HOMEWORK: Reader 43-91... full-on Nazi blitzkrieg attack... and don't forget the Grammys on Sunday night (see next post below for explanation)
PAPER #5: I will discuss the timetable for the Image Analysis paper on Monday. Your ideas draft will probably be due on Thursday (Feb. 12), and your working draft the following Tuesday (Feb. 17).
SURVEY: Perhaps you recall my amusement at Aidin's comment on the first day of class about the UCI parking director being his [employee]. I'm not your employee... I work for the state of California if you look at my paychecks, and I work for, uh, humanity if you look at the subject I'm teaching. That said, I am very interested in collaborating with you to make this a good class. Your input will be helpful to me during the rest of the quarter, for my section next quarter, and for my future teaching. So please take this anonymous survey by Monday at midnight... this gives you the opportunity to wait for your midterm grade if you prefer. Please be honest and give it some thought. I have been teaching for six years and won awards, etc. You are not going to make me feel bad. (Likewise I critique your essays and exams as honestly and thoughtfully as I can with the aim of helping you improve, rather than making you feel bad.)
CHRISTIAN BALE UPDATE:
Bale to LA Times, "I acted like a punk... I mixed up fact and fiction."
"Christian Bale and I Are Done Professionally" t-shirt... I think Bottom should get one that says "Philostrate and I Are Done Professionally"
Stephen Colbert and Steve Martin re-enact the Bale rant:
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Obama Inaugaration Speech
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"I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors."
Works as both ethos and pathos. Obama speaks as both the newly elected president of the United States and also uses emotion to convey that he is very grateful to be elected.
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"Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath."
This is logos because Obama is talking about how many people have been president and emphasizing his status as the new president.
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"...every so often the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forebears, and true to our founding documents."
Is using pathos and logos. Pathos in the sense that he is talking about the war going on and about how our soldiers are "amidst gathering clouds and raging storms." And logos saying that the people have done right to elect him into office.
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"All this we can do. All this we will do."
Obama emphasizes his ethos. He says we to show that it is not just him that has power. The power belongs to "we," the American citizens.
The Grammy's
ReplyDeleteDuring this year’s Grammy Awards, Dwayne Johnson was the first to introduce the ceremony and performers of the night. He announced that the performers included “Coldplay, Carrie Underwood, Kid Rock, Stevie Wonder, Jennifer Hudson, The Jonas Brothers, Paul McCartney, Miley Cyrus, Neil Diamond, Lil’ Wayne, Taylor Swift, and Justin Timberlake. Clearly, all these “artists” are equally talented and well-known, making them the most desirable and popular artists of this time. It so happens that they are all unique and different in their individual style and performance. This particular Grammy Awards ceremony seemed to focus more on contrasting different styles and synchronizing them together to produce harmony. Mixing artists like the Jonas Brothers with Stevie Wonder, Justin Timberlake with the soulful king Al Green, created an uproarious applause from the audience. No one really implied a sort of view on aesthetics while presenting an award. However, the entire ceremony itself seemed to infer that music is indeed an art; no matter what style or who is the performer, all that matters is how appealing the music is to the masses. All the artists had something in common: they all sold millions of albums. Like Shakespeare, society seems to imply that those appeal to the masses deserve a nomination or even an award for their “aesthetically-pleasing” work.
I didn’t get exact quotes, but I think the following people said something like what I’ve written. Also, I didn’t really analyze what they said so much as tried to explain how their view of aesthetics could be seen through what they said.
ReplyDeleteThe song is like the American underground/underworld. [I don’t remember which he said.] – Robert Plant
Robert Plant seems to subscribe to the idea that art reflects reality and the world in which it is created. He implies that music can be representative of the actual world in saying that his song, in which he collaborated with Alison Krauss, can be directly compared to the American underground. I’m not entirely sure what he means by the American underground, but it seems he is referring to movements beyond music alone.
One of them is challenging something that has gone unacknowledged for too long. “Lesbians are awesome.” - Craig Ferguson
Craig Ferguson says something along these lines, suggesting that art can be influential (not exactly “political” like Moeller is arguing with the Nazis and communists, but something along those lines). In this case, Ferguson argues that Katy Perry ‘s “I Kissed a Girl” is advocating the right idea and that homosexuality is perfectly fine. He implies that art can be used to support a cause and to spread one’s beliefs.
For some reason I wasn't looking to take exact quotations from the grammy's, instead what I was looking for was the way one of the artists was presenting him/herself in an artistic manner. I found a performance in the beginning of the grammys to be particularly interesting in that it presented a story within a story, and possibly an art within another art. During Kid Rock's performance, he opened with a story-like telling of instances where starving kids are ignored and the war is going on for no reason. The whole point behind this was to get his point across by putting music behind it (kind of like a news report with aesthetically pleasing pre-arranged sound being played in the background). I considered this to be artistic because art is usually supposed to have a purpose behind it and being that his art was to entertain through music, he was able to represent his thoughts and opinions as well as the thoughts and opinions of others through a story his music was telling.
ReplyDeleteA theory of aesthetics that has been presented in the grammys can be seen in the winners in the general field. All the winners were non-rap/hip-hop artists. This could mean that even though their form of "art" in music is popular, it does not automatically make it the best selection of the category. Yes, the music is good, it is catchy and is very popular in mainstream society, but it does not mean that Ne-yo's year of the gentleman or Lil' Wayne's Carter III is better than Robert Plant & Alison Krauss' Raising Sand. Art should not be liked just because a majority of people like it. It should be listened to because the listener enjoys hearing that type of music. New forms of art are made because someone thought there could be a better way to represent oneself.
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ReplyDeleteEthos-”...because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forebears, and true to our founding documents.”
This quote is used to remind people of the acievements that have been accomplished in the past. It is used to get an “good” feeling out of people in a time of economic hardship.
"Let it be told to the future world that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet it."
Pres. Obama uses the father of this country to induce an feeling inspiration within the American people. He reminds people that the founding fathers has faced turmoil before and built this nation in rough times.
Pathos-”Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath.”
Here Pres. Obama presents himself as the 44th president of the USA. By saying this he establishes his position as the most powerful man in the nation.
“And why a man whose father less than 60 years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath.”
Here Pres. Obama claims that he is a different type of president, not just by race by though his actions that allowed him to take “a most sacred oath”.
Logos-”On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas that for far too long have strangled our politics.”
Pres. Obama offers an new path in which he intends to steer American politics. Though he does not exactly say how, he says that he intends to usher a different approach than his predisesoor.
“it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people upon which this nation relies.”
This statement shows that Pres. Obama believes that it is the people of America that support the nation.