Carry On
Through the stories of others we can share the pain of loss and the joy in memories. We can remind each other what it is to cry and grow and ultimately pick up the pieces and move on with our lives, no...
View ArticleThe Arrival by Shaun Tan
My eyes have been opened, all preconceived notions altered. I always understood the basics of immigration- the people and their bundles tossed onto a ship and deposited on new soil for a new lease on...
View ArticleNot Just Kids
The young lives of Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe were anything but normal. As young adults the two braved disease and drugs, madness and starvation… all in the heart of New York City. Lovers and...
View Articlean evening in flatbush
an evening in flatbush what one doesn’t see in my brooklyn sky there are children and dogs there is you, maybe i am also here but you don’t see me up here there are bodegas selling vegetables that i...
View ArticleThe High Line
For the creative portion of the project I decided to try out a website that Jenny showed us, xtranormal.com (the one that allows you to make videos with animated characters). My final product would be...
View ArticleDon Juan (or should I say ‘Done’ Juan?)
When I say done, I mean finished. Out. No more. For at the end of Moliere’s play, Don Juan, Juan himself is done for, and all for his own self-absorbed frivolities. An extreme womanizer, Don Juan took...
View ArticleRichard-Related Ramblings
I’m going to follow a trend here and say that I, too, experience difficulty while reading the works of William Shakespeare. The only difference with me is that I never realized it. I’ve only ever read...
View ArticleDa Mayor Knows
I love the 1989 film, Do the Right Thing. I saw it two years ago in my high school film history class but it’s been on my mind quite a few times since then. Spike Lee somehow captures the worst of...
View ArticleThe Music Underground
Community Arts project on subway musicians by Cali Paetow and Linda Manchery. Sorry I didn’t post this last night- I let it upload while I was sleeping.
View Article