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              Blanche was disappointed when she saw Stella’s house. In the beginning, when she carried her suitcase in the outside of Stella’s house, she looked at this place and she thought the walkers indicated to her the wrong place. And while Eunice told her there were Elysian Fields, Blanche still said that they didn’t know what number she looked for. The book {7} also said that as she looks about, her expression is one of shocked disbelief. Secondly, when she chatted with her sister, she also said that she thought her sister would never come back to this “horrible” place. She wanted her sister to explain this place to her and also said “what on earth are you doing in a place like this?” in her mind, she thought about a lot of worse places, but she never thought that her sister’s house would be so run down. Form her mood, and her expression, she couldn’t accept this place and couldn’t understand why Stella lived in such a sad place.

               Stanley wasn’t a good man. He had a lot of bad habits. Like, he bowled too much and he played poker too often. I think his wife got pregnant; he should be responsible and take care of his wife instead of playing games. On the top of everything else, he was a drunkard; he had a lot of liquor in his house. He also was an impolite person because he didn’t ask Blanche when he wanted to touch Blanche’s stuff. He had very bad attitude when he talked to Blanche, and he asked lots of private questions of Blanche, like letters. Blanche didn’t want to tell him about the letters, but he still insisted on asking. He didn’t care about how Blanche would be embarrassed. The worst thing Stanley did was to hit his wife. His wife just wanted to persuade him to come home early, but he hit her. She had a baby, but he didn’t care about it. He just used violence to communicate with his wife. He was not responsible at being a husband. As we can see, Stanley’s attitude and his personality determined he was not a good person.

what is art? With my little own thoughts

Qian Li

Philosophy of Art

Dr. V. Albrecht

03/22/2012

What is Art?

         Art is a masterpiece of creativity or someone’s thoughts. Art is also a language. It's a way of interpreting an image, painting, film, sculpture or photography. One can perceive it as an outlet from our everyday lives to just a form of expression. The story behind the painting makes it a piece of art. Actually, art can be anything and it depends on how you think. If you think this art picture is art, it will be art. Art can be a language also, a lot of artist showed their mood on picture instead of talking with people.

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 Do you know him?—Paul Pollock Jackson

Paul Jackson Pollock (January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956), known as Jackson Pollock, was an influential American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. He was well known for his uniquely defined style of drip painting.

During his lifetime, Pollock enjoyed considerable fame and notoriety. He was regarded as a mostly reclusive artist. He had a volatile personality, and struggled with alcoholism for most of his life. In 1945, he married the artist Lee Krasner, who became an important influence on his career and on his legacy.Pollock died at the age of 44 in an alcohol-related car accident. In December 1956, the year of his death, he was given a memorial retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City, and a larger more comprehensive exhibition there in 1967. More recently, in 1998 and 1999, his work was honored with large-scale retrospective exhibitions at MoMA and at The Tate in London.

What do you think of his famous painting?

This painting was named Lavender Mist. And his quote of this painting was "I can control the flow of the paint. There is no accident." — Jackson Pollock

The materials of painting were Oil on canvas, oil, enamel and aluminum on canvas. The length of this painting is 221 x 300 cm (7 ft 3 in x 9 ft 10 in). And this painting is displayed on National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. now.

The action of his painting is  Action painting

Pollock was the first ``all-over'' painter, pouring paint rather than using brushes and a palette, and abandoning all conventions of a central motif. He danced in semi-ecstasy over canvases spread across the floor, lost in his patternings, dripping and dribbling with total control. He said: ``The painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through.'' He painted no image, just ``action'', though ``action painting'' seems an inadequate term for the finished result of his creative process. Lavender Mist is 3 m long (nearly 10 ft), a vast expanse on a heroic scale. It is alive with colored scribble, spattered lines moving this way and that, now thickening, now trailing off to a slender skein. The eye is kept continually eager, not allowed to rest on any particular area. Pollock has put his hands into paint and placed them at the top right-- an instinctive gesture eerily reminiscent of cave painters who did the same. The overall tone is a pale lavender, maide airy and active. At the time Pollock was heiled as the greatest American painter, but there are already those who feel his work is not holding up in every respect.

