Walter Benjamin "Theses on the Philosophy of History"

"One reason why Fascism has a chance is that in the name of progress its opponents treat it as a historical norm. The current amazement that the things we are experiencing are "still" possible in the twentieth century is not philosophical. This amazement is not the beginning of knowledge- unless it is the knowledge that the view of history that giveth rise to it is untenable." Walter Benjamin, page 257, thesis 9

What Benjamin is trying to express here is that the citizens of Germany are living in an oppressed situation and is primary because they chose to stand by and do nothing about the struggle. He wants the people to bring about the state of emergency because indeed though the lens of history they are experiencing a period of great disaster and has been repeatedly over the course of history. His theory also alludes that this shift will aid in the struggle against Fascism which is the case while he is writing in the sense of Nazism. He claims which can be agreed, that the illusion of progress which the politicians sell to the volks has be the bait that has trapped the people in an continual oppressive situation from past history coming up. I guess he is substituting the word amazement for shock that the people have not realize the trap after so long of time being fooled by the same trick, especially now in a time of what seems to be enlightenment, progress and modernization. I think he is really saying because of what is happening in Germany, that this is a period of folly not wisdom or knowledge among the people (which is ironic because German produce great minds of that century, though they eventually were forced to flee Germany do to this same "amazement") because history has seem to become indefensible. Indefensible because no one has realize the state of emergency because they are hypnotized by the illusion and promise of progress which will forever oppress not only the people but history.
I chose this quote because it is simply the truth. Though Benjamin did not live to see the awakening in Germany concerning his writing, I find that his theory is still applicable in some areas of world history and American history now in the twentieth century. Its like you just want to scream sometimes do anyone care to change this process which only produce the same bad result. We even see this every four years around election time all the politicians come with their illusive promises on progresses we fall into it and then complain how we are still struggling and suffering. I would have to agree with Benjamin and Nietzsche that the outcomes of history seems to be leading towards getting worst instead of better. I also chose this quote because, this read I found it a bit difficult and that was one of the lines that caught my attention and kept me interested.

Walter Benjamin: "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction"

"The film responds to the shriveling of the aura with an artificial build-up of the 'personality' outside the studio. The cult of the movie star, fostered by the money of the film industry, preserves not the unique aura of the person but the 'spell of the personality,' the phony spell of a commodity" (p. 231)


What Walter Benjamin is expressing here is that their is no longer aura in acting. In theater actors interacted with the audience but in movies actors interacts with the camera. So then what is viewed by the movie watchers is not present in time or authentic. Also that movies gives a personality that is based on movie role not the individual. Then people become memorized by the movie start persona and the commodities surrounding movies. 


I chose this quote because he is expressing the very problem we seem to be caught in but its because of this delusional aura we have so many magazines and paparazzi. I just wanted to add to this that movies change the Aura of the actors as well because of the money associated with the industry. Its tragic that this artificial build up will not seize or diminish no time to come.


1. What is the difference between cult value and exhibition value in art? How does Benjamin see these values in relation to politics?
the cult value of art supports social order by making it seem mystical tended to dominate, but reproduction of art in ever greater numbers has caused this to shift so much, that the defining quality of art now tends to emphasize exhibition value over cult value. The cult value refers to its status in magic and rituals; exhibition value refers to the content or the "information" contained within the piece, literally by showing or exhibiting it. They expose the contradictions within the economic and social system not by statistical arguments but by depicting human suffering, and to give expression to groups and individuals who normally would not be able to express themselves 


2. What is the difference between Erfahrung and Erlebnisse? How does it relate to art?

Eefahrung means the integrated experience and Erlebnisse is the isolated experience, they relate to art because Benjamin calls them the two experience one can have with art. Integrated experience establishes a continuity or connection between experiences, while isolated experience sees no connection between one experience and another.

