Work of Art

Art

Willow Tree Next to  Misty Waterfall

Pitter-Patter

Wonders of Nature

One of my favorite things to do is watch the rain. Thunderstorms mainly, or just simple pouring rains. It is my favorite thing nature has to offer. Sitting in my room and listening to the rain is a magical thing. Makes me feel at peace. Hearing the individual drops hit my room window or being in a car and watching them slide down one by one on the passenger window. Racing which drop will make it to the bottom first. Rain is a beautiful and extraordinary thing. Watching and listening to thunderstorms from my bed is like nature giving me a grand performance. The thunder and lightning are all so fascinating to me. Always wondering and thinking to myself: How is this possible!?! These white cotton ball things in the sky are literally leaking water and making noise. Whenever I experience watching the rainfall, it makes me feel comfortable. No matter how many times I've seen it, it always makes me smile. Me being in my room, or under my covers makes the experience even better. Being in my bed is my favorite place to be (with my puppies of course).
I don't only feel this way when it rains at home. When I am at school and it is thunderstorming, I find it very ominous. With the fluorescent lights and dark clouded surroundings. Only hearing the sound of the pitter-patter of the rain as it falls, and drowning out the teachers boring lectures. Fills me with joy and makes me feel like I want to be at school for once. I think it is so important to have places like this in your life. Somewhere you can be yourself and not feel negative energy. Place where you can feel sane again. 

Protests and Problems

Civil Disobedience

I have authority problems. I've never liked being told what to do, not now, and not ever. If I believe in my own opinion then I will argue it. I don't think I would ever feel compelled to break the law to protest, because if it's a protest and I agree with them then they can do the law breaking for me. I'm not sure how I feel about public protest. I honestly think it scares me a little. When I was in Mexico in August I saw a protest going on. There were probably hundreds of people, walking down the streets with signs and chanting the same thing over and over. Children and adults. The chants were in spanish of course, and spanish not being my first language, I asked my mom what they were saying. She said they were protesting about bus taxes and that the government had raised prices. Now if you have ever been to Mexico you would know that the people who live the use busses often. To get to school, work, and home. Every single day. I think that it's good that they're protesting. I just think that it unfortunate that that's what they have to do to get the government's attention. I think when a person fights for something they believe in, it is the greatest personality trait anyone could have. To have the courage and confidence to not just sit back and agree with whatever someone says.  To stand up for what you believe in. Martin Luther King Jr. for example. He had courage like no other, and although his life was taken wrongly for it, look at what he has done. He made people see his vision for the world. There is so much more power when someone is not taking a stand alone. And that is what protesting is all about.

Earful Resonance

Music

LET THERE BE LOVE by Oasis 

                            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TqJa0RZOUc

Who kicked a hole in the sky so the heavens would cry over me? 
Who stole the soul from the sun in a world come undone at the seams? 

Let there be love 
Let there be love 

I hope the weather is calm as you sail up your heavenly stream 
Suspended clear in the sky are the words that we sing in our dreams 

Let there be love 
Let there be love 
Let there be love 
Let there be love 

Come on Baby Blue 
Shake up your tired eyes 
The world is waiting for you 
May all your dreaming fill the empty sky 
But if it makes you happy 
Keep on clapping 
Just remember I'll be by your side 
And if you don't let go it's gonna pass you by 

Who kicked a hole in the sky so the heavens would cry over me? 
Who stole the soul from the sun in a world come undone at the seams? 

Let there be love 
Let there be love

Romanticism is defined as:

2. a movement in the arts and literature that originated in the late 18th century, emphasizing inspiration, subjectivity, and the primacy of the individual.
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 If that made zero sense to you, please take the time to look at this website:

                http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/defining-romanticism-in-the-arts.html

This song represent romanticism becuase although the lyrics dont go into detail on what Nathan(Lead vocalists and songwriter of Oasis) is saying, it has a much deeper meaning. This song is about letting your friends and family into your life when you're feel like shutting everyone out. That it's okay to let people know how you're feeling way down inside. To not let it win, and there's so much in the world to see. To let there be love in your life and who has took away your sunshine and undone your happiness. It is so important to not keep everything inside. Because it will destroy you from the inside out.