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What I think of this painting?

I am not an artist; I don’t know how to enjoy the art. I felt painter was sad when he drew this picture. He used all of the colors to draw the lavenders. I saw a Chinese movie when I was a kid, the man gave the women lavenders to show his love. And the lavenders was light purple, it’s different from this painting.

This paragraph was my own idea

There is the other picture

This title of this picture was called The Key. It was painted by 1946, compared with last one, this one is more colorful. He was an abstract painter. Actually, I didn’t understand this picture. It seems like cartoon.
This paragraph was my own idea as well.

final essay

Goal

Every day we need to make decisions that could have negative or positive impacts in our future.  I was standing in front of the mirror and looking at myself. I was asking myself:” what do I want to be and what’s my goal for the future.” I am confused and lost. Previously years, I always had excuses for myself not to make decisions such as which college I should attend to and what major I should pursuit in. As time flew by, I am currently in college and it is the time to make a change. However, now I do not have any excuses to escape thinking for my future anymore. There are a few occupations that I want to be such as being a teacher, doctor, or banker. Due to language barrier, I believe being a banker would be my first choice. Before becoming a banker, there is a big step which I need to determine is which school I should go.  My primarily goal is transferring to Baruch college next year. I know to achieve this goal is not easy. I would need to change major, earn enough money, find an internship and maintain a high GPA for pursuing in the banking field.

My first obstacle, I need to do is changing my major to economic. Currently, I am still in the Liberal Arts department. By changing my major, I may not able to transfer some of my liberal arts credits to Baruch College. I have spoken to my counselor and she informed me that it is very important to decide a major. Once, I know what field that I want to study in then I need transfer immediately. If I do not, I would be wasting my time and money to study something that is not related to my major. She gave some advice, like I should check Baruch’s website to see what are the requirements and deadlines for transferring there. My counselor advised me that I should apply in other colleges as well for backup if Baruch rejects me. Once I decide what I want to be, I am getting closer to my goals and success.

            My second obstacle is that I should make an efficient economic plan. I only have more 3 years of finical aids left. Therefore, I may need to pay additional tuition fees at my own expense; I think one year tuition in Baruch is ten- thousand dollars. Which I haven’t counted my daily expenses; I can use my part-time job to pay off the expenses. There are two ways I could pay off my tuition. The first option is I can apply either student loan. Certainly, I have to pay back my student loans in the future when I find a job. The second option is applying for a scholarship which is a difficult task because I need to have a high GPA in order to qualify. My brother who is currently studying in BMCC and has a 3.8 GPA but he still is not eligible for getting a scholarship. I think the best way for me to do is operating both options at the same time. I believe a well planning of using our funds could help us avoiding falling into a financial crisis.

            My third obstacle which I believe is the most difficult one is keeping my GPA at least 3.5 in LAGCC.  Even though, I spent a lot of time on studying, I am still not satisfied with my GPA, especially in my writing course. I struggle with it all the time, sometimes I could sit in front of the computer for more than an hour, and I could not come out with any ideas. I am so afraid that I would not be eligible to go to the Baruch College. If I keep complaining or fearing instead of finding solution, I will definitely not accomplish my goals. As a result, I did come up with a plan for this semester. First of all, I ensure myself to wake up 15 minutes early than before so I will not be late to go to classes. I won’t allow attendance to hurt my grade. Secondly, I will take good notes and pay more attention in every class as possible. Furthermore, I will study review all the materials before attending classes and studying harder before exams. I will visit my professors regularly if I don’t understand or have questions to ask about the materials. Finally, I will reduce the amount of time spending on games. I do not want my entertainment to influence my studying.

            The last obstacle is about finding an internship. My friend suggested me that I should get an internship as soon as possible. She told me that I can either talk to the internship department or look at a job-seeking website to see if there is a bank teller position available. I found out only Bank of America offers internship for college students. But I missed their deadline, so I need to apply in the next semester. If I get an internship at a bank then the chance of me being a banker is closer.

