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I see a lot amazing thing in museum, the picture show above I guess is Budda, and because of my parent is Buddhism I think maybe I should take that picture down. for me,  the coolest one is  Kirin, it look like tiger. i had that picture but it say i can put no more picture on it……don’t know why!~

Yesterday, Michelle and I went to the Rubin museum. I’m not good at the art, this is my second time of newyork museum. Before I went there I just treat this trip as a mission of my FRO class. I had never think I will like the museum so much. At first we found a wrong place , and the real museum has a big contrast in my heart. There is really attracted me.  

Rubin museum has many collections of   the Tibetan Buddhist and the Himalayan art.In addition to programs dedicated to the exploration of the fundamentals of Himalayan arts and cultures, the Rubin Museum’s programming serves as a catalyst for cross-cultural exploration. Therefor there has many bronze art casting of Buddhism. I’m enjoy in these art and history, and feels like got into another world.  There has a big map of the Buddhism source place. I found my hometown on that map and felt so happy. Tibet is one of the Buddhist source place ,so Buddhism has a big influnce on Chinese culture. We can easily find any temples in China. When I saw these art casting I have a second felt I was back China.  India is another buddhist country, the Buddhist art there is a little different from Tibet.I had saw many kind of buddha I never saw in China. I am really enjoy this tirp , when we went out the musim I had told Michelle I felt like went an other country before.

I don’t know why I can’t add some picture in my post here is the link of my museum pictures. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=35197&id=100000639180959





My visit at the Rubin museum of Arts was very interesting. What made this experience very special were the exhibitions that stated lots of information about the Himalayan culture and various artists. Atta Kim was one of the artists that actually impressed me most. His “Monologue of Ice Series” displayed the ‘changeness’ in the water structure which relates to life cycle changing through time. Water is very essential for life Constant transformation of water from liquid to solid ice and rain steam, is fundamentally a regulatory factor in weather and affected by atmospheric changes in the nature. The same thing can be said for the life which is affected by the surroundings. Also water is the main factor underlying regulators for the environment and is an internal controller of life. Probably Atta Kim through her collection tended to represent something different but this picture inspired me to think how essential water is our life and in an analogical way how it relates to life stages.

Hello everyone,

                                I visited the Rubin Museum of Art yesterday. I spent 2 hours in the museum and I have to say, it was quite an inredible experience. Visiting the museum was necessary to post a blog for my freshman seminar course. However, visiting the museum gave my plenty of excitement. It did broaden my mind, nourished my soul and widen my domain of knowledge about the ancient Buddhist cultures.

                               Rubin Museum is situated in the 17th street , between 6th and 7th avenue. I went there by subway. Initially , I faced some difficulty to find the museum . After 15 minutes of walk from the subway station, i was able to find the museum. The museum provided us with symbols and relics of rich Buddhist culture. I was able to take the picture from the first two floor but couldn’t take a single picture in the 4th, 5th and 6th floor. The second floor contains arts and sculptures of ancient Himalaya and Tibet. I tried to see those scluptures and explore their histories. One picture certainly caught my attention though :

This picture shows the structre of ancient Buddhist society. I took a lot of pictures. Although I am not into arts and museums , I still like my trip.

                  The third , Fourth and Sixth floor showed more evidence of ancient societies related to Buddhism. Fifth floor contains items which exhibits the powr of religion. In conclusion,  this trip has been a valuable experience for me. I leave you with one of my other photos from the museum :

        I went to the Bubin Museum of Art for my workshop stuff but actually i don’t really like to go to museum. But after i visited the museum, i actually find out it’s fun to be there and im sure that many people will have the same feeling as i have.

        I took a picture for the window outside of the museum because i really like the stuff inside of the window. It looks really nice even though i dont really know what is that and what is it for.

        As i said, i am not really interested in either museum and art but i walked into the museum. I feel sorry that i didnt even do the research about the museum before i got there. After i went into the museum, i found there are so many collection of religious art from eastern cultures and also many buddhas collections. Definitely i am not in buddhism but i felt so excited seeing those buddhas. I remember there are many temples in China and I have traveled those places with my family many years ago and i have seen a lot of  buddhas before. Also buddhas always exist in dramas of ancient China so i felt so excited to see that.

      Anyway i still dont really like to go to museum if i dont have to but every time after i visited the museum, i always find out it’s awesome and lucky to be there. I know it sounds weird but still  appreciate the exprience i got from visiting Bubin Museum.

I went to the museum with Weiyao this afternoon, expecting to see the Durga sculpture that John talked about. When we finally got there we were so embarrassed to hear that Rubin Museum is closed for a couple of months because they were ripping out everything and remodeling the inside.(That’s what constructor said) After 10 seconds of OMGing Weiyao came up with a great idea of taking picture of us in front of the building for a proof of visiting to excuse ourselves.  

Are You Kidding Me-ing

Yeah, that was about it. Nice trip though.  

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Kidding~ When we were having fun taking pictures, another guy came up and kindly guided us to”real” Rubin Museum which was twenty steps apart from the faux Rubin Museum.  

I love its show window. It looked more like a gallery than museum.