3. Explain some of the positive and negative effects of the destruction of the "aura" in art.

the destruction of aura cause celeberityhood and an artificial personality is build up around the actor. destruction of aura lessens the bond between artist and audience. It creates a new look or study of movement and issues facing humanity.

4. How would you judge or evaluate the impact of forms of mass culture like film in contemporary life? Have they changed human perception? Are they are important part of creating political consciousness in the public?

I feel like mass culture was a very and still is a very important way of how people interact and the human experience. I is a model though not always positive but it has be through films and photography people mimic how they dress and behave, what they want and what they would like to change. The human perception has defiantly change and mass culture will continue to mold peoples perception of the world around them. It is most defiantly an important part of creating political consciousness in the public because people are visual learners whren the see something they are more likely to be compelled to action in contrast to hearing about something.

Ernst Junger- On Pain

"A sense of deep mistrust he has also placed here: the feeling of being demoralized by malicious ploys, whether in relation to economics, intellectual, moral, or racial matters. This feeling pours out into a state of general indictment- into the literature of the blind, who are constantly in search of those responsible." Junger pg 14

So in this quote Junger is talking about the pain of the soul and how it is now being studied by this new science called psychology. He believes that psychology confirms his theories on pain; that pain has the influence on one that makes them bitter, also that it causes on to become calcified as in they become unwilling to do anything, the become unwilling to take the risk and sacrifice. He also express in this quote that pain causes mistrust I figure that is why one would not be willing to make sacrifices. And not only does that that it keeps the individual reminded of the injustices that made them feel demoralized or inferior. Then because of pain the person is constantly in a state of the victim role or feeling like a victim. And as Junger writes in his essay that history is the oldest man that will ever live his age precedes mankind and it proceeds mankind. Not only that but it will continue to be the literature of reference people turn to for a sort of justification or blame.

1.How would you judge Jünger's thesis that pain is the central experience of life?

A quick answer would be yes that I sound very true because of the attributes he provide as evidence for his theory but I would say no. I don't believe pain the the central experience of life. As mentioned in the lecture "he does not really confront pain at all but instead runs away from it, by preaching  a kind of "emotional suicide" which frees the individual from pain but only by making them dead on the inside". From a nihilistic point of view I understand why he would call pain the central experience but on the more liberal side I would say love is the central experience of life because once someone decided to love another person the accept the fact that they have made them self vulnerable to hurt and pain. 

2. What does "post-liberal" refer to and how does it relate to the idea of progress?

According to Junger post liberal refers to a period of time after world war one where it is assumed that liberalism is dead. From my understanding it relates to the idea of progress because once upon a time it liberalism stood by the idea that if technology and material increase social problems would decrease and that international conflicts would be resolved, unfortunately the opposite occurred. So he says that the post -liberal is to define that period where the ideas of liberalism is refuted. 

3. Why is photography the "evil eye" according to Jünger?

Photography is the evil eye because it is not sensitive towards human emotions it captures images just as it is. Also it excites the mind to be envious and practice such polices like imperialism and colonization. It, like Junger express it is an instrument of our own particular nature, it evokes in  a man the lust of the eye and the pride of life.

4. What is the relationship between specialized education and the "worker type."

The worker type is the type that submits to totalitarianism rule, they are a greater advantage to avoid pain according to Junger. whereas specialized education impact the advancement that Junger deems the problem started bring pain into the lives of men. 

 5. How does submission to totalitarian authorities protect an individual from pain?

Because there is no advancement. With advancement of technology so do the dehumanization of human life. 

NAZISM: Reflection and Questions

"They were also against both communism and capitalism, blaming them both on Jews, even though that seems like a contradiction. They promised to resolve the struggles between business and labor, and originally tried to portray themselves as a non-communist alternative for the working classes. In a sense they were not lying since their strategy was to substitute racial struggle for class struggle."

