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Monthly Archives: December 2012
Funny Picture
An unsuspecting girl caught candidly doing a funny monkey-like pose.
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Carmen
Having never been to the Opera before, I’m at the disadvantage of being unable to compare Carmen to any previous experiences. The show first hit the opera stage in 1875 and has transformed every year since. As social boundaries were … Continue reading
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Strikes Back
Coming to the Metropolitan Museum of Art drew from me the experience I had when I was a freshman in high school. At that time, I went to see Roman sculptures as well as ancient Egyptian art. However, four years … Continue reading
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Photography Packet & Terms
Photography, like any other art, speaks to people in different ways. Interpreting that art is a different conversation and is too often discussed. These readings allowed for me to gain interest in a whole new conversation, the importance of photography. … Continue reading
Katherine Vaz
The problem with books, and literature in general, is that the author can only try to do so much with their writing to evoke an emotion that the rest is left to the reader. However, at a reading, the author … Continue reading
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African Art and Matisse
My idea of African art was a very basic perception of the disproportionate features of the human to their actual body size. I would remember briefly seeing heads far too small for their bodies and breasts far too large for … Continue reading
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Powerful Words
For our class, we read Our Lady of the Artichokes throughout the semester. After reading it, we quickly realized that her style of writing offers multiple perspectives behind historical events. She presents this in the form of the actuality of an … Continue reading
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A Different Approach to Humanism
The selection of pieces in the African art exhibit of the MET seems strange. Our perception of strange, however, is subjective to the art that we have grown to appreciate. When we dream in paintings, we often visualize Baroque-style art … Continue reading
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What can you do?
Whenever I meet a group of new people, we almost always end up forming a circle and begin a icebreaker that goes through everyone in an attempt to learn a new fact that is supposedly interesting. Some of the typical … Continue reading
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MET
I must confess I had never been to the Metropolitan Museum, although I have heard of its diverse array of exhibits and pieces. I was absolutely floored just walking through the Roman and Greek exhibit to get to the African … Continue reading
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Max Flatow
As this class has proved, just being in the city leads to some of the most amazing sights and stories, most of them are worth sharing. A bustling population is even more of a reason photographers find solace in the … Continue reading
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Perception
Before seeing the African Art Exhibit at the MET Museum, I believed that African Art was basic, and even casual. Because their sculptures seem to be realistic for the most part, I did not think that it required creativity. That … Continue reading
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The Art of “No”
“No” is a word very common in every language, and it is a weird one too! In different cultures, according to context, the degree of rejection can vary so much! And sometimes, it is very impolite to say a simple … Continue reading
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Photography In a Professional’s Eyes
Max Flatow came in and gave us the story of his life, well at least the story of his life in photography. He spoke to us about many of his experiences and his work. Photography was a gamble for him … Continue reading
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New York’s 150 Year Old Toy Store
Yesterday, I went to Fao Schwartz. I felt compelled to go to the iconic 150 year toy store located on 59th street. It took almost 10 minutes to get into the store, an event in itself I have never experienced. … Continue reading
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Which Way Do You Roll?