            In conclusion, having a goal in life is very important; it will motivate us. I will work hard for attain a high GPA so I will be eligible to apply for Baruch college and scholarships. Expectantly, I would find an internship before I graduate.  I believe if we try to pursuit of our goals, there will be one percent of chance to success. If we give up the pursuit of our goals, there will be no chance to success.

what is art?

What Is Art?

Art is a masterpiece of creativity or someones thoughts. Art is also a language. It's a way of interpreting an image, painting, film, sculpture or photography. One can precieve it as an outlet from our everyday lives to just a form of expression. A diverse range of ideas. The story behind the painting makes it a piece of art.

By: Jackson Pollock, One: Number 31



Jackson Pollock was an American painter, born in 1912, he was the youngest of five boys.  In 1930, he studied at the Art Students League. From 1933 to 1935 he lived in poverty. Three years later, he was in the hospital for four months undergoing psychiatric treatment due to his abuse of alcohol. After that process, he decide to begin in his a dole scene. He worked with two Jungian analyst who used his drawings in the therapeutic process. And his paintings reveals the central conflict of Pollock's  personality. His famous painting which he gave number rather than titles to associate his work better. The number 31 is his best and famous painting, it in tense and creativity.

goal 3 draft

             1.I stand up in front of mirror and looked at myself. I was keeping asking myself:” what do I want to be and what’s my goals for the future.” I was confused. If I asked myself before, I would say that I still have couple years to make decisions. However, I am in the college now and it’s the time to make a change and I can’t find any excuse to escape thinking of my future anymore. Actually, I have been thinking a lot of occupations recently, like to be a doctor or a teacher or a banker. I think to be a banker is my first choice because it’s easier if I compared to the others. Before to become a banker, there is a big step which I need to determine is which school I should go. So my goal is to transfer into Economic major at Baruch in the next year. To achieve this goal is not easy, but I have already made plans to help myself.

               2.First problem I faced to is to change my major. I am still in the Liberal Arts now, and I should change to Economic. The problem is that I already finished some Liberal Arts credits, if I changed to Economic, some of the credits can’t be transfer to Baruch. I have asked my counselor and she told me that’s very important to decide a major. If once I know what do I want to study, and I should transfer immediately. If I wait long time to transfer my major, I will waste a lot of time and money to study something is not relate to my major. She also gave me advice, like I should check Baruch’s website to see how to transfer to Baruch, and what the deadline of applying Baruch is. And she also told me that I can apply six different colleges and I should find five more schools just in case if Baruch may reject me. Finding more details about how to choose class and to change major will help to finish my credits faster.

               3.Second problem is that I should make my economic plan. I have 3 years of finical aid left. I need to pay one more tuition fees by myself; I think one year tuition in Baruch is 10000 dollars. And I haven’t counted daily expense; I can use my part-time job to pay my daily expense. There are two ways I can pay my tuition; I can apply either student loans or scholarship. I need to pay back student loans when I found a job in the future, but to get scholarship it’s hard. School will require your have very high GPA. My brother was in BMCC now and he got 3.8 GPA, but he still can’t be eligible to get scholarship. I can try both of them to pay my tuition fees. Mastering management economic can help us avoid falling into financial crisis.

               4.The third problem which is the most difficult one is to keep my GPA at least 3.5 in the LAGCC.  Even though I spent a lot of time on studying, I am still not satisfied with my GPA, especially in writing course. I struggle with it all the time, sometimes I sat in front of computer for more than an hour, and I couldn’t come out with any ideas. I am so afraid that I couldn’t be eligible to go to Baruch. If I keep complaining or scaring instead of finding solution, I will definitely incomplete my goal. So I did plans for this semester. First of all, I will wake up 15 minutes early to make sure that I won’t be late to classes. I won’t let attendance to hurt my grade. Secondly, I will take notes on all of my classes and pay more attention to my professors. Furthermore, I will study before classes and review before tests. I want to make sure I understand what the professors are taking about and remember most of concepts. Finally, I will reduce the amount of time spend on games. I don’t want to delay my studies due to childish toys.

