LC 14

I thought the museum was really interesting but soon after, it turned out pretty boring. It reminded me a lot of the Metropolitan museum because all i remember seeing was figures and pictures. During the trip to the museum, I found it really strange that there were a couple of monks having lunch at the cafeteria. It was really surprising and that made me smile. Another part of the museum that i enjoyed was the top of the stairway. There was a large figure in the ceiling and i could not stop staring at it. Overall the Rubin Museum was interesting but to be honest, I dont seem to have much fun going to places like that. At least my friends were there so that was good.

I didn’t really have much of an interest in visiting the museum.  Seeing the artwork, though, was surprisingly interesting.  I love antiques, so I found things like the prayer wheel interesting.  I never thought about Himalayan culture but have learned it can be quite interesting after viewing some artifacts.

Attached is a picture I took of some statues of the Dalai Lama

Wow. My first semster of college is just about through. I can’t believe it. When I came to Baruch I envisioned something different. A lot of what I pictured did not happen, but overall the experience was good. I enjoyed it. I got to meet great people and learned how to travel on the subways by myself- something honestly so different to me. I’m really glad that I did decide to join a LC because it gave me a good foundation for starting college. I got to know peers like myself, met some real good friends, and had a peer mentor to give me a heads-up.

I think I handled the first semester pretty good. My patterns were kind of the same as highschool. I always did my work, it was just the managing-my-time factor that tripped me up. In the future, I plan to manage my time more efficiently and get more sleep.

There are only two things I regret. One, I wish I would have gotten help earlier with calc. (Analucia warned me but I thought I had it down.) Obviously not. Lastly, I would probably ask more questions as well as answer more questions in class.

Have I changed since I started at Baruch? I don’t think I did. I mean, I definetly know what I want more clearly then I did a year ago. I’m definelty more motivated to finish school. I definetly want a car. Finally, I think I learned to take other people’s advice better and to listen to constructive criticism.

Anyway, it was real. I’m glad I came.

This is the ugliest picture, sorry. So I usually am a fan of museums, I think they’re really fun at first but usually get pretty dull because it would be about the same things over and over again. I usually get bored about 2 hours in when I go to museums. When I was looking for the entrance to the museum, I say a lot of religious looking figures that looked VERY creepy.. I didn’t like that much, but I guess its all interesting. So the museum was gorgeous and looked very fancy, not like some of the other art museums. I thought Rubin kind of looked like the Frick Collection place. I kind of liked it, besides all the creepy stuff. There were a lot of buddas, and they all pretty much had the same heads. 

Not really sure what this blog’s supposed to be about, so I’ll just write about the registration workshop. Honestly, I have heared everything that woman has said about FIVE times already, but regardless, I wouldn’t mind hearing it another ten times because its so easy to forget what your requirements are or what you should take when dealing wth the stress of getting into ANY class! I’m not happy about such late registration because I wanted to be in the same class as everyone, but I doubt those classes will be open. Whatever, not much I can do about it now except try to make a schedule I’m okay with. I’ve made like 4 mock schedules already but I’m not happy with them. I’ll just have to keep working at it.

I’m happy freshman seminar is almost over because staying that late on Weds is brutal. But I’m definitely going to miss Analucia 🙂 Thanks for everything, you’ve been a really big part of helping me adjust to Baruch, and I appreciate it so much.

First off, I have a great dislike for museums, so I wasn’t really all that thrilled to be there.  I was also kind of hungry, cold and tired, but anyway, I guess the museum was okay.  I thought it was kind of interesting how every floor had different sort of “themes.” Also, the swirly stairs were cool. That was irrelevant. Though, honestly, I did not understand what the basis of the museum, like the main theme. The Buddhism part was tiring for me, because during the summer, I had spent a lot of time at Buddhist temples, so it was really nothing new to me.  There was also a lot of other religious pieces there, which I did not care for much, but I’m not hating on the religion. It was just not my type of art.

I have to admit, I’m not really a fan of museums…I have been to the Museum of Natural History a couple of times due to past trips, it’s always so quiet and all. But, the Rubin of Museum of Art actually surprised me. First, I expected no music when I went two days ago. There was a small duet of violins on the first floor of the museum! I loved violins even though I can’t play one~ Second, museums are usually very bland in color, like whites and greys and light colors. Once again, this museum proved me wrong. I guess you could say I’m impressed by the Rubin Museum ^^

The one piece of art that really captured my attention was a ice sculpture piece by Atta Kim. It was part of  “The Monologue of Ice Series.” Unfortunately I was unable to take a picture of it, but it was so pretty~ There were so many shades of blue and whites, and even a few reds. The message that Atta Kim was trying to make with this melting ice sculpture was that material form never lasts forever, but the thoughts and essence would remain. Ice “disappears” and creates water vapor and liquid water, which is the essence of life. Atta Kim, with this picture, gives a challenge to immortality. Is immortality really something a person should desire?

There was also a little sculpture involving two deers and a wheel. It is called the “Wheel of Dharma and Deer.” Apparently, it is the symbol of the Buddha’s teachings. After Buddha achieved enlightenment, he began to teach his first lessons, which are collectively called the Wheel of Dharma. The deer represent the Buddha’s peaceful presence that made the animals come and listen to his first teaching.

Finally, this museum really made me think about AP World History…I had it during sophmore year in high school. The terms that were present on the descriptions of many pieces of art made me remember some of the history there. Shiva, Bodhisattva, and Vishnu were just a few of those that I saw. It was very nice to see that those history notes that I took had an impact on what I saw that day. I didn’t think I would see so much art on Hinduism here!

Although I am an atheist, I am very impressed at how elaborate and intricate the details are to many religions. Religions have played a very important role in many lives over the years; the people have honored their gods with so much respect! It kind of makes me wonder what has happened to today’s religion… I mean, why are there so many people trying to convert others to join their religious beliefs? Isn’t your faith in your god(s) good enough?

Oh, I managed to get a little picture of the “Wheel of Dharma and Deer” here:

I went to the rubin museum yesterday. I did not know that the art would all be based on the ancient himalayas. I didn’t know that it was also a comparison of two cultures.  At first I was not really impressed. I thought it was rather repetitve even though each floor had a different theme. Some of the art I didn’t understand or agree with in terms of religion. However, I’m not going to knock someone else’s culture. It wasn’t really my taste in art but I appreciated the concepts alltogether. I think it’s good that Baruch really pushes this type of stuff because you get to understand other cultures and you become a well-rounded individual. And that’s what I would like to be.

Lets me start off with this…I’m not a big fan of museums? I find them boring and I don’t understand the artwork. But going with our classmates wasn’t that bad. The ruben museum wasn’t that bad actually. We went after freshman seminar and once I got there I got really tired (or maybe I’m just lazy?). But I still wanted to look around. To tell you the truth the first thing I wanted to do was to go to the cafe because I smelled Indian food and I was hungry but I knew we had to walk around since the museum closes at 7pm. We decided to start from the top floor(6th floor) and work our way down. I had many different favorite parts. One of my favorite was the 5th floor (I think?) where it was about christianity and buddhism. Generally I get interested in things that are in my life so as a christian I particularly liked this floor. Another thing that interested me was the Time Square portrait. I liked how it showed a picture of time square empty but there were many sparks. The description said it took many shots of time square. On the same floor, another thing that interested me wasn’t a portrait or a painting. But it was a display of grains? There were many plates of grain on the floor and then one plate had yellow golden dust on it (I don’t remember what it was). But yup…It was fun overall in general. I liked the giftshop and there were many cute things there.

Here is a picture of Jesus performing a miracle. I thought it was interesting so I took a picture hehehehhe 😀