Nacirema Article

 I tried to add the article that I read on the Nacirema incase anyone wanted to read it.  It would only upload as pictures so hopefully you can zoom in to read it.  It's definitely worth looing at and try to keep an open mind even though you already know the truth about this article!

Dreams

Ever since we have been given the assignment to dream and record it on our blogs, I have been very concious that I am indeed dreaming, but I've been waking up in the middle of the night and falling back asleep then forgetting the dream the next morning.  This has been driving me crazy and I started looking to see if it was morning yet when I would wake up.  Someone this must have triggered some kind of clock in my body because I would consistantly wake up at 2, 4, and 6 in the morning.  This would literally happen at the same times every night.  I decided to stop looking at the clock to try to get myself to stop waking up! Finally last night I dreamed and I mostly remember it so I will share as much as I can now since my frustration has taken over this assignment.  I was at a concert with my sister and we were having a great time singing along to the songs with the artist as loud as we possibly could and just taking the whole concert seen in.  They were doing a special thing at this concert where a microphone was passed around throughout the crowd and sometimes the artist would let the member that was holding the microphone sing in with the song.  At one point I was given the microphone and she let me since the song ( I dont remember who the artist was on the stage) but the song that was playing was, I Will Always Love You.  I sang the song and everyone in the crowd cheered and kept telling me how great I was.  After the concert some of my sorority sister appeared in the crowd and were telling me that someone had recorded me singing and put it on youtube and that the video had received a ton of great feedback! Then a record company came up to me and wanted to sign me and start my new singing carreer. I was very excited and my sister and I started walking back to our car.  It was then day time and the field our car was in turned into a drag racing car track and my dad showed up and told us we needed to get ready for the race.  Then I woke up.  So that is my dream, I'm assuming in a few years I will become a professional singer and racecar driver :)

Art and Mythology

I'm a graphic design major and one of the required classes that we have to take is Art History.  Throughout the class we have been going over many pieces that relate to mythology.  Many of these are centered around religion during the Renaissance period and also focus on Adam and Eve. 

The above picture is called the Fall of Man by Albrecht Durer in 1504. 

Titian, The Meeting of Bacchus
and Ariadne in 1522

These are just a couple of examples of the pieces that are directly telling stories of mythology.  I've realized that it's hard to go throughout your day without coming across something that relates to mythology.