Artist Statement
Deteriorate, oil on canvas, 2014 This piece is of a globe on fire while sitting on a pile of garbage. The purpose …
Fin
I think this class was very interesting. I thought we’d be looking more at actual art throughout the course. Truthfully, I’m kind …
Make-Up Trips
iTones Concert at Queens College: I only enjoyed a few of the groups from this performance because a lot of them seemed …
Botanical Garden
. For my third trip, I went to the NY Botanical Garden and I went into the Holiday Train Show. …
¯\(°_o)/¯
I’ve never actually been to the opera so I’m not completely sure what to expect. The only opera I’ve seen is the …
‘Murica
Al Gore basically highlighted some (but not all) of what is wrong with America. I will never understand why the one source …
Their future
Sometimes its easy to push global warming aside because we may not face direct consequences in our lifetime. Squarzoni emphasizes our actions …
Face it.
This section included the idea that we have to face reality. Climate Change is real. It frustrates me because we live in …
Children’s books come to life
I went to the Museum of American Illustration and to my surprise, I really loved the exhibit. The pieces that were there …
But we’re not getting any younger….
While the obvious topic of this section is replacements for fossil fuels, Squarzoni also drops in themes of life and death in …
Where I’m From
Where I’m From… I’m from snowstorms and resentful shoveling, From C is for Cynthia; J is for Jonathan And, “How do you …
Sorry Marty Mcfly
When you’re taking a test and you realized that you made a mistake on question 23 because the answer is actually C …
Domestic Abuse
Freedom is the victim and we are the abusive spouse that won’t hold back. We are the one who’ll throw punches and …
The City Life
I really enjoyed how the scene was set in this section and I think a parallel can be drawn between the way …
Cruel Endings
Its that sinking feeling in the gut when something awful happens. It totally human nature to want that happy ending and to …
Faith in our doom, one step at a time.
The longer I take this course, the less faith I have in a hopeful ending. Water is crucial for human existence and …
Stagnant
Something in the beginning of the section stood out to me. On page 174 it says that “For six generations, the burning …
Nostalgia
To be perfectly honest, I was really excited about going to this performance. I took dance for the 4 years of high …
The struggle is too real
This first section of memory of water really baffled me. It scares me because regardless of how outrageous some of these details …
