweats, a t-shirt and a comfy sweatshirt. I always put my hair up into a messy bun because I don’t like to straighten it since it takes a long time. I do dress up for work and for special occasions, but it rarely happens, to people always tease me. I love to dress up and do may make-up and hair. When I do dress up, it shows that I care more about what I’m going to, it has that much more of an affect. Since being in college, my style has become more “in” with the latest style. I began buying designer clothes, and noticing fashion a lot more than I used to. I think being surround by so many individuals helped me see so many different styles people have. I think I enjoy wearing athletic clothing because I love sports. I am constantly playing tennis and working out, plus I am a huge sports fan so I’m sporting clothing gear for my teams. I grew up in an athletic family so wearing sporty clothes is what I am used to. My grandma has always expressed how she didn’t want any of her grandchildren to get tattoos. Since I was younger, I have always had that in the back of my mind. Even though I can hide it from her if I did get one, I just don’t like lying to her. Recently though, my cousin did get one and she talked to him about it, but she knows that he is the rebel out of her 11 grandkids. Regardless of her rule, she still loves him and I think that is the most important part. She still supports him unconditionally, which shows our family that we can still break a few rules and still have as much support as we did before.
The choices I make reflect my life in every which way. I make educated decisions based on what is right and what is wrong. I have learned to be smart and make the right choices because I have seen what happens when I don’t. I am a person who learns from her mistakes. Sometimes I have to make the mistake more than once, but I eventually learn. I work hard at everything I do, putting in all the effort I have. Sometimes it doesn’t show through, such as in grades, but if I know that I worked hard and did everything I could, then I am happy. I also make choices in what I want I think best benefits me. If I am educated enough on the topic, then I will choose the choice that affects me most.
My family has many different values and beliefs that I have grown up following. My family has always supported me in life, from sports to school to all my other activities. They help me solve problems when I was struggling to find answers, but not giving too much inform which made me still try to solve it. To this day, my parents and the rest of my family help me with my life problems. I think having them to guide me also makes me learn and know that if something fails, I have my parents to go to for more support.
Based on my beliefs and values and my style, I have not let that stop me from being friends with people that I have a connection with. I also have friends who aren’t that into sports, but we find a connection through something else. I love meeting new people with different fashion tastes, because then I learn a new style and it gives me something to experience with for myself. My friends vary from how they express themselves. Some of them dress that same way I do, while others are more trendy. I like being surround by different various because then I see so much more.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Friday, October 19, 2007
Food and Art Together
Silberman, V. (2002, May). Art Business News. [On-line Article]
Retrieved October 19, 2007 from http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HMU/is_5_29/ai_85916888/pg_1
I enjoyed reading this article because it described many different artists who use food, such as chocolate syrup, honey, jams, beans and tomato sauce in their art pieces. This article opened with a story about how Alisoun Meehan held a truck show event called Dining Haul: Sweets, with the theme of pastries, sugar and chocolate. She paired five award winning New York pastry chefs with five emerging New York artists to create projects, which were then featured in trucks. Artists are beginning to get more creative by using different types of food in their projects. Many galleries are beginning to feature food art and making it the main focus of some exhibits they put on.
Tanja Maka explains that “food is a major part of our everyday lives, and when it is used by an artist to communicate a message, it is transformed into a new medium that departs from its everyday associations." I thought this quote explains how people are beginning to step out of their shell and take chances by using food in their pieces, which is something that not many artists are experiencing. People are becoming more creative with how they express themselves. Maka also states that food art attracts her attention by how artists “use food to communicate very different issues. It can be about waste, abundance, consumption, eating disorders, gender roles and the aging process and sensuality.” (Pg. 1) This quote made me realize that you can use food in artwork to express all these emotions and problems. You can use food in artwork to help get your point across, and it might have a bigger effect on the viewer as well.
This article was more focused on they way artists could incorporate food into their art pieces. Compared to the other readings, movies and radio segment that we had this week, I couldn’t think that this article relates to fast food or slow food, since when artists are creating this art food pieces, they are taking their time to make it perfect, since it is not being served to anyone, only being displayed to viewers.
Retrieved October 19, 2007 from http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HMU/is_5_29/ai_85916888/pg_1
I enjoyed reading this article because it described many different artists who use food, such as chocolate syrup, honey, jams, beans and tomato sauce in their art pieces. This article opened with a story about how Alisoun Meehan held a truck show event called Dining Haul: Sweets, with the theme of pastries, sugar and chocolate. She paired five award winning New York pastry chefs with five emerging New York artists to create projects, which were then featured in trucks. Artists are beginning to get more creative by using different types of food in their projects. Many galleries are beginning to feature food art and making it the main focus of some exhibits they put on.
Tanja Maka explains that “food is a major part of our everyday lives, and when it is used by an artist to communicate a message, it is transformed into a new medium that departs from its everyday associations." I thought this quote explains how people are beginning to step out of their shell and take chances by using food in their pieces, which is something that not many artists are experiencing. People are becoming more creative with how they express themselves. Maka also states that food art attracts her attention by how artists “use food to communicate very different issues. It can be about waste, abundance, consumption, eating disorders, gender roles and the aging process and sensuality.” (Pg. 1) This quote made me realize that you can use food in artwork to express all these emotions and problems. You can use food in artwork to help get your point across, and it might have a bigger effect on the viewer as well.
