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Jean-Michel Basquiat and the Neo-Expressionism Movement The neo-expressionism movement arose in the 1980’s as a way to speak out against mass media, history, or society through paintings (Kantor 14). The paintings of a neo-expressionist are usually harsh and have an aggressive subject. It gave a sense of freedom in the art world because it did not have any order to it. Neo-expressionists describe their art process as not really focusing on the painting, but on their thoughts and thinking. The…

“We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.” This quote stated by Joseph Campbell, an American author and lecturer, expresses a similar idea to the theme portrayed in Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Self-Reliance. Throughout Emerson’s essay, he consistently uses aphorisms to express the need to follow the path God has paved out for each of us, instead of trying to seek our own way of life. Therefore, he encourages us to avoid the beliefs that society holds…

Michel de Montaigne in “Of Cannibals” starts his essay off with a reference. He mentions King Pyrrhus and that he has an encounter with the Roman army. He calls them barbarians with just a simple look. The part that caught my eye was when Montaigne says “our eyes are bigger than our bellies.” This made me think, it was true because as humans we are always curious and want to know more. The things is we tend to bite off more than we can chew at times. The point he was trying to make is that we…

World. People especially thought terribly of the cannibals in the New World. Montaigne chose to write about the cannibals to pull out these emotions of the people. These views of the cannibals were a part of what Montaigne thought and believed in. In Michel de Montaigne's essay “Of Cannibals” the author wants to instill in his reader the ability to reflect upon their biases and as a result be less judgemental. The essay is a great example of Montaigne’s relativism -- the belief that there are no…

In "Where Am I Eating?" Kelsey Timmerman meets a scientist named Luis Pocasangre while chasing after bananas in Costa Rica. He meets Luis in a garden, while the latter is harvesting rice for breeding. Kelsey writes "A student from Ecuador leaned on a shovel and chatted with a student from Panama as Mario introduced us to a man standing in a rice garden with 24 types of rice that to me looked like 24 types of weeds." (-"Where Am I eating?" page 147) This greatly affects the atmosphere of the…

farmers ended up having to change crops. Quarantine ended up being an ineffective solution. There is one solution that would seemingly solve the problem of banana diseases for good; however, the common consumer will likely not support it. This solution is GMOs. Genetically modified…