Personal Narrative: My Life Through The Arts

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I express my creative side through the arts. I have had a passion for music since the day I was born. From dancing and singing to playing instruments, I have always enjoyed music. When I was four, I began taking piano lessons. I had my own keyboard to practice on at home where I loved to create my own music, even though I did not know how to play well. When I was eight years old, I joined a guitar class. I remember being so happy when I finally learned how to play “Jingle Bells” on the guitar. I continued to play guitar with a teacher at my elementary school. In elementary school, I also played the violin for three years. I would have to balance between guitar and violin, but I enjoyed playing both. I was also part of my school’s chorus.

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Art Spiegelman's The Complete Maus

events of the Holocaust were so horrific, inhumane and traumatizing, that it is difficult to believe it ever took place. Art Spiegelman, throughout The Complete Maus, grapples with understanding and portraying his father’s traumatic experience as a survivor of the Holocaust. The novel documents the several years it took to compile, construct and create his father’s (Vladek) narrative. Throughout the novel, Spiegelman artfully commixes the present retelling of his father’s story with an actual depiction…

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ENGL103 Short Paper Two

his/her emotions and parental relationships in the advent of their deaths. However both take different narrative approaches and are at different stages of reconciliation of their emotions. In both comics, it is clear to us from the first interaction that father and child have a complex relationship. In Maus, it is very directly expressed in the first panel of Volume 1 when Art narrates, “I went out to see my Father in Rego Park. I hadn’t seen him in a long time – we weren’t that close.” (Spiegelman 1:1)…

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An Analysis Of Gregory Crewdson

composed scene that is static is objectified in Gregory Crewdson’s photos have a sense of mise-en-scene or “visual theme”, often telling a story. Mise-en-scene is closely objectified as offering a mode of analysis of physical settings in which a narrative can be set and the drama can unfold (105). Crewdson’s style objectifies, themes of suburbia, and the American Dream. His works are dramatic and cinematic, creating a surreal “affect”. Concurring with mise-en-scene, Crewdson requires large crews,…

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The Harlem Renaissance

changes in the United States. This period sought to give a new perspective on the life of American’s most neglected groups, from black writers, visuals artist to poets and musicians, the birth of a new black identity. The Harlem Renaissance is a period that reflects black traditions, voices, and ways of life through the celebrated talent across a diverse…

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Summary: The Miseducation Of The Negro

n the beginning of the semester my professor was challenged with the task to help students develop analytical and compositional skills and create the awareness of socio-historical events affecting African Americans. In this paper I'm going to prove how our required texts and enrichment activities guides one back to the roots of African American history and creates a sense of self-actualization through life's experiences. In The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written…

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Art Analysis: Unconcealedness, By Olivier Casse

The first two paintings I selected from my Bakehouse visit I liken them to the times of the Feminist movement. The paintings are seducing the Egos (oil on canvas), and La Belle Époque 2010(oil on panel) both painted by Olivier Casse of Miami, Florida. These paintings are in my opinion representative of the feminist movement from the 1960’s to the 1970’s. During this time period the American women were limited in about everything from their family life to their workplace. Woman were expected to follow…

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Personal Narrative: My Writing Portfolio

Writing Portfolio Introduction Through the course of my high school career, I have produced many pieces of notable writing works. I am proud of the majority of my writing. I intend, through my writing portfolio, to showcase the breadth and quality of my writing ability using six selections of writing from junior to senior year. In my writing portfolio you will read one personal narrative, one piece of creative writing, one technical lab report, one research analysis bibliography, and two literary…

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Mr. Big Boy Homie G Essay

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Theater Final Exam Essay

That Helps People See The Truth Art is the original expression of the unknown. In other words as professor Krebs put it “Art is a persons creative interpretation of reality.” Artist manipulate reality through various tools such as hammers, mirrors, bodies, voices, stencils and brushes to name a few. However, all art as Pablo Picasso stated, “…is a lie that helps us see the truth more clearly.” An art form that exposes some of the truths of this world is theater. Through theater, people got to see the…

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Emperor Nero Research Paper

Emperor Nero (37-68 AD) was an infamously cruel Roman ruler who had a unique approach to the arts. This essay will discuss the reciprocal relationship between Nero’s cultivation of the arts and broader reign, exploring the dishonour associated with his artistic pursuits, his passion for acclaim which also acted as a form of propaganda, and the way in which his personal relationships and decision-making were influenced by a possibly psychotic interaction with theatre. Performers occupied low social…

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