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            The article “Cathedral” by carver was really empowering. He wrote about how he met a blind man. The author in the beginning is not excited about going to visit this man, who happened to be his wife’s friend. This was the first time the author met this blind man. It was very sad to learn that the man lost his wife. When the man stays at the author’s house he helps change his life and view life in a different way, which was very emotional for me.

            This article was truly amazing and reminds me of the song lyric from Wicked “People come into our lives, for a reason, bringing something we must learn”. I believe this was an event that was meant for the author to experience. Maybe it was to teach the author to have an open mind and not judge people because of a disability or flaw. I really enjoyed this article

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    This article is about a speech that Wallace gave during graduation at Kenyon College in 2005. I really enjoyed this article and the stories Wallace talked about. Wallace talked about religion and how someone religious and an atheist interacted which I thought was a very great story to tell. I also enjoyed reading about freedom and how we have the freedom to learn and think on our own which is an amazing feature. Wallace really talks about how getting a job and education and moving on with life is a gift of a lifetime.

     Overall, I liked this article it was very interesting. I felt as if I could hear him talking and speaking the speech. I did not think that incorporating religion into a graduation speech was necessary because we all have different views but I think Wallace did it in a tasteful way without being too over powering with religion. I think he could have left out the part about there is no such thing as atheist. That’s controversial. 

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In the article by Kaprow, he talks about what he considers what can and cant be art depending on the point of view. When I think of art I think of something that is abstract or a art museum. Kaprow did discuss that art is related to “ art identifying frame”. I enjoyed reading how the author discussed how things can be considered art regardless if its not in a museum or gallery. I enjoyed thinking about my life as one big piece of art.

            Overall, this article made me really think. I wish the article was longer because it just kept me reading. I liked how the author related brushing your teeth to art. Also I liked how the author incorporated the topic of what the limit is between what is “art” and “non-art”. I wish that topic was more in depth which is why I wished the article was longer

The article “Deserts” By Weschler talks about an artist who sells his gallery to work and explore ideas in the desert. When first reading this I thought the guy was insane. Who goes into a desert for ideas? He stated at the end of the article that he didn’t tell his friends or family about his experience in the desert, which I thought was bizarre. I am not sure what the concept of this article was but I think the general idea was that there is no such thing as a stupid idea? And you will get something out of everything you at least try.

         Overall this article was very odd. Maybe I am not in the artistic mindset or something but I did not see the point in wasting so much time in a desert and not get anything out of it…. THAT HAS TO BE FRUSTRATING !.... and these are reasons why I can not be an artist…

In the last article about George Saunders, Joel Lovell writes about how Saunders experienced a life threatening plane crash. Although the plane crash altered his life forever, it was uplifting to read about how Saunders changed his life because of the plane crash. Saunders learned after the plane crash how valuable life truly is and how to not take life for granted considering his life was almost ended from that plane crash. Saunders took his accident and put it into his book to reach out to people.

         Lovell does a great job in this article because not only is this article really uplifting it also makes you think twice about the life you are living and if that’s really how you want to be portrayed. I really liked this article because I like to live by the quote “tomorrow is never promised” as much as I can. Its just amazing how one experience can change a person forever and in a good way!

         

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For this microproject I felt a little better using photoshop. This final image shows my identity because its very not organized and it clashes. I feel as if this explains my personality because it is different and i like to believe that i am pretty " out there". I liked using the different filters and just discovered the lighting filter which adds a glare to the picture, i thought that was really interesting. I feel as if this image does not tell the viewer about how i truly am because most of us in this class are new to photoshop and it is hard to completely portray yourself in a single project. I also think its hard to judge someone off of what they made because some people do not know how to actually portray themselves in art. I feel as if thats a natural born talent to be artistic ! I thought this project was a lot better because after playing around with photoshop all day..(because i am sick today)... it makes it a lot easier to have an idea and actually be able to show it. Although i am not a professional at photoshop, it is slowly becoming easier to show what i want through it.