Category Archives: Assignments

Adornment Discussion

Person 1: This girl seems to me to be young, maybe a freshman at the University. When I look at her I see tight clothes, bright colors, Greek letters, and very straight brown shiny hair. I believe her values and … Continue reading

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Food Essay

Fabio Parasecoli article on Is Food Art? was an interesting read where he points out his views on whether food should be considered art or not. He explains that this topic is something that has been more recently debated by … Continue reading

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Food Art

Elizabeth Telfers’ article Food as Art is a great piece of work that explores many avenues on whether food should be considered and art form and why many people have different outlooks on the subject. This work was extremely interesting … Continue reading

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What Is Art For?

1. Ellen Dissanayake discusses a term she coined as paleoanthropsychobiological. To me this big work can be broken down as, ancient-human-mind-life-study. Those words sound choppy, but I would make this word out to mean the study of humans minds/emotions and … Continue reading

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What is Art?

Ellen Dissanayake offers many insights to the term “art” in her lecture, “Art for Life’s Sake,” and explores many different ways the term has been interpreted in the past. Dissanayake discusses a examination on how “art” has be viewed by … Continue reading

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Life Values

Prioritized life values: Enjoyment Health Friendship Wisdom Security Family Loyalty Integrity Personal Development Independence Personal Accomplishment Location Wealth Leadership Service Community Prestige Expertness Power Creativity   When looking at my top five values from my prioritized life values list and … Continue reading

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Oh the topic of values..

This reading on values was something I thoroughly enjoyed reading. I agree with a lot of what is said, but also found something things new and interesting to think about that I may not have otherwise considered. This topic is … Continue reading

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Saving Money

I love to travel and wish I could spend all my time traveling the world and exploring new places. I found this travel blog (Nomadic Matt) that has endless tips on traveling around the world. As a student, or a … Continue reading

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