Let me think of it

Based on my understanding about the excerpt, the three kinds of civil are as the machines, the decision-makers and the reformers. Masses were called as the machine by its body because they do anything what the superior would command them without considering any moral conditions.  The lawyers, legislators or any  politicians were focused in the moral distinction. They were in charge of evaluating, judging or so whether an individual committed a sin or total innocent,however, the moral distinction was done by merely which is which or purely law-centered; not involving God. Reformers were the opposites of the second group.  They will not judge a person in the eye of the law,perhaps, evaluate a person through God's will and come up to the final verdict. They were considered as the person with conscience that knows how to differentiate right from wrong.

My he"ART" pumps like this!

Doodles at the back of your notebook? Vandals on the street walls? Tattoos on the skin? Drums, guitars playing? Dressing up in a trendy way? Do you consider them as an Art?.  Art is an expression of one's personality that differs us among the crowd. Each of us has various interpretation of art.  It could be through writing, painting, sculpting, playing instruments and so on.

Since I'm talking art related matters here, I would like to share my short understanding about definitions of art that I had learned on the first class discussion of my ArtMusc subject. I  was not expecting that there were lots of art definitions from different artist. But I chose only one that popped out my interest.

 

"Painting is easy when you don't know how,but very difficult when you do." -Edgar Degas.

Personally, I don't know the other mediums in painting but I just keep going as long as I am having fun. Painting as a subject is a serious matter.Students will learn how to use proper mediums such as watercolors,  oil-based paints, codes of brushes and other tools to a certain painting. It will also teach a beginner on how to create a quality paintings which is good but I still prefer to paint on my own way. Even I had my basic painting class way back highschool, I tend to follow  my style rather than following the guidelines because I am more comfortable with what I am used to. 

 

Those are my paintings. What do you think guys? I hope it does not look bad.

Let us move on to the other points we have also tackled. Our professor showed us some video clips about the NCCA National Artist Award Controversy. Mr. Carlos J. Caparas was one of the intrigued group of artist that former president Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo personally chose. The crowd questioned the involvement of his name on the lists because he did not even undergo formal strict screenings and yet he was declared as easy as that. For me, I appreciate every effort and unique ideas of others. As long as you are creative, you are an artist. But when it comes in to the eyes of the art masters, its not easy to choose which is which and who is who. Thousands of artistic minds are striving to be part of the nationwide artists but very limited are being chosen. I think by seeing the quality of artworks, popularity it gained and have it examined by the artistic community are the formal steps in measuring a person to be an artist.

xx,

Ann Dalumpines <3

Let me squeeze my brain for SciFi!

Last meeting, the discussion was all about the introduction of Science Fiction. At first, I got confused between fantasy and science fiction because they are quite related to one another. Fantasy is more on myths while science fiction is indirectly patterned to reality. It comes in different forms like movies, novels, comics and more for the easiest and friendliest access. 

1. The Terminator

Basically, the cyborg's mission was to kill a "soon-to-be-significant" woman, Sarah Connor. But he failed on his first attempt and said that he will return soon to finish his unfinished business. I considered this SciFi movie as a strong one because the characteristics of being partly machine is very evident as well as his human side. Technology in this generation could possibly turn you into extraordinary like cyborgs do.

2. The Matrix Reloaded

The movie was about machines who invaded human race and a guy who had an ability to read the codes of each machines or people to protect the humans.

3. I, Robot
It was all about the robot,Sonny, who violated the Three Laws of Robotics but later on found out that Sonny and his creator had a good intention to save humanity through Detective Spooner. Too much dependency on technology will not also benefit the society. It may cause damage or even risk lives.

1. Power Puff Girls 

Sugar,spice and everything nice were the main ingredients in making Bubbles, Blossom and Buttercup. This cartoon is good start of introducing the kids minds to SciFis which later on may influence them on their respective careers. I just find it  weak because there are a lot of popular SciFis came out after PPG. But honestly, I have been a big fan of PPG way back elementary days and I was also wishing to have superpowers like them out of chemicals. 

2. Megamind

A blue alien who was born to be a super-villain with loads of high-tech weapons and laboratories. Ever since, he had a goodguy nemesis named Metro Man that kept him a loser until he defeated him one time. He realized that his role as a super-villain was not anymore effective without Metro Man. At the end, he became a superhero and no longer a super-villain. The twist of the story was very shallow and that convinced me to write it under this category. 

3. 2012

The movie was good but there were parts that made it over-acting. But the thought of the story was nice and made me imagine if ever it will happen in reality(Hoping not! Dear God). 

(P.S Sarrrry for the limited details, I'm not fond of watching SciFi movies though. But I tried my best to recall what I have watched previously)