This article was more focused on they way artists could incorporate food into their art pieces. Compared to the other readings, movies and radio segment that we had this week, I couldn’t think that this article relates to fast food or slow food, since when artists are creating this art food pieces, they are taking their time to make it perfect, since it is not being served to anyone, only being displayed to viewers.
Article 1
Food As Art
Smillie, S. (2007, May). The Observer Food Monthly. [On-line Blog]
Retrieved October 19, 2007 at http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/food/2007/05/theatre_of_food.html
In this article, it describes a situation where some people do not consider food as art, while others do consider it as food. At a yearly art show held in Germany, Ferran Adria went and expressed her art through food. She is considered a culinary genius throughout the world. The viewers at this art show were upset that Adria was asked to participate in the show and arouse the popular question, what is art?
Jonathon Jones states “food can never be art, because chefs are cooking to please the customer and until people go to a restaurant to think about death, cooking won’t be art.” I do not agree with this saying, because chefs can create the food that they are serving as art. They can decorate it to make it look more appealing to the eye, which could encourage more people to want to eat it. If something were sloppily made, then I would refuse to eat it, regardless of what it actually is.
The article relates to the video on slow food making. In that video, the narrator talks about how people take their time in making home cooked meals, and using more erotic ingredients to add spice and flavor to the food creation. Home cooked meals can be art because you are making it appealing to your guests for whom you are cooking. When food is being featured in an art show, the chef is going to make it look appetizing, as well as chefs in restaurants also make their food look appetizing so the customers will come back for me.
Smillie, S. (2007, May). The Observer Food Monthly. [On-line Blog]
Retrieved October 19, 2007 at http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/food/2007/05/theatre_of_food.html
In this article, it describes a situation where some people do not consider food as art, while others do consider it as food. At a yearly art show held in Germany, Ferran Adria went and expressed her art through food. She is considered a culinary genius throughout the world. The viewers at this art show were upset that Adria was asked to participate in the show and arouse the popular question, what is art?
Jonathon Jones states “food can never be art, because chefs are cooking to please the customer and until people go to a restaurant to think about death, cooking won’t be art.” I do not agree with this saying, because chefs can create the food that they are serving as art. They can decorate it to make it look more appealing to the eye, which could encourage more people to want to eat it. If something were sloppily made, then I would refuse to eat it, regardless of what it actually is.
The article relates to the video on slow food making. In that video, the narrator talks about how people take their time in making home cooked meals, and using more erotic ingredients to add spice and flavor to the food creation. Home cooked meals can be art because you are making it appealing to your guests for whom you are cooking. When food is being featured in an art show, the chef is going to make it look appetizing, as well as chefs in restaurants also make their food look appetizing so the customers will come back for me.
Sunday, October 7, 2007
my personal values
1. Family
2. Health
3. Friendship
4. Loyalty
5. Wisdom
6. Integrity
7. Independence
8. Wealth
9. Power
10. Leadership
11. Creativity
12. Personal Accomplishment
13. Enjoyment
14. Prestige
15. Service
16. Personal Development
17. Community
18. Expertness
19. Security
20. Location
My top 5 are very important to me because I think they reflect my life. I put family as my #1 because they mean the world to me. Without them, I wouldn't be were I am today. They push me to work harder, support me in everything and are always there is I need them. The respect me and love me for me. Health is important to me because if you are not healthy, you will not live long. I want to have a long life and enjoy every minute. Friendships are almost just as important. They support me and have been with my through the worst of times as well as the best. Being at college, my friends are my family and I turn to them for help when I need it. Loyalty is personal to me because I think that having loyal people are good to have around. Wisdom is important to me because everyone should be informed on everything that is gonig on. Everyday I try to learn something new because knowledge is good to have, especially whrn you are making very important descisions in life.
2. Health
3. Friendship
4. Loyalty
5. Wisdom
6. Integrity
7. Independence
8. Wealth
9. Power
10. Leadership
11. Creativity
12. Personal Accomplishment
13. Enjoyment
14. Prestige
15. Service
16. Personal Development
17. Community
18. Expertness
19. Security
20. Location
My top 5 are very important to me because I think they reflect my life. I put family as my #1 because they mean the world to me. Without them, I wouldn't be were I am today. They push me to work harder, support me in everything and are always there is I need them. The respect me and love me for me. Health is important to me because if you are not healthy, you will not live long. I want to have a long life and enjoy every minute. Friendships are almost just as important. They support me and have been with my through the worst of times as well as the best. Being at college, my friends are my family and I turn to them for help when I need it. Loyalty is personal to me because I think that having loyal people are good to have around. Wisdom is important to me because everyone should be informed on everything that is gonig on. Everyday I try to learn something new because knowledge is good to have, especially whrn you are making very important descisions in life.
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