Choosing a favorite exhibition between Lewis Hine, Zoe Strauss, and the JFK was a very hard choice for me, but there was only one that really made me wonder.

The Lewis Hine exhibition definitely made me think about the past. As I was looking at the photographs, I was very intrigued in the subjects. One, I kept trying to interpret what they were thinking at the moment the photograph was taken. From the serious children looking at the camera to the hard workers not even noticing the camera, I was very tenacious to go back to that time just to ask, “What are you thinking about?”

Now, to choose between my favorite photo is different. I honestly didn’t have a favorite photo in this exhibition because in my opinion, I felt like they conveyed similar aesthetics and themes (not that’s a bad thing, I just couldn’t really identify something favorable). However, I can say the photos that portrayed child labor really stood out for because of it’s honesty and intensity.

Overall, I would love to go to the ICP again when these exhibitions are over just to see the different stories that are added.

The Julliard Jazz Quartet was something different to see. It’s not that I’ve never seen live jazz, but I’ve never seen it with a large audience. I’ve been to other concerts, too (as I favored some more than others). But there was something intricate about the Jazz Quartet on Tuesday night.

As soon as the performance began, I couldn’t take my eyes off the drummer. I found his techniques and posture very exciting and calm at the same time. I’ve been playing the drums since I was in 5th grade, so I guess I was leaning towards the drummer in that way; it was more associative. The drummer seemed like he was leading and he was so interactive that I felt like I was part of the band. “Nutty” was a song that had a large drum solo and I guessed it before the song even started, which made me appreciate it even more. Although, I was ecstatic to hear and see this song, it wasn’t my favorite.

“For Duke” was my absolute favorite because of it’s softness. It’s something that is so hard to explain. The way I think about it is, there are songs that I have on my iTunes, but there are songs that I have both in my iTunes and my phone. That happens when I really like a song and that is how I felt about “For Duke”; I would put it in my phone to listen to as well.

I enjoyed going to the Julliard Jazz Quartet because it was a different experience that I would do again.

I’ve been to many museums throughout my  18 years of life. This is mostly because of my mom’s enthusiasm with going to museums and my internship that I had going into my senior year of high school. However, as a kid my mom and I always planned on going to the Brooklyn Museum, but it just never happened. I was very excited that the first major event at Macaulay was going to Brooklyn Museum, especially at night because it wouldn’t be overcrowded with other people besides the Macaulay students.

I am part of Monet and my group decided to head to the American culture part. I honestly wasn’t expecting to say much because I am not that into talking about art. I am more of the type to just look and appreciate in my mind. I didn’t know what to say and my comments were just so bland. After we finished with what we had to do, we decided to joke around and look at a sculpture by Malvina Hoffman called “Ivan Mestrovic.” Hoffman decided to dedicate an entire (bigger than life sized) sculpture on her mentor, Mestrovic. Using the tape recorder, we made analysis jokes based upon the work of art. However, as we kept going, it became serious. I had so much more to say and I didn’t know why. I had noticed things that I thought I would’ve kept in my head or wouldn’t have been able to express in words, but I did anyways and it was very exciting.