Chapter 1
May has a lovely pet, a parrot with colorful feathers and beautful voice. Its name is Joey of which name comes from her father. Her father is the famous singer in New York who was known for his amazing voice. His voice attracted numbers of people , and many of his fans came to his concert on every sunday. He had only five years old daughter as a family member whom he loved more than anyone else. One day, while heading to home, he found an injured parrot nearby a trashcan on the street. He brought a parrot to his house and cured it by binding bandage around the its body. As few days passed, he gave it to May as a suprised Christmas present. Since then, May taught the parrot how to speak, listen and sing. One day, she listened to her father's song and decided to teach the song to the parrot. The parrot listened to the song several times and sang the song in different tone. It did not clearly pronounce as May did, but it sang in beautiful voice that human could not have. She decided to name the parrot as Joey due to its similarity with her dad. After few years, her father was passed away due to sudden traffic accident.
Chapter 2
One day, May had a strange dream. She was locked in the cage and saw her father walking to the big door. She tried to talk to her father, but nothing could be hard except bird's sound. Her dad seemed not to notice her and walked away from her further and further. She screamed and murmured that it was her dream. She opened her eyes to get out of her dream. Finally, she woke up in the early morning and tried to grasp a cup to drink water. She found something weird. Her hand was covered with shiny blue and blended yellowish feathers. She tried to get up and looked at her foot accidentally. She found her foot as hard and sharp-edged bird foot. She looked around the room and realized that her room looked bigger than usual. She felt something strange and tried to look at the mirror on the wardrobe. Because she could not figure out how to balance her body, she tried to get up several times. She stood with her two small foot and tried to balance her body weight. She jumped over her bed and landed on the wardobe. Then, she dragged herself in front of the mirror. She saw that her body had transformed into a tiny blue parrot with white ribbon on her neck. The ribbon was actually the hair band she got it as her birthday present from Joey. Then, she realized what situation she was in, tried to hold her conscience, and pondered what she should do next.
Chapter 3
She found her pet, Joey staring at her in the cage. She looked for a key to open the cage. She looked around and remembered that the keys were hanging on the wall. She holded the key in her mouth. She put the key into the key hole and turned it around. Because the key was slippery with oil, she could hardly grasp the key into her mouth. Finally,with several attempts, she opened the cage and reached closer to Joey. She wondered why Joey reminded her father and remembered her memory with her father. Suddenly, Joey began to sing with most beautiful sound that May had ever heard in her life. Joey walked out of the cage and flapped around its feathers. Then, it turned back to May and stared at her for few seconds. Joey flapped the feathers again and prepared its posture to fly. May also flapped her wings and practiced to be floated in the air. The neighbor living next to May's room watched a big and a tiny parrots with white ribbon flying away from the next window.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
What is Avant-garde?
What is Avant-garde?
(1860-1960)
Avant-garde means the movement in which contemporary pioneers or innovators signified the works that challenges against accepted standards. It was originated in France by an artist, Gustae Courbet. This movement confused elite, upsetted commerce and incensed moral society. The representative of this movement was Salvador Dali.
Source: http://web.presby.edu/writingcenter/newsletter/avant-garde.html
The two typical movements of Avant-garde
1)Die Brucke
Die Brucke was originated in Dresden, German. It had been lasting from 1905 to 1913. In German, the movement means a bridge which connects common interests and link to the future. The representatives of the movement will be Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Erich Heckel, Fritz Bleyl, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff etc. Die Brucke rejects academic tradition, realism and impression. It was inspired by German medieval and Renaissance art. It was sometimes called as untrained art that uses strong colors and distorted shapes to express strong feelings and vivid imaginations. It has impacted on Modern Art and created impressionism. The artists sometimes draw sexually charged events or the chaos in streets.
Example : Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s Nollendorfplatz
(1860-1960)
Avant-garde means the movement in which contemporary pioneers or innovators signified the works that challenges against accepted standards. It was originated in France by an artist, Gustae Courbet. This movement confused elite, upsetted commerce and incensed moral society. The representative of this movement was Salvador Dali.
Source: http://web.presby.edu/writingcenter/newsletter/avant-garde.html
The two typical movements of Avant-garde
1)Die Brucke
Die Brucke was originated in Dresden, German. It had been lasting from 1905 to 1913. In German, the movement means a bridge which connects common interests and link to the future. The representatives of the movement will be Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Erich Heckel, Fritz Bleyl, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff etc. Die Brucke rejects academic tradition, realism and impression. It was inspired by German medieval and Renaissance art. It was sometimes called as untrained art that uses strong colors and distorted shapes to express strong feelings and vivid imaginations. It has impacted on Modern Art and created impressionism. The artists sometimes draw sexually charged events or the chaos in streets.
Example : Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s Nollendorfplatz
2)De Stijl (1917-1931)
De Stijl was started from Netherland which is often called as Neoplasticism. "De Stijl" means style and indicates the name of the contemporary journal in Netherland. The typical representatives of the movement are Theo van Doesburg , Piet Mondrian etc. The style has been known for its purification of art and usage of primary or non colors. The artists also favored vertical and horizontal elements in their works. These characteristics help artists to express utopian of harmony and order.
Example : Piet Mondrian’s Composition with Yellow
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
What is meant by national eating disorder?
The food disorder happening in America is becoming a serious issue nowadays.
I watched several movies about the current diet of United States in AP biology class.
Those were 'Food. Inc', and 'Supersize me'.
By watching the movie, I realized how dangerous the American diet is.
According to 'Food, Inc', I listened to several comments about the problem and heard the story of a child who was died by eating a hamburger.
Moreover, the document ' Supersize me' amazed me how foods in United States can destroy people's lives.
The reckless experiment of a man eating only hamburgers shocked me how instant foods are unhealthy and actually poisonous.
As an international student, I wished the diet of Americans becomes more cooked and healthy food.
I watched several movies about the current diet of United States in AP biology class.
Those were 'Food. Inc', and 'Supersize me'.
By watching the movie, I realized how dangerous the American diet is.
According to 'Food, Inc', I listened to several comments about the problem and heard the story of a child who was died by eating a hamburger.
Moreover, the document ' Supersize me' amazed me how foods in United States can destroy people's lives.
The reckless experiment of a man eating only hamburgers shocked me how instant foods are unhealthy and actually poisonous.
As an international student, I wished the diet of Americans becomes more cooked and healthy food.
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