By Kwesi Billups PART II. YOUTH My initial reaction notes to the piece while I was in the gallery: Man has become his own god in the wake of his awakening. Gone are the days of his infancy, and he has demonstrated through his piloting of his own destiny. His Guardian bids him a safe journey […]
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VoL Part I. Childhood
By Kwesi Billups PART I. CHILDHOOD My initial reaction notes to the piece while I was in the gallery: Man is narrow-minded, his view limited. The ominous cave from which he has escaped with his Guardian is empty. He has escaped [a world of] perpetual ignorance, bursting into a world of vibrance. But, his view is […]
VoL- Video
By Kwesi Billups As I perused the works exhibited within the National Gallery of Art, I found myself amazed at the technical quality of the pieces, and impressed with the extensive collection of artwork spanning centuries of content material. However, while I found the many of the National Gallery’s collected works impressive, I hardly felt […]
Winter Storm Stella
The Washington Post published an article by Chris A. Pabon titled About Winter Storm Stella and weird, variable weather about the winter storm Stella that hit northeast United States during the week of March 13, 2017. The article says that regions in northeast Pennsylvania received from three to five feet of snow and that nearly three days after the […]
One Year Down, Three More to Go
” I can’t believe our freshman year of college is almost over.” -Anonymous Friend of Mine I was sitting with a friend on my floor the other day just talking about a variety of random topics, and we came around to talking about finals, and she ended up making the above comment about the end […]
It’s Only 168 Miles Away
I saw this advertisement today while I was on my way to one of my classes, and it immediately caught my attention. The first thing I noticed was the large and quite obvious “168 Miles South” written right in the middle of the ad. This, naturally, made me wonder what is 168 miles south, so […]
Commonplace 13
One of the most interesting concepts in society is culture. Why is an action acceptable in one place, but not in another. The theme I’d like to discuss today is the death penalty. 31 states in the USA still execute the death penalty, and over 50 countries around the world also believe it is a […]
We Are All Children of the Universe
“You are a child of the universe, as much as the trees and the stars: you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.” – Max Ehrmann I actually came across this quote because of a friend that lives […]
Appropriating Culture
The awareness of cultural appropriation has recently increased amongst society due to the increasing instances of it. The Cambridge Dictionary defines cultural appropriation as “the act of taking or using things from a culture that is not your own, especially without showing that you understand or respect this culture:”. In other words, cultural appropriation is […]
Silver Linings
“So, I found out today that I am getting deployed to Kuwait in February.” -Cody Seese One of my best friends, Cody, is in the National Guard and got back from basic training and his advanced individual training program (AIT) in February of this year. […]