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1. According to Du Bois, his “tragic song” is of great significance to the history and culture of African Americans. Since these songs show the development of the African American form, these songs reflect the desire for peace in the afterlife, so that they are quite important.

2. In this chapter, I believe that “My Way is the Cloud” and Go Tell It On the Mountain” are the most important songs, because they represent African Americans’ special status and status in History Secure and free.

Blog 7 #Yonglin Lei

The author here talks of when he visited the record shop, where he discovered the documents, and the records were kept for a long time, and no one used them until the records had expired. Nowadays, people tend to stream music from the Internet or upload music applications in the form of Spotify, Soundcloud or YouTube instead of going to a music store to waste time collecting a CD. But the music record store is an art, and some people are using it. Krukovsky reported that he found a lot of information.

blog post #6

1. The main difference between a microphone and a mobile phone is that the microphone gives artists more control over the sound they are trying to convey. They can change the cue tone and proximity to control how the microphone picks up, giving them complete control over the microphone when recording music. The phone distorts the sound too much, leading to less control over what is said, which is crucial for artists. Telephones are also unreliable because they pick up too much sound in the environment. Because voice is digitized and universal, mobile phones cannot achieve the same sound quality as microphones. Differences matter because they convey different emotions and have less control over the user. Krukowski says that the “musical” quality of sound is the aspect of sound that we consider non-musical. Pauses and emotions are essential when trying to communicate them to others on the other end. Technological advances have also changed the way we communicate music when we talk or communicate. Krukowski comments on how the shift of voice from analog to digital transmission affects how we listen, both from other people and how we speak to our community. With the development of technology, we have conveyed our message faster and farther, but the message’s emotion has disappeared. Because of the loss of feeling, connecting with others has become a difficult task.
2. In this brief history of ASMR, I have always been fond of ASMR. The most exciting thing is that sound can stimulate our brain in different ways, which can reduce pressure and relax me, which is also what many people hope.

blog post #5

Like many students, I took 7 trains to and from LaGuardia Community College. Every day I get off the train at the 33rd Street station and walk westward through Van Dam Street for about three blocks until the school’s main entrance on Thomson Avenue. After the class, I returned to the station and took 7 trains home. As I walked between the station and the school, I could hear the train’s noise on the elevated track every few minutes. In the second episode of “The Way of Hearing,” the author talked about the massive increase in noise caused by cars, elevated trains, and buildings in the cities of the 20th century. Seven trains are a vivid example. At first, I thought that the sound was deafening (the train was exceptionally comfortable to hear in the library on the second floor), and tried to block it by wearing headphones, and tried to be with me, as the author said in The Way of Hearing World isolated. But over time, I realized that the train’s sound is actually part of the urban structure, and by hearing the hum of the train, you can even feel the city’s rhythm. For example, if the train passes quickly, I know it is an express train, which hurries to and from Manhattan. If the train passes slowly, I know this is a local train, and I will stop at 33rd Street. If I am walking back to the station and hear the train passing by, I know I have about 5 minutes or so until the next train arrives. Therefore, instead of turning off my hearing of surrounding sounds, I now learned to embrace the 7 train passing overhead sound. As the train passes by, rumbling and screaming on the tracks, they take people to meaningful work and school activities. Therefore, the train truly represents the lifeblood of the city.

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The racial perspective is a reinterpretation of iconic black civil rights photographs. I agree with Berger, whose groundbreaking and groundbreaking research shows how these photographs aroused white sympathy, paving the way for civil rights legislation and effectively limiting the scope of the 1960s race reform. Berger analysis for many of the famous image of peace – a dog and a fire hose to Birmingham black marchers, tear gas and have the right to vote against Selma demonstrators waving the club – and argues that because of the white sympathy is dependent on the helpless black photos, so memorable picture is damaged, or even imagine of reform efforts, these reforms could derail the racial balance of power.

Blog #3

  1. According to Berg, “propaganda” suggests that each of us in a consumer society change ourselves or our lives by buying more. Advertising is the act of persuading and informing others of a better way of life. It is precisely the people and objects in the images we see that are placed purposefully and produce the desired results that we will make purchases to improve our lifestyle and make it more desirable.
  1. Oil painting represents the reality that artists have lived and shows us what it is like to live, but propaganda does the opposite. It creates glamour and makes people think and dream of changing and becoming like them. It is something that some people dream about, capture on camera, and create a perfect life through some design. In propaganda, they act and manipulate images to achieve their ends, but in painting, their nature is to have no action, no darkness, and what they enjoy.

 

  1. Berger emphasizes that the promotional images consistently represent one of the three dreams. “The dream of the night, you are part of the good life, they smile, they are part of the good life, you smile, everyone is surrounded by things that bring happiness, but it will bring you the greatest happiness, the next morning, you still have to pay the price; The same. Such propaganda works imaginatively, but it also does other things because propaganda pretends to explain the world around us and everything in its own way. In this type of dream, people express their class level, prestige, and action. Also, it feels good to be around other people and their companies. Feel signs of happiness and love. Thus, these dreams make people “envy” part of the glamorous world and lifestyle we live in, the things we own and everything we wear reflects this “glamour” or “envy” lifestyle. In today’s society, what we see we believe. Therefore, this material life affects the dream life of others. Images such as clothes, styles, drinks, cigarettes, etc. help to sell the product, if one person does not show up or promote the product, then another person will not be able to realize this dream. Without envy, there is no charm.

Blog post #2

Today’s female figures are made into objects in the same or similar way as those depicted in Berger’s Renaissance paintings. Female art is the product of western postmodernism, which is related to the feminist movement, more specifically, postmodernism. Feminist theory and body philosophy are projected into artistic practice. Media plays an important role in creating social norms, because, in the current culture, there are various forms of media, including advertising, television, and movies, almost everywhere. For example, gender roles exist only because society as a whole chooses to accept them, but they are perpetuated by the media. In today’s female image, the female image is very important, adding a lot of colors.

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  1. According to Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein, they believe that using the “enter dialogue” model in writing has an advantage. Because using the entry dialogue mode can make the argument of your article look clearer, others will clearly understand what you mean, and the argument is your own rather than stolen. This model is an excellent way to improve your writing, making your opinions clearer, and creating better thinking.
  2. From the historical videos of “How Art Can Help You Analyze” and “The Power of Observation”, we can see that learning art can help us improve our analytical capabilities. I agree with this view. Learning art can make our thinking broader and make our vision broader. Sometimes artworks are closely related to everything in our lives, and our perspective will be different.

Introduction

Hello everyone, my name is Yonglin. I have been in New York for more than three years. This is my third semester in Laguardia Community College. My major is early childhood education, and I can speak Cantonese and Mandarin. I want to learn other foreign languages, I am glad to meet you