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| "Spruce Girls" by Vern C. Gorst |
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Sunday, June 19, 2011
The Pretenders - Back on the Chain Gang
Music Appreciation
American rock heroine Chrissie Hynde
is better known as the lead vocals of The Pretenders
. The band was formed in Hereford, England, while Hynde was in London working for a popular weekly music magazine in the early 1970s.
The English band found international success with their third single, "Brass in Pocket
," which also debuted as the seventh music video on MTV on August 1, 1981.
Back on the Chain Gang
was released in 1982 shortly after their guitarist James Honeyman Scott
's drug overdose.
American rock heroine Chrissie Hynde
is better known as the lead vocals of The Pretenders. The band was formed in Hereford, England, while Hynde was in London working for a popular weekly music magazine in the early 1970s. The English band found international success with their third single, "Brass in Pocket
," which also debuted as the seventh music video on MTV on August 1, 1981. Back on the Chain Gang
was released in 1982 shortly after their guitarist James Honeyman Scott's drug overdose.Source: Wikipedia
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Diego's artist influence in the hub of Capitalism
Art Appreciation
A coworker and a good friend of mine put me up to a task.
He gave me an assignment to write about Diego Rivera, known for his murals, in New York City. Needlesstosay, I took on his assignment.
Before I focus on the artist and his artistic influence while in the money capitol of the world, I should provide a quick history without naming his most famous spouse
.
Diego Rivera was born on December 8, 1886 in Guanajuato, Mexico. He studied art at a very early age and continued it through his young adult years in Madrid, Paris and Italy before returing to Mexico City.
While in Mexico City, he participated in a government sponsored mural project that allowed local governments to hire artists to paint murals on government buildings. The commissioned murals caught the attention of other governments--for example, the neighbor to the north.
Not long after, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller convinced her husband, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. to commission Diego Rivera to paint a mural on the ground floor of Rockefeller Center--the national landmark in the heart of Manhattan.
Diego Rivera's mural represented a man who is caught in the middle of the crossroads being capitalism and socialism.
To provide a perspective of the time, America was experiencing the effects of the Great Depression. Jobs were scarse, especially in the major metropolitan areas. People worked odd jobs for little pay and in unfair labor conditions.
Diego Rivera wanted to portray the unfair labor treatment in capitalism, something that he felt was corrected and avoided in socialistic governments.
After Rivera's presentation of the mural, the Rockefellers received many complaints on how Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin was portraited with wonderment. Soon after, the mural was covered and then removed.
Diego Rivera never worked in the United States again.
A coworker and a good friend of mine put me up to a task.
He gave me an assignment to write about Diego Rivera, known for his murals, in New York City. Needlesstosay, I took on his assignment.
Before I focus on the artist and his artistic influence while in the money capitol of the world, I should provide a quick history without naming his most famous spouse
. While in Mexico City, he participated in a government sponsored mural project that allowed local governments to hire artists to paint murals on government buildings. The commissioned murals caught the attention of other governments--for example, the neighbor to the north.
Not long after, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller convinced her husband, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. to commission Diego Rivera to paint a mural on the ground floor of Rockefeller Center--the national landmark in the heart of Manhattan.
Diego Rivera's mural represented a man who is caught in the middle of the crossroads being capitalism and socialism.
To provide a perspective of the time, America was experiencing the effects of the Great Depression. Jobs were scarse, especially in the major metropolitan areas. People worked odd jobs for little pay and in unfair labor conditions.
Diego Rivera wanted to portray the unfair labor treatment in capitalism, something that he felt was corrected and avoided in socialistic governments.
After Rivera's presentation of the mural, the Rockefellers received many complaints on how Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin was portraited with wonderment. Soon after, the mural was covered and then removed.
Diego Rivera never worked in the United States again.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Animals question themselves?
Scribbles of a seven year old
I thought I would share a scribble from my son's poetry journal he kept at school. What I like is how he draws question marks over each animal as if they question what they are rather than he wondering how they were made.
Things I Want to Know
When I think about the animals
There's lots I want to know,
Like how the zebra got his stripes,
And why the turtle's slow.
I wonder 'bout giraffe's tall neck
And how long it could grow.
And just who taught the fireflies
To make that special glow.
Perhaps someone could tell me
About peacock's feathered show,
Or how the worm got stuck with living
In a home so low.But more than any other thing,
I really want to know--
Just how come my Aunt Hilda
Makes her goldfish war a bow.
-Anonymous
Monday, June 13, 2011
Vinoodh Matadin and Inez van Lamsweerde
Photography Appreciation
You've probably come across their works in fashion magazines such as Harper's Baazar and Vogue. Dutch fashion photographer Vinoodh Matadin and Inez van Lamsweerde
have collaborated to photograph movie stars, supermodels and music videos such as Bjork's Hidden Place 
since 1986.
You've probably come across their works in fashion magazines such as Harper's Baazar and Vogue. Dutch fashion photographer Vinoodh Matadin and Inez van Lamsweerde
have collaborated to photograph movie stars, supermodels and music videos such as Bjork's Hidden Place since 1986.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Fingerprints
Scribbles of a seven year old
Our teachers come up with the most creative things to involve our children in reading and imagination.
Special Apples
These are special apples,
Hanging on this tree.
I made them with my fingerprints,
They are a part of me!
-Anonymous
Visit my blog at http://photographywritingandmore.blogspot.com/
Our teachers come up with the most creative things to involve our children in reading and imagination.These are special apples,
Hanging on this tree.
I made them with my fingerprints,
They are a part of me!
-Anonymous
Visit my blog at http://photographywritingandmore.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Ellen von Unwerth
Photography Appreciation
A former fashion model, Ellen von Unwerth
, is a renowned fashion photographer.
You probably don't recognize her name, but I beat you remember her iconic works.
She has also directed short films and music videos such as Duran Duran's Barbarella
.
Sources: Wikipedia
Visit my blog at http://photographywritingandmore.blogspot.com/.
A former fashion model, Ellen von Unwerth
, is a renowned fashion photographer.You probably don't recognize her name, but I beat you remember her iconic works.
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| Claudia Schiffer for Guess? Jeans |
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| Naomi Campbell |
.Sources: Wikipedia
Visit my blog at http://photographywritingandmore.blogspot.com/.
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