I would say from the end of the 19th century the changes of the German people have been a prominent theme. This I would say is one of the major topics we are learning in this class. The idea of nihilism destroying the traditional views and ways of the system that seems to be unfulfilled to the people. Here comes Adolf Hitler as an exemplary of Max Weber "politician" character. He promised the solution for all those who wants to see change in German government and society. Can he really deliver? I say no. His party called the Nazi are a group of extremist who believes that communism, capitalism and the Jews are the problem and they take inhumane bitter-sweet measures to execute a difference, at least they think its going to bring difference.

I chose this quote because it was the lie that the Germans bought, that would cause a undo able change in the history of the nation. Lets start with communism, the Nazi were supposedly against Communism and  promise to eradicate it. Did they? No the continued it in another way because as the quote says they substitute the racial struggle for the class struggle, so no really solution was met by that. Two, Capitalism Nazi German played a big part in capitalism because manufacturing monopolies were build around war supplies and the motor industries did not always hire paid labors because they had aid from slave laborers and corporations and monopolies such as the banks and motor companies made German a capitalistic society. And three the genocide among the Jews was nothing common, natural or humane. It did not purge the race as Hitler anticipated to accomplish, and was not beneficial to Germany in no way.

1. What were some of the major reasons that led to the rise of Nazi Germany?
The people wanted a direction and a hope due to the great depression and the war. Also they identified with the lower classes of people, the promises to eradicate communism and capitalism and the breed of a true German race.

2. How did Nazis resolve conflicts between workers and owners and why was this an attractive model for business executives?
Well with the war there was a rise in war production and even motor production and with the rise of the Nazi rule there was a decrease in unemployment. So laborers were getting jobs due to industrialization and owners paid the workers less. Other employers used this same strategy and though it to be genius.

3. What is the significance of the phrase "Arbeit Macht Frei?"
"Work bring freedom" is a significant phrase to meaningful in that the initial phase of anti-Semitism was more about confiscating Jewish property and forcing them out of high positions in banks, government, universities, etc.

4. What is state capitalism and how does it relate to Nazi Germany?
State capitalism is the idea that power motive is more important than profit motive. It relates to Nazi Germany because it alludes that though the companies profiting in the production of war materials that is controlled by the interest of the state in hopes of expanding national power.

5. How would you evaluate the psychological causes of anti-semitism in the context of German society?
Totally Irrational and paranoid. Damaging and tainting to the families and survivors of the Holocaust their history will never be the same.

Max Weber: Politics as a Vocation- Reflection

"This is the decisive psychological quality of the politician: his ability to let realities work upon him with inner concentration and calmness. Hence his distance to things and men. ‘Lack of distance’ per se is one of the deadly sins of every politician. It is one of those qualities the breeding of which will condemn the progeny of our intellectuals to political incapacity. For the problem is simply how can warm passion and a cool sense of proportion be forged together in one and the same soul? Politics is made with the head, not with other parts of the body or soul. And yet devotion to politics, if it is not to be frivolous intellectual play but rather genuinely human conduct, can be born and nourished from passion alone. " (p. 115)

Max Weber makes it clear all thought his speech that being a politician is a calling as one would traditionally have to a god or a faith. The character of a politician from this point of view is very nihilistic because it not only strips the politician from a traditional honor as a professional but also his commonality of his manhood. I suppose that's what makes it a vocation, it calls that individual to be set apart.
I chose this passage because it gives a great example of the nihilistic theme. Here Weber explains that basically the profession is imbeded in the individual from his creation because he is psychologically made up to accommodate his vocation. The politician has certain characteristics such as isolation from others even parts of his own self, such as his soul. All he does is think, utilizing his inner concentration and calmness not necessary humility or happiness being the source.

Weimar Constitution

Article 14Reich laws are executed by state authorities, inasfar Reich laws do not specify otherwise.

This law simply sums up the whole constitution that in fact the laws of the Reich governs all the states of the nation making it united, being subjected to one common constitution. From other articles one will notice that from almost every aspect of Germany from the states to international affairs there are articles to serve as direction and guide lines for execution. This article also gives state authorities the authority to up hold Reich laws, with no respect to any other power. I chose this Article because it showed commonalities with the US governmental and constitutional system.

