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For this event I decided to branch out, and go to the election night event in the red doors.  In my mind, this event was more enriching than any talk I could have attended.  I am very involved with politics, and this year was my first chance to exercise my right to vote.  This event …

I think that my “Analyzing my Analysis for a Formal Analysis for Analyzing Artwork” is one of my best pieces.  I love this piece because I feel like I took a risk in my subject.  I also felt very passionately about my analysis, and had fun writing it, which is why I believe this piece …

In September I went to Ada Limon’s talk about her poetry.  She read about ten poems, and my favorites were ones she wrote in a moment, about the most mundane or strage occurances.  I specifically recall one she wrote about roadkill. She turned a gruesome subject into an intruging self-reflection.  She wrote another called “The …

The journal makes me aware of the tension between China and Britain.  The journal proves how bad the relationship between the two governments were, but it also shows the racism that is rooted in the British.  William Almack talks about how he hated the fireworks and seems unappreciative of their hospitality, although it is apparent …

On Saturday the third of November, I took my parents to see the garden!  My parents are vegan, and are starting their own garden, so I decided to show them Muhlenberg’s garden.  We pulled weeds and basically cleared out the whole garden.  My parents were able to take some of the produce that we had …

Britain has been increasingly taken over by tea from the 1600’s to the present day.  When tea hit the British markets, it had a slow claim to fame, peaking in the 1800’s.  Tea became a part of the Britsh culture, causing demands to rise.  It became a necessity to society and irreplacable.   This caused …

I read an excerpt from an art history textbook about how to formally analyze artwork.  It had been broken up into sections of how to analyze particular works of art, including paintings, sculptures, ceramics, architecture, installation, digital, and performance arts.  I focused on the main pieces that I usually study and create which are paintings …

According to the text from Rikyu, I have thought of tea in Japan to be more of a journey than about the end product.  It is not about the materials that you have, as long as your heart is in it. In fact we are all capable of using makeshift tools for any part of …

Last Thursday the class tasted several different teas.  After trying almost all of them, I decided that the sweet, floral, and light Jasmine tea was my favorite.  I ended up drinking too cups of the Jasmine tea. I loved how light it was, and although I drank my cups with honey, I tried each tea …