People Watching

Today I spent some time people watching on campus while walking to class and these are the three people I decided to write about.   I saw a guy who was wearing a black jacket, I did not notice if there was any logos on the jacket but there was some white writing on the […]

Food As Art Research

Is Food Art?

Is food a form of art? My reaction to that question is yes; food can certainly be a form of art. In particular food that is crafted. The video presentation of this week made a distinction between fast food and slow food, in which they discussed the merits of these foods and which is intrinsically […]

Is Art Cultural?

In the Ted talk video that was assigned for this week Denis Dutton, an art philosopher, looks at what beauty really is and what makes art. He gives us a “theory of beauty” in which he tries to give an explanation for why some forms of art and expression are cross culturally considered great like […]

Life Values

Family Health Friendship Personal Development Enjoyment Wisdom Service Independence Loyalty Integrity Community Personal Accomplishment Location Security Wealth Leadership Power Expertness Creativity Prestige   Today I went on a run and I try to run everyday, I think that personal health is very important because without our health we would be unable to do any other […]

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A Question of Values

In “A Question of Values” I think that the general framework of “mental modes” is one that seems to be intuitively correct and it is clear in human behavior that not all humans process decisions in the same way, be it by nature or nurture. Also the different ways in which one could arrive at […]