Article 115Every German's home is an asylum and inviolable. Exceptions are admissible only if based on a law.

This means that the home of a person is in a way their safe haven and not to be subjected to violation. But there are exceptions when the law allows. This was interesting because the Nazi looted and raided Jewish homes though they were German citizen, their home was no asylum for themselves or their families. I chose this Article because all do agree that Nazi Germany was a violation of human rights and even its own constitutional rights made for the citizens. I wonder how many Jewish lawyers at the time self bitter due to the nullification of such a right.

1) What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of proportional representation?

Proportional representation means that legislative seats are given based on the number of votes won by voters. this type of voting lets the election less dependent and responsive to local votes but it also eliminate the idea of wasted votes. Also this method of voting allots for multiple political parties running and increases the chance of a minority group winning.

2) What were the leading causes of the decline of the Weimar Republic?

The lack of support, inflation and the great depression.

3) What is hyperinflation?

Hyperinflation is extreme price increase due to the decrease in monetary value.

4) How would you judge the Weimar Constitution as compared to the American Constitution?

I would say overall they are similar, they had the people in mind though the laws seem to control all lot and there is all lot more articles than the american constitution. One thing is that the German constitution is very specific whereas the American constitution is very broad.

The Junius Pamphlet- Reflection

“They were competing in their expansion toward the non-capitalist countries and zones of the world. As early as the eighties a strong tendency toward colonial expansion became apparent.”

                                                                                           - "The Junius Pamphlet " Rosa Luxemburg

This quote is taken from chapter three of Rosa Luxemburg essay. And she expressed this to give basic information as to how capitalism and imperialism is become a house hold name to super powers at the time; also how Germany is a big fan too of these capitalistic and imperialistic ideals. Luxemburg sees this trend as a problem between capitalistic powers over territory in there annexes. What it means to me is that capitalism and imperialism start problems between nations because it causes power struggles between greater nations. Then the problems escalades to wars.

M (1931)- Reflection and Questions

The scene I chose from the movie M is when Beckert was looking in the shop window and he saw the little girl in the mirror standing alone. He got this gleam in his eyes and his persona changed from calm to compulsive. He then follows after the young girl but when he turns the corner and saw the child being meeting with her mother he was over taken my another spirit. He then went to drink and smoke of his disappointment that he was not able to abduct her.   

How I interpret this scene is that it sums up the process of what happens to Beckert right before he strikes. The excitement that he experiences as sees these young children and the eagerness towards them as he considers the satisfaction he will get from committing this crime. Also it shows what he experiences when he doesn’t full fill his horrible murders the frustration and pressure on himself.

I chose this scene because it expresses that something is psychologically wrong with Beckert though he functions, looks like and act like all is well with him. He really is not a bad person like everyone in the movie named him to be but he is mentally unstable.

1. Discuss the evolution of police power as it is depicted in Dr. Caligari and M?

In Dr. Caligari the police are seen as less intelligent and sophisticated in there authority and judgments. They also have less power in the sense that they were more controlled by the people, whereas in M they had so much authority that some people resented them.

2. Does the killer deserve to die?

I agree with his attorney that because he is not mentally all there he should not be sentenced to death but be admitted to a psychiatric facility. He doesn’t deserve to die because he cannot help himself to make better judgments but when he gets admitted he should never be released.

3. How does the criminal’s ability to organize themselves affect their ability to capture Beckert?

Their ability to organize themselves helped them mightily in their efforts to capture Beckert.  It was secretly, unexpected and well thought out especially by assigning beggars to watch the area. It reminds me of neighborhood watch groups it is very effective since the limited number of police is not sufficient to cover larger areas.

4. How would you judge the depiction of Nazis as criminals?

The only reason I would rationalize the Nazis as criminals would be for the simple fact that they did acknowledge the law; they always took matters into their own hands. An example of this was the capturing Beckert and deciding to punish him by death their selves.

