For this week's post, I was able to view some art, but in a less intimidating environment... aka not a fancy museum. I was excited to hear about the student art show happening at GCC. It's always neat to see what your peers are up to outside of "normal" classes. I chose to review some photography by Jairo Alejandro Ramirez and Hugo Sanchez. The first photo entitled "High Perspective Home" is in black and white and it shows a photo of a house from an interesting angle. The photo could be his home, or just another house he saw that had an interesting roof, which I thought was pretty cool. The second photo is entitled "Soledad" which is a city in northern Columbia. The photographer used an exciting technique in my opinion. The photo displays a close up of a water droplet like figure, with a sunset in the background, and the reflection through the droplet is upside-down, which is an interesting way to view different perspectives of the scenery. Overall I found the student art show to be exciting! I am glad GCC holds student shows.
Even though I was born in the late 90's (1997) I grew up listening to music from the 80's, hip hop, and rap music. I can't say that I remember the first time my mom played her Bruce Hornsby and the Range CD, but I remember 'The Way It Is' vividly. This song, which is perfect for the purpose of this blog post since it tells a story of social ills, and injustices, specifically regarding the Civil Rights Movement in 1964. However, I will actually be discussing a "remade" version of the song; 'Changes' by Tupac. As I mentioned before, I was raised on a lot of rap music, my mom would either put in the 80's greatest hits album or put on Tupac, or The Notorious B.I.G. There was really no in-between. Being a white female I can't say that I relate to what is rapped in this version of the song, but it definitely resonates with me. The song tells a story of how many struggles african american people have to go through just to make ends meet, and how...
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