Another free post, great!
I like it so much when we have this free blog sessions because it is a great moment to express myself, and sometime it is so hard to express your feelings and thoughts. And well... that is the theme I will write about: the choice of expressing myself against being a pleaser.
Normally, in real life, not in the blog, I can not express myself with freedom because I feel that I will hurt someone's feelings or maybe someone can be offended by what I say. And it is so comlicated when we create this barrier, it is like a jail we put us in. Because lately I have realize that I live my life pleasing people and living in a mental jail, so I can not express myself with freedom.
But this go even further, with pleasing people, not only that, but we force our feelings to please also, is like you can not be sad or angry or feel anything that can alter the feeling of others, unless they want to feel that, and then you have to please them with that feeling. And of course if they feel bad or sad you have to listen and share the emotion and end feeling sad, but if you want express your feelings... no way! Is like: "Don't make me sad, please" "Oh OK, OK, OK..." but they do not really listen.
So in the end, our emotions are the emotions others decide for us, because we have to please the rest and not make they uncomfortable. But I am tired of that, I want to start living under my own emotions and feelings and wake up in the morning and be and feel who I am. Because nobody cares to please me, so why should I be that. Of course the people I love do that, and I will please them *in some ways, but when you start dictating your emotions with the emotions of the people you don't really know or that they don't even care about you... then is time to stop and be yourself.
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Session 8- Going Green
Going green.
When it comes to environmental themes, I have to talk about the most important theme right now, which for me is Monsanto and how is being pushed into our country.
First of all I have to say that transgenic food, plants and seed are very suspicious to me, and it doesn't seem like a "solution" of progress or sustainability, we all know what it's about, it's about making more money with less resources, and what really bothers me is that they are not only being pushed to us and we are forced and obligated to consume them by publicity, but laws are being created, strings are being pulled and people get paid to really force us to consume it, and in this case, is actually really serious, with Monsanto.
Monsanto has been known as a try-out of transgenic seeds, and where ever it has been pushed inside it has caused a lot problems to citizens (health problems) and of course a lot of money to producers, politicians and business man that include themselves in the process.
I find it so low that they let something like that get inside our country, letting us become guinea pigs of this horrible mutant seeds, that maybe in 20 to 30 years more they will be actually perfect and non-decease producing, but right now it has been banned from many countries such as Mexico, Canada and Peru, because of it's low quality standards, shown in long-term deceases.
I hope people in this country would wake up and end this circus; because how can it be that it will become illegal to plant your own seeds and to have a choice of non-transgenic seeds. It just seems so silly to me.
I hope this gets clear, spoken and fixed... but... to bad that politics and health are about money and not about people (in this country, as in many parts of the world)... then it would be so much obvious that the important things are the human citizens’ health, security and freedom, but instead is a few politicians and business men making more money than they need (even more than what their grandchildren need).
When it comes to environmental themes, I have to talk about the most important theme right now, which for me is Monsanto and how is being pushed into our country.
First of all I have to say that transgenic food, plants and seed are very suspicious to me, and it doesn't seem like a "solution" of progress or sustainability, we all know what it's about, it's about making more money with less resources, and what really bothers me is that they are not only being pushed to us and we are forced and obligated to consume them by publicity, but laws are being created, strings are being pulled and people get paid to really force us to consume it, and in this case, is actually really serious, with Monsanto.
Monsanto has been known as a try-out of transgenic seeds, and where ever it has been pushed inside it has caused a lot problems to citizens (health problems) and of course a lot of money to producers, politicians and business man that include themselves in the process.
I find it so low that they let something like that get inside our country, letting us become guinea pigs of this horrible mutant seeds, that maybe in 20 to 30 years more they will be actually perfect and non-decease producing, but right now it has been banned from many countries such as Mexico, Canada and Peru, because of it's low quality standards, shown in long-term deceases.
I hope people in this country would wake up and end this circus; because how can it be that it will become illegal to plant your own seeds and to have a choice of non-transgenic seeds. It just seems so silly to me.
I hope this gets clear, spoken and fixed... but... to bad that politics and health are about money and not about people (in this country, as in many parts of the world)... then it would be so much obvious that the important things are the human citizens’ health, security and freedom, but instead is a few politicians and business men making more money than they need (even more than what their grandchildren need).
Blog entry Number Se7en
In this post I will talk about the movie Seven (Se7en by David Fincher),
which is about the seven capital sins (yes, blog 7 and the movie called the
same, word choices). But the entry is not only about the movie, it also about
the relation the movie has with one of my favorite books, The Divine Comedy.
The movie looks for relations with the book because the killer of the movie is a fanatic of the book, and in his Psychopathy he believes that it is his duty to punish the sinners the same way the movie punishes the sinners that committed the seven deadly sins.
The fact is that this information is given in portion of the book, during purgatory chants. And for the relation with the movie becomes symbolic because the city where the action occurs is never really identified, being it so like some sort of Purgatory for the characters a young and full of life policeman and a old and tired one (Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman), both of them have to live the in very different ways.