5. What is the significance of the media in this film?

Media is significant in this film because it shadowed the reality of what was occurring in society. Both positive and negative aspects were made conceptual to the target views at the time. One reason is for them to see what is going on around them if they are not already aware and also if they are aware to use the film as a tool of promotion for things to advocate for or against.

Blue Angel- Questions

1. How would you compare Rath/Lola to Siddhartha/Kamala? Both Rath and Siddhartha feel in love with women who brought out their sensual side, who gave them the feeling of love manhood beyond what they were taught from the society in which they originate. both men in a way found there downfall indirectly tied up in these women. Though Lola and Kamala did not have the most respected careers they were in a sense self sufficient and not the trophy wife types.
2. Is Lola and emancipated woman or totally impassive? I would say that she was emancipated because she did show emotion sometimes good one sometimes aggressive controlling bad ones. She defiantly wore the pants in her marriage to Professor Rath and she also stood up for her self to her boss. She does what she wants and she gets what she wants, I believe it had to do with the idea that she was an American.
3. what is the significance of the clown? In the film I see the clown as some who fell for the lifestyle, got chewed up and spit out as that, a clown. So I see the clown as a victim. When the clown came out and was looking at Professor Rath I doubt that the professor knew that was going to be his future if he tarried in such a place.
4. How is chaos thematically represented in the film? In this film chaos is represented as everything out side of strict order. Among the intellects even the presence of noise is considered chaos. Everything must be under control and that was one of the reason Professor Rath lost his job. 
5. How would you interpret the overall meaning of the film? Your life will become a living hell if you let go of who you are and roll with the tides of life. Keep order in your life it is good for you the things that are glittering and shinny is not always the best things for you.
6. Why did I compare Rath to Haussmann painting montage? would you suggest a better comparison? Rath was the subject of this comparison because he in the beginning of the film represented one who was   scholarly, proper, professional and intellectually dressed on the outside. Serious and orderly but do have inner parts(not just physical but emotional) that was common among men and humamity in the sense that he desire things that was shun to desire openly like pleasure. I think that picture fits him perfect so on better comparison is there.

Blue Angel- Reflection

The scene I choose is the scene when Lola ask Professor Rath to pass her luggage and it fell and all the post cards fell out. He then went on to demand that as long as he has a red penny, the post cards must not be sold. The following scene we witness Professor Rath in the club selling the post cards himself.
I believe this scene to be the beginning of Professor Raft downward spiral. He shifted from who he was to whom his lifestyle had made him. He was up to that point, dignified and had morals that were obvious in his persona. He was also a man of boundaries but all of it went out the window. That was his wife he did not want her to be sold to the public on a post card. He didn’t want others to see in her what he did especially now that he has made her his wife.
As a Professor he was a dignified intellectual who was not a pauper but a man belonging to the decent middle class society. Because he had been bewitched  by the club lifestyle he lost his job and his money finished. He initially told Lola that, “as long as he has a red cent she will not sell those post cards”, when we see him selling the post cards if is only fair to conclude that he has ran out of money.
I chose this scene because as I mention I see this as the beginning of his down fall. I was the first time we actually see Professor Rath smoking and sitting among the commoners or the regular people in the club scene. To see him going around selling her post called was in a way degrading for his character because he lowered his standards by selling his wife picture to other men because he can no longer afford to take care of her. I also chose this scene because it is when he gave up on himself. That was when de decided to embrace the idea that this would be his new reality, he never tried to escape this lifestyle rather he embraced it.

Questions- Siddhartha

1) Why does Siddhartha leave his father?
Siddhartha left his father because he did not just was to be a follower of tradition he wanted to find the experience the notion that he had that the answers with what he needed was not in what he could be taught but by experience.

