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So I'm taking Arabic and it is currently making me a little bit dyslexic. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday I spend a good 20 minutes reorienting my brain to think from left to right and then after class I have to do the same thing in order to get back to thinking in English again. The fun thing is that I actually notice an increase in my ability to retain more information in my classes and when I'm studying. I thought I'd blog about this because languages fascinate me and there seems to be a kind of art to learning them as well.شقف هس سخ بعى فاشف سخةثفهةثس ه تعسف صشىىش صقهفث شلاخعف هفز 

An intro

Upon first seeing the image of Salvador Dali floating in mid-air with loaves of bread hovering behind, the initial reaction is one of laughter and curiosity. Why would the photographer, Philippe Halsman, capture such a moment of awkwardness and instability? The photo, simply entitled Salvador Dali, is one of many in a series of photographs from the book Jump!, by Halsman himself. In the photo, Dali’s body language, as well as the background items and people serve to mesh Dali’s fascination with both science and religion and makes the argument for the belief in both while simultaneously also feeding the Dali ego by drawing attention to both the art and subject, Dali, of the art itself.

Project: Dali

So I'm using this photo for my project because it reminds me of the pictures my friends and I take all the time and put on facebook. There always so random and funny and happy! While there usually isn't bread floating in the background of my pictures, we do occasionally capture random people just going about their daily lives.

Extraordinary people, The artist with no eyes, Esref Armagan

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3AgO6H0H98

The art of the human face

On Friday I participated in a research lab for the School of Biology. They were researching the the genetics of human facial expressions. The lab required that I sit in front of a super high tech 3D imaging camera and make faces for it to capture. Thirty minutes later it was done and I was officially apart of something that would hopefully lead to medical advancements and new technology, or at least that's what I hope for.

The strange thing about it was that they were essentially mapping out the part of the body that people spend the most time altering to look just the way they think everyone else wants to see them. The lab was studying the very reason my face laughs, speaks, and moves the way it does. They were studying the way I express myself without words, just the way a piece of art says it all without actually saying anything. They were analyzing the signs the very same way an art critique picks apart an art piece while trying to explain why the artist did what he or she did. It was art and science working together and for me, an artist and endeavoring chemist, there is nothing better!  

Why do I blog about art?

I'd be tempted to say that the only reason for my current predicament is that I, like many others, strive to achieve the highest grades, the most knowledge, and the respect of the teacher, but in reality that is only part of the truth. I consider myself an artist. Therefore, I think about art and now I write about art. I create art, I think about art, and I write about art. It is the complete trilogy of a well-rounded education.

Picture journey (camera phone)