The funny thing is that, even with the whole intellectual references from Dante's colossal book and all its relations to mythological punishments and tortures, the killer is finally found for that, the book, and the relations with other written essays and books. The policemen illegally use a CIA way to see who rented those books and essays and the fin the killer John Doe. But then again... maybe that was part of his plan... Spoiler?
Good movie, good readings, a bit on the macabre side... but great, and related to the number seven.
The movie looks for relations with the book because the killer of the movie is a fanatic of the book, and in his Psychopathy he believes that it is his duty to punish the sinners the same way the movie punishes the sinners that committed the seven deadly sins.
The fact is that this information is given in portion of the book, during purgatory chants. And for the relation with the movie becomes symbolic because the city where the action occurs is never really identified, being it so like some sort of Purgatory for the characters a young and full of life policeman and a old and tired one (Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman), both of them have to live the in very different ways.
The funny thing is that, even with the whole intellectual references from Dante's colossal book and all its relations to mythological punishments and tortures, the killer is finally found for that, the book, and the relations with other written essays and books. The policemen illegally use a CIA way to see who rented those books and essays and the fin the killer John Doe. But then again... maybe that was part of his plan... Spoiler?
Good movie, good readings, a bit on the macabre side... but great, and related to the number seven.
Blog session 6- Summary of career related article- Section: Art and Design
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/architecture-design-blog/2013/nov/08/faces-3d-printing-prosthetics
This week in London, there was a fair called "3D Printshow" that showed different elements and applications for the avant technology of 3D printers. Among the common uses of figurines and what not there was a particularly interesting use for this printers, which shows a promising development that could have an important application.
What seems in first look, described by the writer of the news, like a booth of noses, faces, ears and every face part in part or in whole, scattered, in every color or skin tone, was a marvelous idea worth of writing about.
Industrial designer Tom Fripp, first brought a 3D printer to his office to make quick model products, being an industrial design office. But then the University of Sheffield asked them to print something that resembled soft tissue, and after years of development and the inclusion of "Wellcome Trust", they came up with a whole new concept and made the first series of 3D printed prostheses.
- "Conventional maxillofacial prosthetics are incredibly laborious and expensive to produce," says Fripp. "You have to take an impression from the area of trauma, cast a plaster positive, then make a mold, carve the desired form in wax, and cast it in silicone. The end result of this handmade process costs between £1,500 to £3,000." - (between $1,200,000 chilean pesos and $2,500,000 chilean pesos)
The last paragraph is taken directly from the news, I thought it was important to put it as is, because of two points, first being the fact that it explains the whole news and its importance to art, science and technology, and the second fact being that the importance of this development is that the execution of the process leaves a lot less space for the person's trauma to be a part of the process, a few snapshots of the patients face, then uploaded to the 3D program, and then printed... that for me is the future, in art, design, technology and science. Digital modeling makes it a lot less complicated and cheaper, with less pain and trauma.
So the final product, being a print in silicone doesn’t cost more than £150 ($125,000 chilean pesos) per model.
Only a small fraction and very more suitable for a person who suffered a trauma of this kind.
They hope this to develop further and become common. Prosthetics usually wear out and besides the waste, is also expensive and hard to have options if you have a sun-tan or need options, but with this development it becomes easier and cheaper.
After this medical usage, this will easily become prominent in art, film and theatre.
This week in London, there was a fair called "3D Printshow" that showed different elements and applications for the avant technology of 3D printers. Among the common uses of figurines and what not there was a particularly interesting use for this printers, which shows a promising development that could have an important application.
What seems in first look, described by the writer of the news, like a booth of noses, faces, ears and every face part in part or in whole, scattered, in every color or skin tone, was a marvelous idea worth of writing about.
Industrial designer Tom Fripp, first brought a 3D printer to his office to make quick model products, being an industrial design office. But then the University of Sheffield asked them to print something that resembled soft tissue, and after years of development and the inclusion of "Wellcome Trust", they came up with a whole new concept and made the first series of 3D printed prostheses.
- "Conventional maxillofacial prosthetics are incredibly laborious and expensive to produce," says Fripp. "You have to take an impression from the area of trauma, cast a plaster positive, then make a mold, carve the desired form in wax, and cast it in silicone. The end result of this handmade process costs between £1,500 to £3,000." - (between $1,200,000 chilean pesos and $2,500,000 chilean pesos)
The last paragraph is taken directly from the news, I thought it was important to put it as is, because of two points, first being the fact that it explains the whole news and its importance to art, science and technology, and the second fact being that the importance of this development is that the execution of the process leaves a lot less space for the person's trauma to be a part of the process, a few snapshots of the patients face, then uploaded to the 3D program, and then printed... that for me is the future, in art, design, technology and science. Digital modeling makes it a lot less complicated and cheaper, with less pain and trauma.
So the final product, being a print in silicone doesn’t cost more than £150 ($125,000 chilean pesos) per model.
Only a small fraction and very more suitable for a person who suffered a trauma of this kind.
They hope this to develop further and become common. Prosthetics usually wear out and besides the waste, is also expensive and hard to have options if you have a sun-tan or need options, but with this development it becomes easier and cheaper.
After this medical usage, this will easily become prominent in art, film and theatre.