The other day me and my friends were eating at a Wendys and we were just talking about life when all of a sudden someone across from us is getting cursed out at is called a “faggot.” I stopped and … Continue reading
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“BAM”
This play truly surprised me, like the acronym of the place it was shown at. When I first entered the BAM Harvey Theater, I could see the disgusted looks on the people’s face as we climbed a steep sketchy staircase … Continue reading
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Our Current Writer-in-Residence
Not too long ago, Katherine Vaz read to our class and many other her newest work, Below the Salt. After reading Our Lady of the Artichokes, a collection of short stories, one of her other books, it was interesting to see … Continue reading
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Paying a visit to the Metropolitan Museum
It was gratifying to revisit the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where I used to go often for an intensive drawing class shadowing Van Gogh’s art. However, it wasn’t to see that, I had a class field trip to see the … Continue reading
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Her Life as My Childhood Stories
Prologue: I know I’m supposed to write about someone in New York, but a phone call with my grandma caught my attention. Instead of a single story, I guess I want to capture the sequence of impacts from a single … Continue reading
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Too Much Diversity
In New York, diversity seems to be the characteristic that builds the foundation for everything else. New York is the capital and center of numerous trades and industries. What helped foster that success and still fuels it, is the variety … Continue reading
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My Model
One of the few people that I revere is Yu Qin Chen, my mother. Not only because she is my parent but also because of her dedication and altruistic attitude towards my younger brother and me. Not long after she … Continue reading
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The Rise and Fall of Apartheid
For those who have read my previous reviews/posts, it’s quite apparent that I appreciate chronology in any work. It adds a realistic storyline that keeps the piece coherent as well as interesting. It’s easier to follow a story than a … Continue reading
The Moment that Changed Everything
[iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/9TvVIBXs1I8″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe] As a business major in St. John’s University, my aunt Linda’s dream was to work in the Financial District in Downtown, NYC. She grew up believing that she needed money and a title in … Continue reading
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Who She Was/Is
During the stressful season of college applications back in junior year of high school, everyone was applying to their dream school. Getting in was a different story. They say it depends all on that one college essay. Make it your … Continue reading
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My Dad
My dad has always been there for me and thinking about all the things he has done for my family and me, I sometimes wonder who exactly is this man that I see everyday. Who exactly is this man that … Continue reading
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One More New Yorker
For a few generations, my family has been moving from place to place, often following where business was flowing. We lived in mainland India for a long time, until Burma became an up and coming trade city. My great grandfather … Continue reading
The Power of Influence in Two Met Exhibits
African Art, New York, and The Avant-Garde “My little brother could sculpt something better” says a Met visitor, after their first time seeing African art in person. It is a common misconception to think that African art is primitive. However, … Continue reading
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Right Place, Right Time
Bailey Hu is a junior majoring in Finance. When I asked him if there was any particular moment that shaped him into whom he is now, his eyes lit up and said, “Yes,” without hesitating. This experience is what sent … Continue reading
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Influence and Experimentation
The two exhibits we explored in the Metropolitan Museum of Art were the “African Influences in Modern Art” and “Matisse: In Search of True Painitng”. Each exhibit was interesting in that the African one was small, but provided a plethora … Continue reading
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Who She Is: Babushka Raisa
Raisa Kaydanovskaya is my grandmother. But I can’t call her my grandmother because she speaks little to no English. Instead, I call her Babushka, the Russian word for grandmother. She was born in 1928 in the city of Orsha, Belarus. … Continue reading
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The Apartheid Told in Pictures
The International Center of Photography wasn’t the first place we experienced the Apartheid, which is a time of inequality, cruelty, and violence in South Africa. Photographers who were around at the time, such as Peter Magubane, Leon Levson, Kevin Carter, and … Continue reading
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Cultural Encounters Food Celebration Tomorrow– December 13th
I thought that it would be fun for us to celebrate with a little food tomorrow –perhaps continuing our “cultural encounters” theme. Asian? Chinese? Indian? American? Korean? Irish? Italian? Etc. Something easy to serve and share. Do bring your … Continue reading
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In Search of Meaningful Themes
The Metropolitan Museum of Art features many exhibits, but our trip focused on the African Art exhibit and the Matisse exhibit called In Search of True Painting. Both exhibits displayed different forms of art and were unique in their own … Continue reading
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A Losing Bet
This is the interview that is cited in my essay Paul Woo is my father and he has always had a very confident attitude and outlook on life. Though he has always been like this, a moment in his life … Continue reading
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Who He Was/Is: John Scanlon
Who He Was/Is On September 22nd, 1972, one of the hardest working individuals was born into this world, my father, John E. Scanlon. As a child, he didn’t have much. He was the youngest of four children to my grandmother, … Continue reading
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Under-Appreciated African art and Metaphysical Matisse
I have been many to the Metropolitan Museum many times in my life before. It is an enormous museum with many collections. But I never really zoomed in one aspect of the MET’s many works of art. Because of our … Continue reading
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BAM- House Divided
As a person who’s only been to Brooklyn about 10 times in his life, I was hesitant to go for a play I hadn’t ever heard of before hand. I was familiar with the BAM theatre and had heard about … Continue reading
MET Exhibit: Seeing the Abstract as the Norm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art boasts some of the greatest art exhibits in New York City. The museum’s vast size and structure makes it virtually impossible to see all of the exhibits in one day. Just last Thursday, I went … Continue reading
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India Trip
A cultural encounter is an experience that opens your eyes to a different style of living and helps you realize the reality of different communities or societies. Personally, I find that the most interesting and enlightening cultural encounters happen when … Continue reading