              5. The last problem is about internship. My friend suggested me that I should get internship as possible as I can. She told me that I can either go to ask internship department or to look at website to see which bank will offer. I found that only Bank of America offers internship to college students. But I missed their deadline, so I need to apply in the next semester. If I get the chance of internship in the bank, I think I will become a banker in the near future.

               In conclusion, to have a goal in life is very important; the target can bring us the driving force of our success. If we try to pursuit of our goal, there will be one percent of chance to success. If we give up the pursuit of our goals, there will be no chance to success.

              

              

goal2

Everyone has their goals, and sometime the goal can be as easy as playing video game. In other times it also can be as hard as Marathon. However I have a goal which is to transfer to Baruch college in next year, and it can be just as hard as Marathon.

I have compared a lot of colleges, and I think Baruch is a very good business school. I think choosing a college is very important to me because I do not want to spend four years learning something which have not big impact in my future. In addition, I have considered a lot of majors and i believed business is the best choice for me. Entering a good college and to get a degree will have a postive effect on me in the future.

When I was a kid, I always dream about I could work at bank. The environment in bank I feel very comfortable. There is air conditioner in summer and heat in the winter. Until now, I still dream about this. To become a banker is not only a dream, but it also relates to my future job. Choosing a job is a crucial step for the future due to I just want to do something that I am really interested in. Now it's a time to let me seize my dream.

In order to achieve my dream, I need to study hard so I can enter to Baruch which is very good at business. However, I know that it is very difficult to enter  because it requires high GPA. Even though I spend a lot of time on studying, I am not still satisfied with my GPA, especially in English course. I struggle with it all the time. Sometimes I sat in front of computer for more than one hour, and I still could not come out with any ideas. I am so afraid that I could not be eligible to go to Baruch.

               If I keep complaining or scaring instead of finding solution, I will definitely incomplete my dream. So I did plan for this semester. First of all, I will wake up 15 minutes early to make sure that I won’t be late to classes. I won’t let attendance to hurt my grade.  Secondly, I will take notes on all of my classes and pay more attention to my professors.   Furthermore, I will study before classes and review before tests. I want to make sure I can understand what the professors are talking about and remember all concepts. Finally, I will reduce the amount of time spend on games. I don’t want to delay my studies because of childish toys.

               In conclusion, it’s very difficult achieve a goal. Once we have established our goals, we should not give up so easily. We should pursue our dreams.

goal

               I have a lot of goals. Some of my goals are life, others are long term goals. One of my goals is to transfer to Baruch next year.

               I have compared a lot of colleges, and I think Baruch is a very good business school. I think choosing a college is very important to me. I don’t want to spend four years learning something useless. It wastes my time and money. I have considered a lot of majors and I believed business is the best choice for me. To enter a good college and to get a degree is important to me.

               To transfer to Baruch is not easy. I have heard different statements about the required GPA. Some people have said that one needs a 2.7 or above to enter Baruch. Some people have said that one needs to get 3.3 or above to enter Baruch. However one of my friends have said that a 3.7 GPA or above would be the safest choice. However keeping a 3.7 GPA is difficult. One needs to get almost all the A‘s in all courses. If one class is difficult, it’s hard to get good overall grade.

               I have already made plans to achieve my goal. First of all, I will wake up 15 minutes early to make sure that I won’t be late to classes. I won’t let attendance to hurt my grade.  Secondly, I will take notes on all of my classes and pay more attention to my professors.   Furthermore, I will study before classes and review before tests. I want to make sure I can understand what the professors are talking about and remember all concepts. Finally, I will reduce the amount of time spend on games. I don’t want to delay my studies because of childish toys.

               In conclusion, it’s very difficult achieve a goal. Once we have established our goals, we should not give up so easily. We should pursue our dreams.