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The topic of the TED presentation is really interesting to me. Jane McGonigal mainly argues that playing online games could help human to deal with the real issues in the real world, such as hunger, climate change, or global conflicts. I am a fan of online games but I never believe that playing games could […]
1 How do you define “Spirituality”? Spirituality is opposite to mechanical things. Mechanics is that doing things by following certain rules and steps. However, the nature of spirituality is freedom, the inner freedom. This freedom first should have space, unlimited space brings more activity, and more activities mean more possibility. The biggest feature of spirituality […]
The reading “Art as Spiritual Practice” are really sparking me. As we discussed before, art could express personal emotions; meanwhile, in this reading, Grey introduced a kind of spiritual practice and I feel this is similar with expressing emotion. In addition, this reading mainly talked about how people consider about an object after saw it […]
Article 1 In the article “The Curious Appeal of Horror Movies” by Lucy, O. Brien, the author was thinking that horror should not be a big business, but it actually is making a good profit and is rapidly growing. She also analyzed the reason of why people like horror movies. Firstly, it can provides something […]
The example of non-diegetic sound that I choose happened in 1: 46. The mood is peaceful and romantic when the guy is kissing Buffy. However, the sound of wind coming from outside of the screen with the darken light. The non-diegetic sound is the Sound whose source is neither visible on the screen nor has […]
This is interesting to think about my own dress. From a whole perspective, I dress and customize myself in a stylish style. Usually, I like to wear black clothes, like black jacket, black shirt, black pants and black shoes. No matter for clothes or pants, I like to close-fitting dress because I believe this kind […]
I sat in the first floor of library to observe people. The first person that I observed is a man who is sitting in front of computer. He wears a simple black boat with black sport pants. His shoes is a pair of leisure shoes. He wear glasses and there is nothing more adornment on […]
“A canned shit can be art, why can’s gourmet food be similarly elevated?” (Smillie 2007) In the article Is Food Art? Susan Smillie complained about contemporary art and supports food to be art. Food is art or not is an intertwined question, but Susan’s opinion in this situation is very clear. She definitely considers food […]