Session 5 Free post- My little but good expirience with cinematography
In this post I want write about cinematography (director of
photography in films, commonly reffered as cinematographer, DP; director of photagraphy). Since I did the cinematography in the short film we did
last semester I have been very deeply moved and amazed by it. I have read a ton
of books about it and kept my mind in it, while working as much as I can in it. The downsize is that I don’t own a
camera, which is essential for it, but my boyfriend has one and when ever he
brings it he always lends it to me because he knows how much I love working
with it and because he thinks I am becoming good at it.
I hope to have a camera of my own some day and swap lenses,
look throw the viewfinder and practice as much as I would love to, but for now
it’s Ok with my boyfriend’s camera, because is not just about the camera
itself, it is about the optic (lenses), the atmosphere (the lighting) and the
framing (decisions in framing and decisions in general), that makes good
cinematography.
I have been reading a lot about Storaro’s techniques and have
learned so much. Vittorio Storaro is famous for his work with great filmmakers like
Coppola (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, Rumble Fish…), Akira Kurosawa (Dreams,
Kagemusha, etc…), Bernardo Bertolucci (The last Emperor, Ultimo tango a Parigi, etc...), and many others. But
in general he works with filmmakers that put a lot of attention to detail, and
that for me is what has been most important of all, the attention to detail.
While learning Cinematography I have realized that you can
do a lot with little but the most important thing is that, that people don’t
really realize that when they see a picture or a film frame the absorve the
whole frame and all the details, and then they don’t really understand why they
love it or hate it… but is because everything goes thru the eye, every single
detail.
I hope to be the best I can in this field that I love so
much.
Session 4
Today I want to talk about my favorite series, Breaking Bad and why am I a
fan, and why I’m so sad because the series has ended.
First of all, I have never been a follower of any other TV series as deep and committed as I have been with Breaking Bad, for real, Breaking Bad was like my religion.
Breaking Bad was the most intriguing and well written series I have ever seen, the series’ story is about Walter White, a chemistry teacher, a brilliant but frustrated man, he is a good dad and a tender husband, his wife is pregnant, and Walter has to work in two jobs for his family, a teacher in a school were the kids would never see the genius he is and they don’t even take him serious, and at a car wash were he is treated very bad by his boss.
Walter has this sort of mediocre life, but he makes an effort for his family. Until he is diagnosed with lung cancer and he’s life expectation becomes very narrow. So he feels he needs to provide for his family before he dies, so as a chemist he starts to create the finest Crystal Meth (Methamphetamine), and becomes a drug dealer, and slowly but surely things start to change and money starts to flow and things go from bad to worst.
The series is amazing!
First of all, I have never been a follower of any other TV series as deep and committed as I have been with Breaking Bad, for real, Breaking Bad was like my religion.
Breaking Bad was the most intriguing and well written series I have ever seen, the series’ story is about Walter White, a chemistry teacher, a brilliant but frustrated man, he is a good dad and a tender husband, his wife is pregnant, and Walter has to work in two jobs for his family, a teacher in a school were the kids would never see the genius he is and they don’t even take him serious, and at a car wash were he is treated very bad by his boss.
Walter has this sort of mediocre life, but he makes an effort for his family. Until he is diagnosed with lung cancer and he’s life expectation becomes very narrow. So he feels he needs to provide for his family before he dies, so as a chemist he starts to create the finest Crystal Meth (Methamphetamine), and becomes a drug dealer, and slowly but surely things start to change and money starts to flow and things go from bad to worst.
The series is amazing!
Session 3
For me traveling is the most exiting thing in
the world, I haven’t had the luck to visit a great number of countries
Choosing only one country is a very difficult thing to do because all countries are amazing, and all have a differences and unique beautiful places and landscapes. For example I would like to visit Indonesia, France, and Ecuador.
But there is only one country I really want to go every time, and that is Spain, I like it so much because my mom is from Spain and my family from my mom’s side is in Madrid, and I miss them so much, my two aunts and my uncle, seven cousins, and my lovely grandmother, she is very important for me because she is my only living grandparent, and she is so sweet and tender.
The last time I saw her, was in 2005, I really miss her a lot, and I’m very worried for her because she is old and I fear for her health. I hope to see her soon, maybe next year or as soon as I can, my boyfriend is also saving money to go with me because he wants to travel to Europe too and he would love to meet the rest of my family too.
Choosing only one country is a very difficult thing to do because all countries are amazing, and all have a differences and unique beautiful places and landscapes. For example I would like to visit Indonesia, France, and Ecuador.
But there is only one country I really want to go every time, and that is Spain, I like it so much because my mom is from Spain and my family from my mom’s side is in Madrid, and I miss them so much, my two aunts and my uncle, seven cousins, and my lovely grandmother, she is very important for me because she is my only living grandparent, and she is so sweet and tender.
The last time I saw her, was in 2005, I really miss her a lot, and I’m very worried for her because she is old and I fear for her health. I hope to see her soon, maybe next year or as soon as I can, my boyfriend is also saving money to go with me because he wants to travel to Europe too and he would love to meet the rest of my family too.
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