Maya Lin was born on October 5‚ 1959 in Athens‚ Ohio. Her parents‚ both taught at Ohio University‚ her mom‚ Julia Lin‚ was a poet and her dad‚ Henry Lin‚ was a ceramist. They had fled China in 1949 right before the Communist Revolution. She also had an older brother Tan‚ who was also a poet. Growing up Lin enjoyed reading and building miniature towns‚ she also excelled in mathematics. She didn ’t have many friends‚ and enjoyed staying at home and studying over going out with friends. In high school
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The Reflections of War In the poem‚ “Facing It‚” Komunyakaa uses his personal experience while visiting the Vietnam Veterans Memorial after surviving the Vietnam War and the mental affect of the reality that death has left. In the poem the author uses imagery to illustrate to the reader the feelings he experiences while dealing with the loss of his fellow comrades. “I go down the 58‚022 names‚ half-expecting to find my own in letters like smoke.”(14-16) While at the memorial he is reminded of
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How the Visual Arts Communicates Kristen Cortez ARTS/100 September 16‚ 2013 Dr. Laura Ruiz How the Visual Arts Communicates Elements of Composition Maya Lin’s piece Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a V-shaped wall made out of black granite that lists the names of the 60‚000 men and women who died in the Vietnam War. This massive piece is located in Washington D.C. The memorial is placed so it looks as if it is descending into the ground. Lin’s
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establish it early on. Some memorials are meant to remember and honor people. These monuments are often built with an elegant and sometimes simply design to focus on the people that are being represented. When speaking about designing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.‚ Maya Lin says that “[t]he need for the names to be on the memorial would become the memorial; there was no need to embellish the design further . The people and their names would allow everyone to respond and remember”
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Wednesday September 4‚ 2013 From Sasha-Lee Roberts 5 Sun Valley Drive‚ P.O. Box 21 KY2-2101 Stake Bay Cayman Brac‚ Cayman Islands «To_Whom_it_may_concern» «Company_Name» «Address_1» «Address_2» «Address_3» My Global Young Leaders Conference Experience The day I found out that I was nominated to represent the Cayman Islands at the Global Young Leaders Conference I was thrilled. The letter that I received proclaiming my nomination had all the necessary information needed to complete
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War‚ and is visiting the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall. In this poem‚ an understanding is gained of the unrelenting grief and emotional toll that resulted from this overwhelming experience through the presentation of the emotions evoked from the man by the memorial‚ his feelings and experiences during the war‚ and also the apparent connection between him and another survivor. From the very beginning of the poem it is clear that visiting the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall is evoking very strong
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water for this project. This example of site-specific art is land art. The artist used the white glacier background and surroundings to draw the attention clearly to the iceberg painted red. Another example of site-specific art would be the Vietnam Veterans Memorial by Maya Ying Lin. Maya’s project was completed
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Robyn M Driscoll TM231 Heritage vs. History As a society we are always looking to the past for many reasons‚ to learn from our mistakes‚ successes‚ experiences‚ to have a better understanding of where you come from‚ the list goes on. Society takes a personal view on what is or isn’t historical and what makes something important or not. There are two ways to distinguish the past‚ history and heritage. The history tends to be the cold hard facts‚ the truth with no emotion‚ no personal reference
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demonstrated by the stark canvases‚ simple installations‚ and minimalist sculptures. Some of the most famous minimalist artists include Dan Flavin‚ Carl Andre‚ Donald Judd‚ and Ellsworth”. When Maya Lin won the design contest to build the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at the age of 20‚ she became the center of a great controversy. Many people protested that Lin’s design was too simple‚ that it look like a big black scar on the earth. Quite a few people were offended that a Chinese American student was
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Should Veterans ever end up Homeless? Veterans are men and women who have fought to protect our right to be free. These people put their lives on the line; risking the loss of bones‚ organs or even memory. These are extraordinary human beings if I say so myself. They deserve to be treated like royalty‚ yet more than 67% of the homeless population have served for our country for at least than 3 years. 47% of them served in the Vietnam War. This goes to show how “united” the United States really is
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