Art exhibition-maori

This photo is talking about maori's culture.Specifically, it is about dancing by a lady who is wearing the traditional maori's clothing.Obviously, you can see the clothing is very extrordinary. And, if you have seen the movie of dancing, you would find the action  was powerful. I didn't know anything about maori.But when I see the photo, it really attact me, and stumilate my interest in it. On the other hand,  I think the doll which is close to the photo was really scared me. LOL. Never mind. I like it.

Art Exhibition

This title is Palmyrene. I thought it was so beautiful when I saw this art at first. If I could talk with the artist, I would like to ask why two birds face opposit side. Then, if I saw this art carefully, I could see like an explosion smoke. I guessed this art symbolized a war. The more I saw, the more  I was interested in this art.

Excursion to the SITE Exhibition at the Dunedin School of Arts - Art Review Post

“Incline to Diffusion” - Joanna Dudson Scott (aka, my mum!) 840mm x 190mm   https://www.dudsonscottgallery.nz/

Kia ora, everyone! Walk around the SITE art exhibition and look at the works of art on display. If the artist is present, talk to him/her about his/her artwork. You are to take a photo of ONE artwork (ask the artist first, please) and post it below.

Details to include in this week's blog post: 
- details of the interview with the artist;
- your thoughts/feelings on why this painting, photo, sculpture, drawing, print, etc has captured your imagination

More information regarding the exhibition can be found at: 
https://www.op.ac.nz/about-us/news-and-events/item/3543

NB: As discussed on Wednesday 28th Nov:

Jo Bone, our very own Academic Resource Officer in the Independent Learning Centre, is a talented lady. Not only is she in charge of and very knowledgeable about the resources we have on offer in the ILC, she is an amazing childrens book illustrator. Her wonderful watercolour images highlight New Zealand wildlife and portray the Kiwi way of life beautifully. Jo has mentioned that her artwork will be available for public viewing online after this week, so watch this space!

SITE Exhibition 2018: The artist has used natural materials, cardboard, paper and stones, to great effect. She has used square, rectangular, cylindrical and triangular shapes in clean-cut lines. The caricatures of herself on display are a revealing insight into the artist and how she views herself: not only is she selling rocks, she is also creating an advertisement of/for herself as a way of connecting with her audience with the contrast between black print and the pale brown colour of cardboard, and the use of Chinese on the left side with English on the right, combining to showcase the two sides of her own identity...something that I can personally relate to with my own family. Sustainability and environmental awareness are two issues highlighted in this unique artwork.

No Sweet without Sweat

No Sweet without Sweat

Hazard had been interested in football as he was a child, which was derived from a UEFA champion’s league final between Manchester United and Bayern Munich in 1999. He was attracted by the excellent skills of the players and the tense game. And then, he decided to become a professional football player.

Unfortunately, compared with his peers, Hazard was not strong or tall enough. Most of his classmates scorned him on his folly and thought he would not be successful about his ambitions. But he did not think so. He still insisted on his dream when others mocked him, and believed it.

Once, when he was knocked down by the players no one even helped him up, because everyone looked down upon this small boy from Belgium.  However, failures did not make him give up his dream but strengthened his fortitude. He knew that he must to practice harder than others to achieve his goal. So, he decided to go his own way to enhance football skills when he finished classes every day no matter the weather was. His clothes were always wet because he practiced tirelessly. Even in the evening, he would try to play football in his family yard.

Many a little makes a mickle.  One year later, Hazard signed up to the university campus league and he amazed all of the people who sited around the ground with a single brilliant feat, when a goal on a penalty kicked by him that is second goal of the match which was the turning point on a tense night for the hosts. No one knew what he had experienced when he surprised audiences.  On the end of the season, he had attracted much attention from many professional football clubs. He proved himself by his sweat and also proved “No sweet without sweat.”  

When in Rome do as the Romans do

When in Rome do as the Romans do

About 3 years ago, when I was a high school student, I went on a school trip to the UK. It was my first time to go abroad. Before then, I knew only about Japanese culture. I had been so worried about British culture, before I went there.

One of main things which I was surprised at was the habit of tips. One day, I went to a restaurant with my friends. We were talking for about 2 hours. We had been enjoying lunch. After we finished lunch, one of my friends put some money on the table. At first, I thought she had left her money. So, I told her ‘You left your money here’. However, my friend told me ‘ I didn’t leave my money. It was a tip.’ I didn’t know about tips. Therefore, I was surprised. I had never tipped before then because there is no habit of tips in Japan. However, after I knew about that, I tipped at a restaurant or a hotel. I also tipped when someone helped me.

My stay in the UK was just for 4 days. However, I made an effort to adapt to a British custom as in the saying ‘When in Rome do as the Romans do’. I think it’s important, because of showing respect to a country. Now, I’m in New Zealand. Of course, there are a lot of customs which are different from Japan’s. It is sometimes difficult for me to adapt to New Zealand’s customs. However, I make an effort to adapt.

Beauty is Only Skin-Deep

Beauty is Only Skin-Deep

                                                  

Once as a girl was sitting lonely under a tree, boys and girls played and laughed together in the playground. The girl was very disappointed. She really wanted to play with friends. However, nobody was attentive to her because she had an ugly face.

