Goodbye Art- the burning monk

A few weeks ago, my English teacher showed me a picture of a monk who was burned to death during a monk protest. The reason she showed us this pictures was to prove how the light and colors of the picture help the photographer to convey feelings and make his point through.

I was watching some videos about this artist who practices a very unique style of art. It is call goodbye art, because he makes real pieces of art that are time consuming and destroys them after making them. Well as I watch the videos, I realized he draw this monk with Oreo cookies! You must watch the video to opinion, it is really amazing.

Super size me

I hope all of you watch the movie "super size me" to see all the bad consequences you can get from eating McDonalds continually. If not, I want to show you a video of the same artist of the Oreo-piece-of art. He takes a lot of grease out of those fries! But at least he uses it in a very creative manner. Take a look, enjoy!

18-year-old adults

On Monday, in my Spanish class, I asked my teacher what she thought about teenagers being treated as adults when they turned 18, and she gave us a long lecture that is too long for me to remember everything. In summation, she told us that It was fair treatment for an 18-year-old person to be seen as an adult, because of all the experiences and all the critical situations he/or she is exposed to. Because the television and all the media has made us grow more quickly than the teenagers of her time. "Everything was more secluded in my time. You didn't talk back to your parents neither question their petitions. Neither did you talked with them about the things teenagers talk with everyone now. Everything was a taboo. Now teenagers talk about sex and drugs with more ease, and can question adults if the teenager thinks he is not being treated fair. I think all of this is very beneficial for society, because now everyone can talk about their problems. But the problem is that not everybody approaches those topics." Aside from the freedom media has given us to talk of these topics, it has also shown us many other things. The actual war of Iraq has been the most televised war, and kids watch news daily and listen to all the murders and captivities this war has caused----not only war deaths, but crimes that happen as far as the other side of the world and as near to local vicinities.
Then she made a comment about how we enjoy watching fights and watching the suffering of the other people. This may not apply to everybody, but I am sure that her comment covers the names of the majority of today's teenagers; they now participate in activities full of debauchery and extreme ghoulishness. And I ask myself, do the media collaborate, or influence teenagers to get involve with this? In most cases, parents always want the best for their children, therefore they teach them the preferred manners, and warn their children of what is right and what is wrong. There are TV programs, movies, songs, where false dreams and situations are projected, where the actor or singer is at a party, enjoying himself with a lot of women, money, alcohol and drugs. Obviously media shows what sells best, and this is what youth wants to see. We do have to much experience when we get to 18.

The Living Camera

This brilliant character is autistic. He is a savant. He has problems communicating with people because of this disorder; he even began to speak when he was five. He lives in his own world. Even thought he suffers from so many disorders, he has unique talent. A talent that seems at impossible grasp of normal people. This disorder happens most of the time by prenatal or during birth by the development of mental retardation or brain injury. This video shows the capability of precision of this people. I will not write anymore and I will let you see for yourself, then, after you watch the video, comment me and give me your opinion.

Dangers of Marijuana

May people think that marijuana is not dangerous at all, and some others say that it is not addictive. I would like to oppose to this idea and would also like to talk about the marijuana’s effects some more. Marijuana is not addictive because of chemicals, like cigarettes are because of nicotine and other chemicals, but it may be addictive in some other way. When people decide to try marihuana, they may feel an elevation of one's being and can feel kind of more confident with himself/herself. In addition, they also may feel relaxed, feelings that can be missed after the influence of this drug is gone. There are people that try it once or twice and are able to leave it aside and move on, and some think that they can do it some more times and stop whenever they like, but they prolong their due date to stop with the same idea of stopping whenever they like, and so on. The extended use of marijuana has similar outcomes of long-term smoking, now that there are some carcinogenic chemicals on it. Aside of marijuana raising the possibilities of getting cancer, this is a drug that opens the gate to the consumption of more dangerous drugs, like some hallucinogens, stimulants, or even narcotics. It is said that the pot smokers have 17 times more the chance of consuming cocaine. Other consequences of long-term consumption are brain injuries, or having hard time breathing. Emotional wise, it may cause depression, isolation and increasing anxiety. Finally, it can also affect on your social life, studies, and work.

Iraq War

For the last two weeks, I have been doing a project on the Iraq War for my English class. Because of this project I have come to reassure myself of the nonsense of this war. The United States have attacked Iraq for very ridiculous reasons, indeed. Just to give some examples, they wanted to abolish terrorism by attacking one specific place, even thought terrorism is an abstract situation in which everyone can take part of, there are terrorist attempts all over the world. Secondly, Saddam Hussein was a real thread because of the possession of weapons of mass destruction that were never found, even knowing there are numerous of other countries more capable of having weapons of mass destruction, and finally, for the brutal atrocities that he had committed against his people. Here is a video I found one YouTube were the President of the United States, George W. Bush, constantly contradicts himself through out the debate, and also somehow admits that the war on Iraq is not really connected with the 9/11 incident, another event used as a reason to start the war.

Racism

When Obama was elected as the United States President for the next four years (2008-2012), every one was impressed because history was made in North America, and it gave new hopes of abolishing racism, some even said that Obama could become an icon for the fight against racism. Today I have found out that Obama did gain international Attention. According to a blog written by Solana Larsen on http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/, Two danish writers named Jacob Holdt and Rune Engelbreth created a video directed to president elected Obama pleading him to help the world realize the racism taking place in Denmark and to try to cause some changes by criticising the anti-immigration. This video has become controversial. After being deleted from YouTube once, many people that agreed with the video added it again, and it was posted on many other webs also. On the other hand, some people, mostly danish, have found the idea of Obama having some role to play in Denmark's politics, and claim that he should worry about North America's politics only. Watch the video and the comment about it, you'll be surprised with what is said about racism on Denmark.

What the US Media lets us see

I am currently making a project on my English class about the war marketing of the 2000's. The propaganda shown by the army, or the marines, or even the cost guards, encourage teens to join them if they want to reach higher levels of strength, or to be someone in life by doing something fascinating. The movies help to change many perspectives of people. And the media, specially the television and the radio, is the source we rely on to know what happens around the world. Most of these sources are managed by the government, so its is easy to manipulate the news to their convenience, or at least that is what Allissa Miller lets us know with her presentation. Pay close attention to animation she shows about the countries. Miller says "Covering Britney is cheaper", this shows how shallow the community is, and how government and TV companies take advantage of this to earn some easy money. What we see the most on the news is about what is happening in Iraq. This is because of the war, the major focus of the country right now. Watch this video and give your opinions.

Small issue

I am perplexed, and this time, I want to ask for advice. It is said that one should listen to the older people because their appearance on Earth happened many years before ours, therefore they have more experience. I can't say no to that, because it surely is true. Sometimes, when something goes wrong, I regret not listening to my parents' advices. In other occasions, I feel some type of relief knowing that I listen to them. But I think this idea sometimes underestimates our ideas and opinions (I speak on behalf of the young people). There are times when I know I am right and my parents don't believe me so, and sometimes My beliefs oppose to theirs, and they feel offended by this from time to time. I want to find a way to talk to them without causing any problems, and for them to not just hear me but also listen to me when I know I'm right. Any advice?