Unit 5: Adornment
October 30, 2013
Today I devoted an hour of my time to people watch in front of the EMU on the campus of University of Oregon. Of that hour spent people watching there were a lot of people that stood out to me. However, of the wide variety of people I saw, there were three that stood out. […]
Unit 4: Food As Art Research Project
October 27, 2013
In this article, “What it’s like to eat at the world’s best sushi bar?”, Dan Shapiro has the honor and pleasure of meeting the legendary Jiro Ono, the worlds best sushi chef. Jiro Ono, an 86 year old Tokyo native, runs his sushi restaurant Sukiyabashi Jiro tucked away in the basement of the Ginza Metro […]
Unit 4: Food As Art
October 23, 2013
This discussion about whether food is art or not is actually quite ironic. If you were to ask me whether food is an art four years ago I would have told you no. But for the last for years I have had the pleasure of working with two cooks who specialize in fine dining. Both […]
Unit 3: What is art for? (part3)
October 20, 2013
Ellen Dissanayake is the one who coined the term “palaeoanthropsychobiological”. She created this term to essentially describe arts entire history all in one adjective. Palaeoanthropsychobiological suggests several notions if you break the word down. The first part of the term, “Palaeo”, suggests that art dates back as far as we know mankind to exist. The […]
Unit 3: What is art?
October 16, 2013
In the reading “What is Art For?”, Ellen Dissanayake gives a detailed insight on the history of Western art and its importance in today’s society. According to Dissanayake, art is hardwired into humans and is “normal and natural as language, sex, sociability, aggression, or any of the other characteristics of human nature.” (pg.1). She also […]
Unit 2: Life Values Assessment
October 13, 2013
List of my values from in order of importance: 1.Friendship 2.Enjoyment 3.Family 4.Health 5.Security 6.Loyalty 7.Personal Accomplishment 8.Prestige 9.Creativity 10.Power 11.Leadership 12.Location 13.Wisdom 14.Personal Development 15.Expertness 16.Service 17.Wealth 18.Integrity 19.Independence 20.Community I have to be totally honest, today is Sunday which means I wasn’t the most productive me today. I slept in, […]
Unit 2: Values
October 11, 2013
The article that we were assigned to read, “A Question of Values: Six Ways We Make the Personal Choices That Shape Our Lives” offered a lot of good insight on what values are, how to come to make our own values, and how they help guide our lives. I have to be honest, before reading […]
First blog
October 11, 2013
I found this article the other night which blew my mind! I thought many of you might find it interesting as well. Its about a criminal mastermind by the name of Ross Ulbricht who was just recently arrested by the FBI on October 2, 2013. Ulbricht ran a huge black market website called Silkroad.com that […]
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October 9, 2013
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