Afterwards, she went to the market to buy some vegetables for her mother in the evening. When she was walking on the path, she saw a little boy. He was crying and looking for someone and then, he was looking at the girl. Suddenly, he was very frustrated. The girl immediately asked him why he was there but he didn’t answer her because of her ugly face. She wanted to help him. Then, she ran to the mask shop near the market. She bought a cute mask and wore it. After that, she walked dramatically to the little boy and attempted to talk with him. When he looked at the girl with her mask, he talked with her. The little boy said he had been crying all the afternoon because he had lost his parents at the market. He didn’t know where they were or how to find his parents.

After that, the girl and the little boy went to the reception at the market. They found the security guard and told him about the little boy’s parent. The security guard helped the little boy to find his parents. While they were walking around the market. They fortunately found his parents. His parents had been waiting him all the afternoon. They were thankful to the girl and wanted to see her real face. Immediately, the girl removed her mask. The little boy and his parents smiled and said the girl was very beautiful.

Finally, the girl came back to her house and told her mother about the little boy. She didn’t understand why the little boy’s parent told her like that. Her mother said “You aren’t ugly. You are so beautiful. Beauty is not only in your face but also in your skin-deep.”

Blood is Thicker than Water

Blood is Thicker than Water

I never believed in the saying ‘blood is thicker than water’ one year ago, but now I trust in it.

I grew up alone, although I have an elder brother. Unfortunately, we didn’t have a close relationship among each other, when we were young. I remember that we usually spent time on our own spaces and on own friends. We never talked about each other in front of others. We used to only say ‘I have an elder brother or a younger sister’ rather than introducing more details. When I was 12 years old, my brother left home to go to university in a distant city, three days way. Since he left, I only met him once. Then, he went abroad to New Zealand after graduation. It is easy to imagine how difficult for us to be with each other as growing up with few chances. That is why I never believed that we would be close or real brother and sister one day.

In 2018, I came to New Zealand where for travel and further education, had become my brother’s second home. This journey gave us a chance to get up well with each other at every moment. We fitted insulation, built the walls and painted our house together. In addition, we were also had talked when we faced some challenges or decisions. When we are going out or going to a party, my brother introduces me to others with love and proudness. He is keen to talk about me to his friends, which he hadn’t done before. He liked to give me a hug and some gentle words when I cry because of depression. He liked to take the heaviest things first and give me the lightest one. He usually says ‘good night my little sister’ before he goes to bed. All these moments have changed our life and our relation. It is fortunate that our friends are admiring our close relationship, even though they are envies and jealous sometimes. I was crying when he moved to Auckland two weeks ago. Maybe I just don’t want to face the house without him anymore.

At the end of this story, in my mind I would like to write the saying ‘blood is thicker than water’, because I learned so much this year. I understand finally what a family love is and what a meaning of brother and sister is.

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Old Habits Die Hard

This saying means it is difficult for people to stop doing things that they are very accustomed to. I fully agree with this sentence because of my own experience.

A few years ago, I tried to slow down my steps, and having more time for myself. I had made the stupid decision to spend a year writing some romantic novels online, after which I resigned at home, focusing on my novels. But things have always been the way that I didn’t expect, my books wasn’t approved from people and I got some bad habits in these time.

One year has gone fast, but the habit haven’t gone. I still have some bad habits until now. The most astounding thing is that I cannot sleep well. I planned to sleep at 9 pm or 10 pm which was a normal time to change these old habits, but later I woke up at 3 am, because my old habit was that I watched TV or dramas in the daytime before I wrote a chapter at 2 am or 3 am. Besides, in the day time, I cannot focus on other things .obviously I want to read or watching some videos in the daytime. What’s more, because every chapter was rushed to release and I had to hurry up in my writing and collecting data, Even now, I always forget to eat or drink when I didn’t finish my book, which is harmful for my health.

Well, in my opinion, although I think it’s (hard) to develop a habit but old habits die (harder).

I really love the saying “nothing venture, nothing gained”

 

One day while I was in my  room, my Dad suddenly walked  in and told me, today at dinner I am going to tell you something really important. I was so confused because I did not know what he was talking about. Nervously I waited until dinner. Finally when we were eating he told me, “We are going to New Zealand next year to learn English and to learn a new culture for us”. Stupidly I said to him, “Are you crazy I don’t want to miss one of my last years in school with my friends and also I am really bad at speaking English”. So finally I said to him “You can go alone if you want to”. Suddenly when I had finished he stood up and walked to his room and after that we didn’t talk about it for a month.

After a month I talked to him and I told him that I had been thinking and I regretted about what I had said. Eventually I told him that I wanted to go. After almost four months we left Argentina and we came here. I was so nervous because I didn’t know how I was going to survive without speaking English in the school. After I had been one week in New Zealand I started school. In my first day when I went to the school I tried to do my best to not be nervous but I couldn’t. When I entered  my first class I had to talk in front of all the class to do a presentation about myself, but when I started I hesitated and my mouth became so dry  I couldn’t talk so the teacher had to explain to all the class that I was from Argentina and I didn’t know too much English.  After that I started studying English the hardest as I could and after 6 months I began to understand more.

After the 7 and a half months that I had been living here I finally decided to leave the school and to try to improve my English more here in the Language Centre.

I think that this saying that I have chosen can illustrate all my history because I ventured a lot in this year but I think that I have already gained more than what I ventured. So I would like to change this saying to “something ventured, something gained”.

 

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