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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Artist statement



Noah Breslauer
Artist statement 1st draft
(I will have a longer, revised draft up tonight)
“They don’t want communism…” I chose this quote because it relates so much to American ideas leading to war. I stole this quote from The Quiet American, a novel set during the Vietnam War and told the story of forcing democracy on others (along with other ideas).

I wanted to portray this concept of the U.S. forcing democracy and peace by putting the word democracy in the form of a gun. I thought that this would be the simplest way to describe this idea.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Blog 12

Ampersand: Internships is coming!

As you write your article, what is your engine?

What is the cliff? risk or opportunity?
How will he gain his motivation?

What are the key questions that you are answering for your readers?

What is an internship experience like?
Are all risks worth taking?

What are the key questions that you are answering for yourself as you write?

How can I understand more about myself while reflecting about experiences?
What is my motivation and does it matter?

If this were a more "standardized" writing assignment, what would the prompt be?

Write a three page essay concerning your overall growth through the internship experience. 

Monday, April 9, 2012

Noah Breslauer

Post your ideas for your first Literary Graffiti quote. Include the following, at a minimum:

"They don't want communism"
"They want enough rice", I said."They don't want to be shot at. They want one day to be much the same as another. They don't want our white skins around telling them what they want."
 
Source: Graham Greene's, The Quiet American

The context is as much the American views of democracy as anything else. It is set in Vietnam and the two characters talking are are in a watch-post of the government in the middle of the rainforest. During this time the main character, a journalist from England named Alden, and his "friend" from the U.S., Pyle, who is set on creating a democracy throughout Indo-China.

My favorite artistic style is stippling and I think I could do a good job with this quote using stippling. I will stipple the word "democracy" in the silhouette of a gun. I could possibly do this part on photo-shop and stipple the quote. I was also thinking of creating a boxing arena (stippled) Uncle Sam VS. the face of communism (Whoever was heading the communist movement at the time) and the prize money would be the actual citizens of Vietnam.