Person 1 – The person I am observing appears to be a male in his late twenties or early thirties. I am assuming this to be his age because he seems fairly put together which is rare week 5 on Monday night in the library. I would guess he is Caucasian and I believe he […]
The article “A Matter of Taste?” by William Deresiewicz raised many thought provoking and insightful ideas that has actually completely changed the way I see the connection between food and art. The article discusses how the author believes that food has replaced art as high culture in our society, not that food is art. Up […]
Before reading the article or watching the videos, I found myself wondering, if food is considered art, by which standard does one judge it. What I mean by this is that food can be both visually pleasing as well as tasting and smelling just as good. Does a food’s taste have any impact on whether […]
“Paleoanthropsychobiological” describes the view of Dissanayake, who also coined the term, of the Western idea of art. The author defines this view by describing it as belief that “art must be viewed as an inherent universal (or biological) trait of human species, as normal as language, sex, sociability, aggression or any other characteristics of human […]
The statements, “species center view”, “dismissal, ignorance, irrelevance and exclusivity” and “propensity to make special” could all be used to describe most human attitudes in today’s society. We believe we are the most important species, which makes us special, and allows us to believe most other things are irrelevant and separate from us. This sounds […]
family friends healthy loyalty enjoyment integrity leadership service independence personal development community wisdom security personal accomplishment creativity location expertness wealth power prestige Today, Sunday April 13, is a more difficult day to compare how my actions throughout the day apply to my ranking of these characteristics. Sunday, for me and for many, is a day […]
As a society we love to brand things, even people. We think that everyone and everything should fall into neat little boxes that do not overlap. We like to be able to define things because it gives us a sense of control. Due to the human need to define things, they tend to see things […]
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/09/the-real-reason-facebook-makes-us-unhappy.html In the blog shared above, the affects of social networking, particularly Facebook, are laid out and the outcome seems to be the exact opposite of what you would think. For an idea that is supposed to help connect people no matter their location, social networking sites have the ability to isolate people […]