AADS/ENGL 3328.01
For my creative post I decided to make a painting inspired from an MFA art exhibit featured earlier this year by Basquiat, a black street artist, combined with my interpretation of Indigo’s character in Cypress, Sassafrass, and Indigo. Basquiat was a part of the “neo-expressionism movement” and created art in the 80s in Manhattan. His…
For my creative post, I decided to write some of my own versions of Indigo’s moon journeys/life recipes from the perspective of the grown up Indigo we see at the end of the novel. When reading Sassafrass, Cypress, and Indigo, I found myself really missing Indigo’s spiritual and whimsical voice in the middle. I liked…
I found this piece in McMullen. It is titled: Untitled by Omar El-Nagdi. The piece (with its natural colors and perfectly imperfect poignant shapes) is welcoming, safe, comforting, hopeful, realistic, natural, and simple while being incredibly powerful and meaningful. The piece flows and moves as I have said but to add onto this the piece…
Francisco Goya’s “The Third of May 1808” depicts the Napoleonic invasion of Spain where cities were raided, citizens were fired upon, and humanity was absent. In first looking at the painting, one’s attention is directed towards the man in the white and yellow clothing; all color is dull and dark surrounding him. Even as his…
The Annunciation by Jan Van Eyck is a 15th Century painting which depicts the angel Gabriel appearing before Mary to announce and ask her if she would have God’s son. Here, we see rays of light as symbols for God’s love.
“The Story of OJ” is a song/music video by Jay-Z that depicts the realities of American culture and society, specifically regarding the black community, and how the history of this country – beginning with slavery – has culminated in oppressive economic circumstances and damaging African-American stereotypes for those who identify as black in America. The…
Set in Miami during the height of the crack epidemic, Moonlight tells the story of Little, Chiron, and Black in its three acts. Three different facets of the story of the same black man, struggling to keep and find his identity in a society that rejects who he is. The legacy of the film is…