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The Lighter Side Of Figurative Art
814 wordsSome works might make viewers laugh out loud; others may provoke a smile while still others will probably induce no more than an un exhibited amusement, (SJMA The Lighter Side of Bay Area Figuration, 1). Susan Landauer says this in regards to the latest exhibit at the San Jose Museum of Art. The show offers a wide range of pieces from the technically proficient to the texturally interesting; all had a lighthearted quality. I found Joe Bot by Clayton Bailey and Untitled by Joan Brown to be two pa...
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Warming His Face Girl On The Bench One
896 wordsHe stands against the pillar, his eyes closed, and breathes in the cold air. The sun is steadily rising, its rays warming his face, taking the chill out of the January morning. He turns even more towards the sun, basking in its warmth. At this unguarded moment, he has not a care in the world. He is oblivious to the world, oblivious to the girl on the bench steadily watching him. Beneath his black Bear jacket, hes wearing a red long-sleeved Polo shirt, dark blue Polo jeans, and mustard-colored Ti...
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Jake And Vivian Unable To Control Back
3,491 words... new in the square soft light from the window, and started to peck the damp ground in search of worms. Im coming for you. the words rang thorough Vivian's head like a fog horn blaring through the deadly silence of a warm summers night. She looked up and screamed, the man from her dreams stood four feet from the window. He stared at her, his deep, black eyes didnt move, they just peered through the window. Im dreaming, I have to be dreaming Vivian thought frantically but she knew it was not tr...
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Opened Her Eyes Favorite Doll Lisa
841 wordsHurry up, Lisa! Make a wish and blow the candles! exclaimed Mr and Mrs. Jones. It was Lisa's 7 th birthday and the Jones were celebrating it in their large, luxurious living room. Lisa was the happiest girl because she basically had everything, every toy she wanted. Her parents had her in their mid forties, so Lisa was a very valuable gift to them. So that was the reason why they bought her everything she asked for, making her the happiest yet the brattiest kid on earth. After Lisa made a wish a...
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Ease The Pain First Time
1,913 words... ff still beside my mother. The pain in my ribs was fading along with the sun rays that lit the room. The sounds of the birds chirping outside filled my ears and blocked out the unimaginable words that once filled them. My body began to relax and I thought to myself that everything was all right. The darkness of my eyelids seemed to take over me as I began to nod off to sleep. I reached my hand out with an open gesture to connect with my mothers, and I felt the clammy feeling of her arm as I ...
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Piece Of Literature Short Story
571 wordsAs one creates a story, the various techniques an author will use have a great impact on the story and the effect that it will have on the reader (s). A piece of literature serves its purpose when it leaves the readers with a new impression or insight. In the short story, The Storm, the author, McKnight Malmar, uses various writing mechanics in order to provide readers with a suspenseful setting. With the use of imagery, literature can achieve a greater purpose by leaving a person with a distinc...
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Life And Death Mother Death
1,297 wordsAlbert Camus' The Stranger explores the causes for Monsieur Meursault's murderous act, portraying Meursault's increasing feelings of indifference toward life following his mother's death. Meursault becomes ignorant to social values and conventions, thinking they constrict him, for he veers toward the 'I don't disrupt what you " re doing, so don't disrupt what I'm doing' outlook. He is more interested in the simple, physical actions rather than emotional feelings because he finds routine and reli...
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Chicken Hawk Floats William Duffy Farm Life
532 wordsLying in a Hammock at William Duffy's Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota Over my head, I see the bronze butterfly, Blowing like a leaf in green shadow. Down the ravine behind the empty house, Into the distances of the afternoon. In a field of sunlight between two pines, The droppings of last year's horses I lean back, as the evening darkens and comes on. A chicken hawk floats over, looking for home. The poem "Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy's Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota, " by James Wright, ex...
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High School Black People Hasidic
585 wordsIt was a cold January night in Brooklyn. I was helping my father provide a sound system for a Jewish high school play. Normally when one thinks of Jewish people, they think that they are just regular people who instead of going to church go to temple. However there are many different types of Jews. The ones my father and I were working for that night were called Hasidic Jews. Every winter my father would have several bookings of equipment rentals for their high school plays. For a long time, I t...
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Ted Hughes Hughes Poem
1,206 wordsHow effectively does Hughes convey the power of the jaguar? Ted Hughes poem The Jaguar describes the animals in a zoo and their lifestyles. It also compares them to the jaguar, which is an animal that lives differently to the others in the way that it views its life. The poem depicts the jaguar as powerful, but in what way? The first line of Ted Hughes poem the jaguar is: The apes yawn and adore their fleas in the sun. From the very first three words it is clear that the apes are tired, and the ...
