Chasing Dragons in San Diego She was sitting by the bench outside her house in San Diego. Her house was just a few bricks and a piece of cardboard covering a worn out sofa and a broken coffee table. This isn’t surprising for illegals in the Southeast. You could even tell by her long dark hair and her golden skin she was latina - probably Mexican. She lived in a household of three‚ her father and her two sisters. The day was pretty much predictable for all of them. Her sisters would go to work
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The title of the poem ‘Whatif’ refers to the fears and paranoia questions we have at night‚ as we are more vulnerable. The poet combines the words ‘what’ and ‘if’ in a childlike manner. The main theme of the poem is ‘fears of a child’. In almost every line the poet adds a new fear. He mentions numerous childish fears like the feel of failing at school‚ being bullied‚ growing green chest hair and teeth not growing straight. He also mentions fears that a human at any age can relate to such as the fear
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I chose to read the poem “Chivalry” by Carol Muske-Dukes‚ and enjoyed reading it. The poem was pretty easy to read and used some good literary elements. The elements that make this poem stand out are the setting‚ tone‚ and the use of symbolism. I understood the poem the first time I read it‚ but I read it two more times to get a better understanding of some of the vocabulary. This poem is about a man that is holding his dead wife in his hands and then decides to set her body in a fire kind of
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Las Meninas When looking at Las Meninas‚ your first glance is at the little girl in the center of the painting‚ she is the only most lighted object in the painting which shows her importance to Spain as she is the future queen. The next thing that catches the viewer ’s eye is the painter‚ Velazquez himself‚ who takes up the whole left side of the painting. He is painting something on a large canvas‚ we just don ’t know what‚ and that is what he wants us to wonder‚ "What are he painting and what
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An Introduction to the Murals I’m going to use Lewisohn’s article as a guide to study some of the murals: their content (story) and style (making). In order to understand Lewisohn’s first line: “Everyone loves a well-told story whether in words or in paint” (11)‚ we need to have some prior information on what we are looking at. The articles we have read in class (those dealing with Mexico’s history and the coming of the Revolution‚ as well as those articles by Moore and Abbott dealing with the interpretation
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Alma Lopez is a visual and public Chicana artist who was born in Mexico and raised in Los Angeles‚ California. Lopez received her Bachelors degree in fine arts from the University of California‚ Santa Barbara in 1988 and her Master’s of Fine Arts (MFA) from the University of California‚ Irvine in 1996. Her work is based on a mixture of paintings‚ murals‚ prints‚ digital‚ installations and graphic prints. Alma Lopez incorporates the historical and cultural Mexican figures‚ such as the Virgin of Guadalupe
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What are some stereotypes that women challenge in the book? Woman Hollering creek by Sandra Cisneros a great Latina writer that focuses on independent woman that always get their heart broken and never find a man that could love them. Also some stereotype that they challenge are romance‚language‚and jobs/roles. These are some main ideas that are going to be explained and more focused on‚ because that’s what she mostly talks about. In the book Woman Hollering Creek most of her stories talk about
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1943This is yet another self-portrait in which Frida includes her pet monkeys. This painting was produced during her most prolific period‚ the early 1940s‚ in which she created several self-portraits. The background is one of tropical plants which is a common background theme used in many of her paintings.In this self-portrait Frida may be portraying herself in an academic setting. In the year this self-portrait was painted‚ Frida accepted a teaching position at the School of Painting and Sculpture
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Frida Kahlo was a feminine Mexican painter of mixed heritage‚ born on Gregorian calendar month half-dozen‚ 1907 and lived forty seven painful years before decease on Gregorian calendar month thirteen‚ 1954. inside her short life‚ Frida was slightly unfit from poliomyelitis‚ suffered from a significant tram accident that left her sterilised‚ married renowned painter Rivera‚ divorced‚ remarried muralist‚ became a political activist and rose to fame through her paintings all before succumbing to her
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José Parlá José Parlá is a modern contemporary artist born in 1973 Miami‚ Florida. Parlá began painting in 1983 and by 1988 he was accepted into the Savannah College of Art and Design’s scholarship program. He used this experience to extend his art making by combining concepts he already knew as a self taught artist and concepts he learnt from the Savannah College. Parlá’s works are huge canvases (usually 4x6ft) painted in a way that makes you wonder what it is that lurks under all the layers
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