"Inspired Information" by Shaggy Otis (1974)

sorry Mr. Behler i did not take note of the questions on the board but these are my answers.

1. laid back but still... moving along. calming and steady
2. Volume, Tempo (slow and steady)
3. He had to choose how he wanted the listener to feel. As a laid back and sort of groovy song.

"Semadores" SOAPSTone painting

S- workers cultivating a field and planting seeds.
O- in a field, working
A- the rich/higher class
P-expression
S- Diego Rivera
T- dark, mad, defeated

- The big idea for me seems to be to express (to the higher classes) the pain and struggle felt by the working class as they are cultivating and seeding the land. Rivera used mainly neutral colors in this painting. To me, that is used to help show the plainness and monotony of the job. Rivera's style also blends the workers into the landscape. the curves of the workers back follows the hillside and the workers feet are sunken into the ground.

creative process

Summarize the creative process the band uses.

First they get a broad idea of how the song will flow and each part. And then they deconstruct it and modify each part until the like it. then they put the song together and edit the piece as a whole.

My creative process.

My process consists of specific points that i follow.

1. First i must brainstorm ideas
2. Then i bullet the main points that i try to stick to during the piece
3. After, i make a VERY ROUGH draft. Not much different from the bullets but with extra detail
4. Then Re-write the piece with greater details and more attention to grammar.
5. All i must do now is type it up 
6. Tadaa!!!!!!

nostalgia

What is Nostalgia?

• Nostalgia is the feeling of want towards the past.

What images come to mind as you listen to this music

• People dancing in a high school gym on prom night, old movies.

What images come to mind when you think of your childhood?

• My friends
• Playing in the street
• Getting a puppy
• Moving to a farm
• My best friend moving away
• Going fishing with Grandad
• My neighbor letting me drive the tractor

the pinch of poverty

What are some contributing factors of poverty?

1. Raising cost of living
2. Family to provide for
3. Loss of job

Does the artist portray this painting in a positive light or a negative light?

• I believe the artist of this painting was portraying poverty in a negative light. He stuck to a dark gray base color for most of the painting which gives the viewer a gloomy, dark feeling.

What do you think the artist's view on poverty is?

• I believe the artist view poverty as a sad and miserable state of life.

The artist used a very dull color scheme. this set a mood of loss and despair among this poor family.
The artist also used a very contrasting single color. This color (yellow) was used to make the flowers to pop out and catch the eye of the viewer first.

reading response - poverty

first off i would like to emphasize the point made in the article "live free and starve." the author Chitra Divakaruni started off by explaining what was going on in other countries as far as labor is concerned. she then told the reader of the bill in progress to stop child labor in foreign countries. up to this point the reader is probably nodding their head in agreement. but Divakaruni does something very interesting at this point of turning the tables and continues on describing the negative effect this bill would have. Divakaruni states in her article of how, without the extra money brought in by the children, most poor families would not be able to support themselves. i completely agree with the point she makes here. (but i in no way support child labor)
on a different, though slightly connected, topic is the author Peter Singer with his article "The Singer Solution to World Poverty." In this article Singer explains how, if everyone gave their share to the poor, then there would be no more poverty in the world. For this article i must disagree with Mr. Singer. his main argument is that of, "An american household with an income of 50,000 dollars a year usually spends 30,000 on necessities. ...donations to the poor should be close to 20,000 dollars a year" this is the point i do not agree on. if a family has 20,000 dollars to spend throughout the year then they should have the freedom to do what the choose with it and perhaps make their living standards higher. opposed to living in the same conditions and not having any savings to fall back on in emergencies. though his plan has good intentions, it needs some minor     details and adjustments.

music post 1

musical facts are a basis for the music itself. therefore of course the facts would influence my opinion.
each fact is either liked or disliked by the listener. different listeners will come to notice different facts first because they are partial to certain aspects of a song.
my bias personally is towards a story line within the lyrics. therefore i will notice and pay more attention to the lyrics than someone that may be partial to instrumentation.

hello to my english buds

Hi
i am not completely sure of what this post is supposed to be about.

see you all in class monday :)