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Fact She Would Be Happy Grateful For Any Kind Soul One
974 wordsFor a long time, I saw her almost every day on the train. Her gravely voice would prompt me to look up and then quickly look down. Sometimes, she would appear as I gazed aimlessly at the doors that adjoin the cars of the train. She would enter, look around, smile faintly and then introduce herself. Her name is Marion. She is homeless. But no, she doesnt steal and never has in her life. She is down on her luck and needs help. And can we please help her? A dime, a nickel, anything. In fact, she wo...
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Open My Eyes Bus Stop
1,342 wordsI grabbed the dagger hanging from the trolls thigh as I bent before the cliff awaiting death. I pulled it from its holster and in one swift move twirled it in my hand then rammed it through the trolls primitive boot, stopping when I hit dirt. I seized my friend Trevor's forearm and pulled him away from the other troll. The troll clumsily thrust his sword at me and struck the other troll in the shoulder, slicing through his crude armor. The uninjured troll ran to catch us as we bolted for the gat...
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Mom And Dad Started Walking
1,200 wordsGood night mom and dad; I'll see you in the morning, and I'm really sorry. " Tiffany said as she trudged up the stairs. It was just a couple days before Christmas, and ever since Tiffany and Megan had got out of school for Christmas break, Megan had spent every night with her boyfriend, Derrick. "I always have to be home by 10: 00 no matter what. It's not fair; I'm 15 years old, I'm not a child anymore and I think I can take care of myself. Just because Megan is seventeen she thinks she can do a...
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Undo My Top Panic In His Voice Euan
1,547 wordsThe lights were dimmed as the music was turned up and more drinks passed around. Euan, the birthday boy sat beside me on the sofa with his arm draped softly around my shoulders. My skirt was shimmying further and further up my legs but with a bottle of whatever it was in my hand I was far too drunk to notice. The tents were already set up outside and people had slowly been making their way out there. Euan had not left me alone for one minute. Though I enjoyed his company and he made me laugh, I ...
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Smelly Lice Head Boy Smelly Lice Head Kent
1,698 words... he Real Jan Brady. I was really happenin in a far out kinda way! I wanted to get my dog's picture taken, so I went to the picture store, and they said that if you have a baby, you could have your picture taken for free! So, I went and bought some baby clothes and put him in them! Then I brought him back. They thought he was awfully hairy, but I said he had a growth problem, so they stopped talking about it because they didnt want him to feel bad. Then I brought home the pictures, and hung th...
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Strangers On A Train By Alfred Hitchcock
1,697 wordsStrangers on a Train by Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock's 37 th film, Strangers on a Train, can be held for the classical "thriller" for many reasons: the plot evolves around murder, blackmailing, and subtle sexuality. But being based on a rather complicated structure, full of symbolism and intention, it extends the concept to a much more complex and intelligent level. Emphasizing on the duality of human nature, Hitchcock assembles most of the events and characters of the picture around the no...
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Face To Face Father
2,220 wordsThe House On Mango Street Formal Writing Assignment Dad? s Got His Wish I never had a choice. They decided it all for me and the next thing you know, we were moved. One night, I come home and my father gives me a big smile and says, we? re out of here. I give him a puzzled look, but after staring into his grinning face, I realize what he means. After thirty nine hard years, he has finally found the home he has always wanted. Since my father was young, he had always dreamed of the house he would ...
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Attention To Detail Human Body
1,432 wordsLucian Freud Master of The Flesh Lucian Freud, born grandson to Austrian Psychologist Sigmund Freud, was an English painter known and highly appreciated for his ability to render the human body with such technical precision. He was born in Berlin in 1922, and still lives today. He emigrated to England with his family as a child. He began to receive training at the Central School of Art in London, the East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing in Dedham, and Goldsmiths College in London between ...
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Mid Life Crisis High Priest
1,239 wordsMid-Life Crisis In Horst Stern s The Last Hunt, a man named Joop is portrayed as a professional worker in a very well known bank. Outside of being a banker, Joop enjoys to hunt wild animals. This has been a hobby of his since he was a young boy. Throughout the story many questions are raised about Joop s true feelings about his job, hunting, and his life. In the beginning of the story, a women walks in on Joop while he is staring at a picture on a wall in his office. The women is very embarrasse...
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Schizophrenic Patients Patient
3,015 wordsPhil- 229 Trinity College In his book, The Paradoxes of Delusion, Louis Sass attempts to rebut two of most prevalent beliefs of the schizophrenic person. He argues that by viewing the schizophrenic delusions in light of solipsism, a philosophy of existence, the schizophrenic may seem far more understandable. Through his comparison of the schizophrenic and solipsist realities, Sass explains that not only is schizophrenia understandable, but that there exists within the structure of schizophrenic ...
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