What artists do you rate? Käthe Kollwitz is my favourite. Partly because her drawing style is so beautiful, and partly because she thought being an artist was self-indulgent crap and became a doctor in an orphanage instead. –Banksy
Archive for the ‘Opinions’ Category
February 7, 2010
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FACE Four Seasons Opening at Stone Dragon Gallery
By Alisa in Arizona, Art, Life, Opinions, UofAThis past Friday was the opening of the FACE Four Seasons show. The show is of women artists, and it includes emerging (juried), mid-career (invited), and advanced (jurors) artists. It is pretty open-themed, but the goal of the show is to give a sense of the multi-facets of women’s lives. The show is split between [...]
November 4, 2009
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Interview with Dove&Snake
By Alisa in Internet, Life, OpinionsDove&Snake, a local Tucson zine, interviewed me after I contributed to Issue No.2. I’ve always wanted to be interviewed, and I wanted to be a professional blogger once. I think I’m reaching goals. Read the interview here. Buy an issue here.
December 15, 2008
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Winter foods
By Alisa in Crumbs, Opinions, PhotographyWith fall semester coming to a close, the weather is cooling down, and I’m trying to empty out my pantry before I leave the house for a month. I like it when foods match the season. Acorn squash, carrots, roma tomatoes and garlic, drizzled with olive oil, sprinkled with salt and pepper, then oven-roasted for [...]
October 18, 2008
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The education excretion
By Alisa in Opinions, SchoolAt age 16, I was slightly intimidated by my community college general biology class. I had never taken a chemistry class before (it was highly recommended), my peers already had a high school diploma, and my professor was an old man who answered a question by asking a question. It didn’t take long before I [...]
August 8, 2008
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Finding the untouched
By Alisa in Opinions, Photography, Project ImpactIn his book Escapism, Yi-Fu Tuan explores the relationships between humans and nature. He argues that humans invite nature into their lives by planting gardens and growing grass, but try to escape that nature by trimming it back, forcing it into patterns and designated places, and arranging it according to our standards of beautiful. I’ve [...]
January 15, 2008
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Patiently awaiting the morning
By Alisa in Crumbs, Opinions, SchoolSchool starts again tomorrow. I can’t believe that I’m starting on my second semester of college. I don’t feel like I’m a college student. I guess I had always imagined that it would be different somehow. I think that the media portrays college as something that is akin to Disneyland for big kids–fun all the [...]
December 19, 2007
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How it all measured up
By Alisa in Life, Opinions, School, UofAAll of my final grades have been released. The following graph shows my final grade, what grade I think my professor deserves, and how I grade the class as a whole. I gave my professors grades based on how I felt I was treated, how much interest they put into the class, and how well [...]
November 2, 2007
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English is the devil in academic form
By Alisa in Opinions, SchoolWith only four weeks left in the semester (OMG!), I have realized that I may not have learned a whole lot of things that are completely necessary to my future well-being (Von Thunen Model, anyone?), but I have learned one thing: English classes are the devil. I’m not saying that because I’m bitter (even though [...]
October 3, 2007
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Fake Fags
By Alisa in OpinionsThe other day I was watching a couple of guys on the volley ball court acting totally gay with each other. They were talking with a lisp, fawning on each other, and throwing around the phrase “FABulous honey!” The thing is, they weren’t gay. This isn’t anything new. I see guys from about middle school [...]