2)What are some of the reasons why writers like Herman Hesse would be interested in Eastern philosophy and religion?
I think it is because western religion is to them what eastern philosophy is to Siddhartha, it emphasis the spiritual and requires the individual to reject his natural self and experiences.

3) If Siddhartha never lived with Kamala and the people in the city would he have reached Enlightenment faster?
I do not believe he would, with out experience the thing that drove him to his down fall he would have never hit his rock bottom and would never find though his spiritual teaching what he was so searching for.

4) Who is Vasudeva?
Vesudeva is the man whom navigated the boat across the river. Siddhartha learns allot from him about life and the oneness with the universe through the river. Siddhartha also believed he might have been a god.

5) Why does Siddhartha feel the priests cannot see the true beauty of the world?
He thinks so because they have never experienced the other side, they only have the teaching but no real idea of what it is because for one it cannot be expressed in words. Also they have a particular numbness to the world that hinders them from experiencing the beauty of the world.

Siddhartha- Reflection

" I had to spend many years losing my spirit, to unlearn thinking again, to forget the oneness. Isn't it just as if I had turned slowly and on a long detour from a man into a child, from a thinker into a childlike person? And yet, this path has been very good; and yet, the bird in my chest has not died. But what a path has this been! I had to pass through so much stupidity, through so much vices, through so many errors, through so much disgust and disappointments and woe, just to become a child again and to be able to start over. But it was right so, my heart says "Yes" to it, my eyes smile to it. I've had to experience despair, I've had to sink down to the most foolish one of all thoughts, to the thought of suicide, in order to be able to experience divine grace, to hear Om again, to be able to sleep properly and awake properly again. I had to become a fool, to find Atman in me again."- Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

Before I go on to explain this passage I just want make a suggestion that is an attempt to answer Professor Murdaco, question on similarity of disenchantment to western religion being applicable to eastern religion as it correlates to this passage. Eastern religion according to the perspective of Siddhartha entails some of the same characteristics as 1922 western religion, that turned him away from the way it is practiced, taught and how it is received by the individual. Blindly practicing religion just for the sake of being apart of sect denounces the sole purpose of its promise. Experience is always the best teacher not the words of man because without the experience you will never be able to use what you've learned or appreciate the very thing you sacrifice your self for.

With that being said the meaning of this passage is simply Siddhartha expressing his appreciation for his all experience in his life. He appreciates his encounter with sin because though it he was able to lean on his spiritual/ holy teaching. He found himself when he set out to find an answer for himself, to think beyond what what told to him. To acknowledged what was really puzzling to him, not just accepting to be blind by the veil of tradition. Siddhartha understood that the good and the bad that life offers works together for good, even the very traditions he strayed from not feeling completed by it actually completed him in a later stage of life.

I chose this passage because it is a revelation I have come to myself, that just like a river no phase in life is isolated it is always connected. It is all one so it is never enough to just be content with one phase. Just as spirituality is an important in life experience is also an important teacher/master in life. One thing i know even with raising child there are some children who will listen when the parent say don't touch the fire you will get burned, there are also the children who will have to feel the heat before they get it, and some actually have to get burned. The one thing that I know for sure about these three different example of children is that people who have lost the most learn how to appreciate the most. So I am not surprised that Siddhartha is more learned on his life journey than his friend Govinda, though Siddhartha visited a dark place in life to consider suicide.

Raoul Hausmann

Raoul Hausmann was a native of Austria whom migrated to Berlin Germany in 1901. He was born in 1886 and he died at the age of 84 in 1971 in France. Hausmann was apart of the Dada movement he was an poignant artist, speaker and writer in the movement. He was connected to other important members of the Dada movement such as Hannah Hoch and Richard Huelsenbeck. Hausmann had one daughter two wife and an extensive collection of extramarital affairs.

