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Recently, I had the opportunity to attend the Musem Of Modern Art. While walking through different art galleries, I noticed a painting that instantly captured my eye. It was a painting by Umberto Boccioni called ” The City Rises”. Umberto Boccioni is an Italian painter who is best known for his contributions to the futurism movement. Boccioni is often credited as the leading artist during this movement, creating iconic paintings and sculptures that incorporate a lot of color and dynamism of modern life. Some of his iconic paintings include ” The City Rises”, “States of Mind I: The Farewells”, “The Morning”, etc.

Boccioni ” The City Rises ” was completed in 1910. The painting is on an oil medium canvas. “The City Rises ” exhibits futuristic and realistic elements containing manual labor, modern cities such as the suburbs and modern necessities. The painting centers around the vast progress of cities and the manual labor movement, whilst shining light upon technology, horses, and architecture. Boccioni himself stated that the painting is “a great synthesis of labor, light, and movement.”

” The City Rises ” showcases a lot of futurist elements that coincide with modernism. The painting itself brings forth different variation of modern ideas and dynamism such as the realistic portrayal of labor in society and technology as well as movements. Boccioni broke away from the traditional style of painting at the time and brought different styles such as cubism more colors and captures current and future advancement of society.

What first drew me to this painting was the pop of color. I thought the ray of colors stood out to me because he connected a lot of different colors and tied it in with different subjects in the painting such as the horses, people, building, etc. The colors overlapped with everything in the painting it made me focus on the painting as a whole and capture the true essence. What also grab my attention was the people in the painting. I stood by Boccioni painting for a long time trying to figure out what do the people represent and what was their purpose.

While trying to understand the painting, some questions had occurred that I was more-so curious about. What leads Boccioni to incorporate many district elements in his painting? and what was he inspired by ?

Recently I had the opportunity to attend the field center for entrepreneurship. Personally, I was really interested in going to this event because of my interest in the field of entrepreneurship but nevertheless less I had a great time. As I walked In, I didn’t know what to expect exactly, so a young woman brought me over to her station to explain a little about the event.The young women informed me that different students and colleague had come up with games and different technical devices to share with visitors , so they can have a sense of what this event is all about. From her station, she showed me her creation of a little code box, She further explains that when you download an app you can use your camera on your device to hover over the code box. You can see different planets and facts about the planet. I thought that was really interesting. She also let me hold the iPad to let m see how a 360 VR video would work. she went on youtube and let me see different 360 VR videos.A 360 VR video when you watch a video and with your device can control the movement in the first person view. it was my first time knowing this, i was really excited and impressed by this. On the next station called “ HTC VIVE virtual Reality “, a young man explained to me how he created a game where you can play in virtual reality based on the environment. I had a fun time enjoying this station because I personally love playing video games and playing it virtually was really fun . I don’t often have games based on this format so it was a really good experience. In this game, the goal is to kill as many targets as possible, I had to wear a mask that let me control my movements and I had to use two of my finger to shoot the targets. At first, I had a little difficulty getting the gist of the game but soon after I got the hang of it as I was excelling. I would say this experience has been an eye opener for me I had a great time.

Reflecting upon the reading of Frederick Douglass, I came across a realization of how different time periods are still connected.In the readings, Douglass talked about his hardships during slavery and post-slavery, in which he also shared several accounts of times he had witnessed horrifying acts upon African Americans slaves.For example, “The wife of Mr.Giles Hicks, living but a short distance from where I used to live, murdered my wife’s cousin, a young girl between fifteen and sixteen years of age-She had been set that night to mind Mrs.Hicks baby, and during the night she fell asleep ,and the baby cried. She, having lost her rest for nights previous, did not hear the crying “. From this quote, I can make a connection in today’s current issue in America such as police brutality.Although slavery had ended for quite some time, the hate still exists, even in the 21st century. For decades, several policeman/women have used their authority against many minorities to illustrate their hate, and in particular in the black community. Several Police officers have always targeted black people and in results, many black people including children, women etc., have lost their lives due to several unjust reasons. Slavery and police brutality both share a comparison because they both illustrate the abuse of power within the authority.In addition, the unlawful killings many police officers would commit, a lot of the times they wouldn’t even be prosecuted for their crime they are committing due to status and “power” they have.This reminds of how slave owners wouldn’t also wouldn’t be charged for the crimes they commit because of the power they taught they had at the time. Having compared two circumstances and how it still prevalent to this day, its kind of astonishing to me. Moreover, to see hate practices still exist a hundred years plus, shows how ignorant people are that they hate on something that can never change. America is one the most diverse country in the world, so instead of using it to its advantages to teach culture and understand it some people choose to hate what is different and that is kind of disheartening.

Introduction

Hello, my name is Earvina Etienne. I recently transferred from Laguardia Community college. I did two years at Laguardia and I am currently majoring in psychology, I am also currently a junior. My intended profession is to be a social worker, specifically to help families and children. Growing up I always had an interest in helping others, most likely to due to the influence of my parents. My parents would constantly help others around them which  influenced me greatly. I Grew up mostly in Brooklyn new york, where I also attended all my years of schooling. I Am the eldest out of 2 siblings and I am also the only girl. My nationality is Haitian American, both of my parents are Haitian immigrants. I also grew up heavily on Haitian culture.
Some of the interest that I have is  drawing. Most specifically I like sketching  fashion and  faces. I began having an interest in drawing when I was younger because it helped me so much with coping with stress. When I draw I don’t think of anything, my mind is clear and I am 100 % focusing on what I draw. Another interest I have is music. I am a big music lover, I love all types of genre especially hip hop ,jazz ,Caribbean music, movie soundtracks ,etc. Music is also another stress reliever for me, and it’s also inspirational. Music for me is everything, I often attended music concerts and I also play the guitar. I’ve been playing the guitar since sophomore of high school but due to school taking most of my time I’ve been on and off for a couple of years.