A blind photographer. This is seemingly oxymoronic. But, apparently, possible through the help of tech gadgets. Take for instance, Alex Dejong, featured photographer in Wired Magazine’s article, “Blind Photographers Use Gadgets to Realize Artistic Vision.” Dejong is a professional photographer who lost his eyesight due to a brain tumor. He, however, did not let this […]
Today, July 16, marks the 40th anniversary of the day the Apollo 11 rocket was launched into orbit. Its mission: to send three brave American astronauts to accomplish the impossible – walking on the moon. The New York Times Online did an awesome photo slideshow entitled, “Readers’ Moon Memories,” which documents through photo and words […]
On Wednesday, 12am, I entered the theater drowsy and impatient. We were all off to see Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Let me begin by saying, I am not a Harry Potter fan. I never started any of the books and really had no interest. I remember encountering a girl in one of my […]
I have been drawn toward art all my life, however I do not believe that I am more right brained than left brained; I believe that a brain is just a brain. I am especially drawn toward abstract art, art that deals with zero space and perception. But today an exhibit of Aboriginal Australian art […]
Being very interested in film, I have been quite drawn to the genre of science fiction. However, we as a society are quite drawn to the genre for, I believe, science fiction is the harbinger of innovation in technology. The genre itself sparks so many ideas in one’s mind. Unlike the genres of fantasy, drama, […]
For our midterms this week, we had to present a rough idea of what our final project would be. Some people presented medical projects while others chose products for more domestic uses. However our project was completely abstract. I think that we felt that it was really important to combine beauty and science and show […]
Over the past few days we have been talking about the relationship between science and art. For one thing, we learned that the relationship between science and art is inclusive. In fact, during the renaissance period, people often held talents in both art and science. Back then the notion of left brain and right brain […]
After watching the sci-fi thriller, “Children of Men” I have realized that the tone of sci-fi movies, as well as our view of the future, has drastically changed from say fifty years ago. We have all geared our taste towards movies with a very cynical and mundane outlook of the future; there will be a […]