 

DADA SIEGT 1920

This picture this first thing that catchs my eye is the half of globe with the word dada inside of it. I think that is a symbol of how large Hausmann expects the movement to go. There are no women in this photograph, but there is a man with the brain exposed. there is something that goes off in my head that makes me think of strategy. The is also a basketball in the background which is cool because though it is marked dada it tell me the sport is so important it gets recognition. Anatomy as well as color is a big theme in this photo. Also overlapping and the art of photography.

ELASTICUM 1920

this picture is another one of Hausmann photomontage works. unlike his photographs these collages are a mixture bright and dark colors. This work has colors of yellow blue, orange green, black and white. The image has the presence of a man and a lot of chaos around him. There are all sorts of parts such as tires, screws meter, bolts and even the head of a man in the a background with a hat on. Though the photo has more color it seems very masculine and also very firm as in serious. There are letters floating around in black and white and yellow and orange but it is very hard to make out and decipher it.

TWO NUDES ON A BEACH 1930

this picture is of two nudist on a beach suposidly it is of Hausmann two lovers in whom he photograhy frequent. In this picture unlike the previous two the pictures are lacking color just grey. Both women seem to be turned from the camera maybe to imply face is not important or might be too personal. they are also laying down in the sames manor with knees bended and crossed maybe to symbolize feminism. The subject of the picture both seem to be young due to skin texture and sexuality liberation.

Dada Manifesto- Written Part

 "Quite terribly simple. To make of it an artistic tendency must mean that one is anticipating complications. Dada Psychology, dada Germany cum indigestion and fog paroxysm" - Hugo Ball, Dada Manifesto 


I chose this quote because, for one it is very powerful. I say this because the meaning behind it is deep conceptually. This is highly intelligent yet deemed so simple and to think people were punished for such brilliance of artistic ability.


The meaning of this quote is that the concept of dada is the reality of what is being avoided. To see reality  is much easier than to admit it, but through dada, admitting the facts and seeing the facts have become unified thus causing a very big problem and becoming something obnoxious. Dada is a artistic outlet of expressing the obvious though it is hard to look upon, highly distorted and can be ugly, it is what it is. I also think that it means lack of care, it means that things are meaningless and plain at that point.


The image depicted of Germany is that of a combination of pain/discomfort and a naive vision of the problem, even the way the people are thinking is irregular. So this artistic tendency clearly portray this misconstrue


I think the Author is saying this because he purposed to be ironic, he uses this very simple word to explain a concept that is quite concentrated and sophisticated and it boldly stand for what is faced by the movement. He was his audience to know that this art is the image of what really is, in a way the clear picture even though the reality is the distortion. 


The quote actually made me think about what might have been going on during this time that would inspire such honesty ideology of society and it defiantly bring be to imagine what it would be like if people were really to call things how they see it (scary). In a way I do agree with what the author is proposing and though he was using irony and truth, dada is not simple but complications should be expected. There is no way dada can be comfortable for some people. Dada can be seen going on today, Is it always accurate this artistic tenancy in our society absolutely not for example the Hitler mustache on President Obama face in political posters.

Introduction

Hi everyone,

As you might have already noticed, my name is Shineeka Wilson. I am currently an upper junior here at Lehman.  My major is health Education and Promotion. When I finish my under graduate study I plan to go to graduate school and get my masters in Public Health. I also plan to become CHES certified, that is a certified health education specialist. My career plan is basically to teach prevention and treatment in the HIV/AIDS arena. I am very blessed to have this opportunity to be able to receive higher education and I do believe the nature of men can be altered by what they know. This is the reason I want to share this wealth of knowledge with the HIV population locally, nationally and hopefully one day globally. 

well enough about that..

This class seems interesting from the first time I Google the word Nihilism, but that's what higher education is about right, yeah to that very very interesting picture on the class page. I'm really looking forward to learning this semester I'm at the end of my undergraduate experience but I want to have something to offer people in meaningful conversations as well as being a well rounded person. 

Thanks for checking out my blog, I talk a lot so I write a lot because I think a lot... I am also excited to read about you guys, Be Blessed!