November 16, 2009
Kurt Schwitters Reaction
Like most of the students in our class, this particular piece of work was not 'my style,' however I will still call it a piece of artwork because an individual has put time and thought into this piece (with or without a message) for viewers to hear, see, and observe.
After a few minutes I noticed that Kurt Schwitters used various language that sounded like a mix of French, English, German, and perhaps some gibberish, and that's when a question hit me 'What the heck is this guy trying to say??' Kurt continued talking with his various languages as I continue to scramble my brain trying to figure out what the message might be behind his talking. There are some words that sounds funny which was a bit unexpected because during his talk he seems rather monotone if not upset. He said something that sounded like 'Rack-a-da-baby, Rock-a-da-baby.'
At the the end of the tape I still have not figured out what this artist was trying to say and to my relief not many understood the piece as well. As we discussed why this particular artist made his art this way instead of the conventional-conceptual-piece-of art-that-has-a-drawing-of-a-human-crying-or- laughing-in-an-all-too-cliched-setting (eg. the garden), this artist HAD NO MESSAGE behind this work, letting the viewers understand that art needs no meaning and just needs to be enjoyed.
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October 29, 2009
After the Tape
The 30 day test seems to be a good idea. In my own experience visualizing plays a large part of my life/sport. If you visualize negative outcomes, it will more than likely happen. If you visualize positive outcome it will give you a large chance of pulling of what you wanted to do. If I do the task for 30 days, it will become and a habit, a good one. Making this into a habit will be the hard part, but once I have it as a habit it will be a good impact on me. After hearing this tape, on a side note I realized that some concepts that I learn from my sport can be applied to real life things. The mind is a powerful object and can make us into a failure or a success, depending on how we perceive ourselves. This being said, I will try to perceive things in a positive perspective. After all, like Earl Nightingale said "I have nothing to loose and a whole life to gain."
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While Listening to the Tape
The author starts by talking about how only a small percentage of people become successful. He claimed that the reason why this happens was because the people in this small percentage have goals. These people WANT to be doing what they are already doing. For this reason they excel in what they do. Another point that struck me was claiming that 'we are what we think.' My dad has taught me this recently and I believed in it. Hearing this on the tape and also reading it in the book by Napoleon Hill 'Think & Grow Rich" made me realize how important a positive mindset is to our jobs. He used a simile of planting seeds (a poisonous and a corn) into a ground. It does not matter what we plant, what will happen is that it will reap what we sow. This simile works the same way with our mind. Another good point made by the author.
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Before hearing the Earl Nightingale tape
I sat down on my bed and started tying on my blog. I thought to myself why would Phoebe ask us to hear this tape? What made her so enthusiastic about it other than what it did to her? What could this tape possibly have that my parents or other books have not told me about? The first thing that came into my mind was it would probably be inspirational. Most of these self-help tapes (which I am assuming these tapes are) probably consist of stories from great and notable people (eg. Abraham Licncoln, George Washington, Bill Gates, etc.) and along with the use of these people came a lesson which we are about to hear. To be honest I am not so sure that I will be able to stay awake while hearing this tape if it wasn't for the help of the internet. We will see.
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