Sexy Vampires

Darkness

Twilight is honestly one of my favorite book series and I'm sad that they're done with them. I enjoy the movies even more because I am a visual person. Not to mention Robert Pattinson is hot. :-) The vampire, werewolf aspect never scared me though. However I'd probably think different if I were to encounter any. I think I'm not afraid because I know that these people are actors and none of it is real. Plus, they make the actors sexy! I'd want them to kill me. Speaking of hot actors, the television series The Vampire Diaries is also something I find quite entertaining. And I wonder if the only reason I'm attracted to these shows is because of the hot actors or the concept of supernatural beings. I think being a vampire/werewolf just makes you badass and I'm sure I am not the only one who thinks that. If you could choose what supernatural being, what would you choose? Werewolf? Vampire? Witch? Personally I'd have to go with vampire. Thinking about it I am kind of torn between werewolf and vampire. This is because, I think a wolf is a cool animal and well being able to turn into one is pretty awesome. There wouldn't be an issue of being hungry either. For instance, if I was a vampire and I got hungry I would have to feed on someone's blood(which could get me into some trouble if people start going "missing"). The powers that come with being a vampire are so much more intriguing though. Super hearing, supervision, super strength, super speeds, ability to heal quickly, having fangs! Also, the benefit of being automatically sexy if you're a vampire. I think people see vampires /werewolves and get the sense of "sexy fearfulness". Which is a term that I just now created, which means that they feel fear, but are so overpowered by their sexiness that it completely doesn't make them scary at all.

Romanticism through Film

Film

Edward Scissorhands by Tim Burton is a classic and a good example of a romanticist film. Johnny Depp is one of my favorite actors and this movie really pushed his career further along. The movie is a good example of romanticism because it is all about this person who is an outsider and trying to fit in with everyone else. He has to accept who he is and let other people in.This can be a hard to do when the thing that makes you an outsider are having giant scissors for hands. Edward's (played by Johnny Depp) character develops throughout the movie. At first Edward is timid and cautious about leaving the castle he had lived in for so long on his own after his creator dies unexpectedly when showing Edward the prosthetic hands he made. As the movie continued Edward feels more comfortable and feels apart of the community, but it quickly changes when he is framed and seen as a monster. He feels alone and back to where he started. Angry and upset, towards the end of the movie the girl that Edward grew a likeness too comforts him by saying she loved him. Edward felt closure to know that he was still loved and finally accepted what he was. The setting of the movie was suburban and all the houses looked the exact same but with different colors. The reason Tim Burton chose this is because that's what the neighborhoods looked like when he was a kid. He got the idea of this movie because, he himself, felt like an outsider and wanted to fit in. The other characters did not have character develop and remained relatively the same except the girl Edward fell for: Kim. At first she thought he was weird and then later began to try and understand him and fell for him too.

Children At Work

Children

In my neighborhood, there are many kids. Their ages range from 1-15. I don't always see them playing outside but when I do, it's usually moms walking with their babies in the stroller. When I see babies I don't usually think of my childhood, but of my future. That one day I'd have a baby and a family. It makes me smile to see these women taking the time to enjoy and spend time with their child. When I see older kids ages from 5-10, they're either riding their bikes,playing with a football, or drawing on the sidewalk with chalk. Seeing kids this age makes me miss my childhood. They are so innocent and seem to not wonder about the world, but that's the difference. I wondered all about the world. Even though I say I miss my childhood, I always wanted to be older. I was a very independent child and still am. Even to this day I wish I was older. I guess it's more of I miss the simplicity of childhood and lack of responsibilities. I think I find myself acting more childlike when I am with my family and boyfriend. I am the youngest of 4 kids in my family and the oldest is 8 years older than me. So as you can imagine I feel quite young at times. When I am with my boyfriend, I act silly and I remember always being so silly when I was younger. I enjoy being a child except when it limits me. I like to be treated as equal, not based on how old I am because overall, I consider myself pretty mature.If I were to return to childhood, I would return to my oldest memories of when I was 5. I think I enjoyed life then, still being young with all my siblings.