So we hurried in as soon as it was opened and oohed and aahed as we climbed up to upper levels. Second floor was about Art of Himalaya and Tibet. I’m sorry about that I don’t have a picture for the second floor. There was a ‘no pictures please’ sort of atmosphere in there so I was timid to take out a camera from my purse. I remember they had a huge map of Asia and maybe Weiyao will put up the picture of it. (do you mind = 3=? ) I only took pictures of Buddha and Indra on third floor. And here they are~  

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Go Buddha! I like Buddhism in the abstract, but I don’t really know much about it. I never happened to learn about any religions deeply other than Christianity, so it was interesting to see Buddhist sculptures and paintings. And on the same floor, I finally check out Johnny’s Durga which was much smaller than I thought but I liked it.  I must say that I really enjoyed visiting the Rubin Museum of Art. It was worth while walking down 8 blocks with sandals in November. If it was not Baruch, how would I have ever known there is the museum on 17th street in Manhattan. I appreciate that Baruch offered this great opportunity to experience the Rubin Museum of Art.

As part of the cultural and artistic enlightenment, I have visited the Rubin Museum of Art. It was a great thing to do and I had some things to consider. For instance I had great pleasure glancing at those of pieces of art that were created by great craftsman. Even though they are determined to have been crafted centuries ago, their beauty cannot be repeated. I have been to couple of floors and saw different directions into art. The different art pieces showed me different ways to express art.

The Rubin Museum of Art is a great place to visit. The staff there seems to be much qualified and well presented. They will assist you with getting introduced to basic knowledge of art. You might ask them any questions you want and they will answer it to the best of their ability. There are different art pieces and some of us might get confused with its translation. There are sculptures, writings and even icons, at seeing which I was surprised. Icons are usually depictions of saints, while people come to pray or mourn on them. The icons are holy to people believing and hold great cultural value. From the background I come from, almost everyone of my family members hold an icon in their house. This visit to the museum helped me to reflect on where I am coming from and who I am. The art helps to complete us and who we are.

The photograph I attached to this blog is the one depicting a godless with the skull necklace. I liked this statue because the goddess is depicted wearing a skull necklace and sitting on top of a man. It seems as though she is in full control while disobedience causes someones head to end up on the necklace.

For my freshman seminar, I have to go to the Rubin Museum of Art or the Sidney Mishkin Gallerty. Before I attending to these two workshop, I thought it will be bored and unexcited. But I have to complete it. So I decided to go to the Rubin Museum of Art, because I thought art will be much better than the other one. Then on the November 10, I went to the museum and this museum is amazing. I never realized it is so good to visit and get some knowledge about art.

The Rubin Museum of Art is the premier museum in the West showcasing the art of the Himalayas and the surrounding regions. There is the rich cultural heritage of the region and it also offers an uncommon opportunity for visual adventure and aesthetic discovery. The most interesting art piece that I saw is the Padmapani Avalokiteshvara. He or She (the avalokiteshvara does not have sexuality) is holding the lotus. He or she is covered by gilt copper alloy. He or she is 15*5*4 in. And he or she had existed since 13^th century. This avalokiteshvara is so beautiful and amazing. It has smooth lines, and wears some bracelets, ear rings, and necklace. There also is some special and gorgeous adornment on the avalokiteshara. Its facial expressions are peaceful and kindly. Its eyes are really small and long. Also it is smiling. How great it is, even though it got some rusty. The maker of this avalokiteshvara was so good. And the worker of this museum said that a lot of exhibits are directly taken from Tibet and somewhere around the Himalayas. Also there is a room which is putted a lot of avalokiteshvara on the second floor. I stood like 20 minutes in the front of this room. When I saw those statues, I felt peaceful and amazing. I like those exhibits.

After I going to the museum, I didn’t feel disappoint about attending the museum. And I want to go to this museum again if I have a time.

While walking through the Rubin Museum, a strange sculpture caught my attention. It was a human like figure with multiple arms that was standing on a lion and what appears to be a centaur. Although there is many other sculptures similar to this one, I felt the lion in this piece was more interesting than any other that I had already seen. After reading the description beneath the sculpture, I discovered the human like figure was Durga, a fearsome goddess. The lion she was standing on (with her right foot) was Vahana, her faithful animal companion.

When I first saw this sculpture I had thought, Durga was standing triumphantly over her most recent prey. However, I learned that Vahana the lion was an accomplice during the slaying of Mahisha the buffalo demon. The description below explains this as Durga’s most famous narrative. It was the story of Durga’s encounter with Mahisha. However, it was not the fight that was significant about this narrative but Durga’s calm composure that reflected her all powerful most fearsome stance.

Overall I felt the Rubin Museum was an wonderful experience and thoroughly enjoyed it. Along with this fascinating piece of art that described the beliefs and culture of the 1400’s, there were many other interesting pieces. In one area of the museum, there was an display of the process on how to create fine metal sculptures. In the end, I believe the Rubin Museum is something everyone should visit.

Hello everyone, I am sorry that I didn’t post anything last week. So I now have to write about a workshop I have been to this week. The workshop I bad been to this week is called the Internship Seminar. What is a internship? It is an opportunity for us, students, to get experience on a job related to our major. I believe internship is an important part of our education because there are many opportunity beside experience. One is to explore our interest in which career we want. This also allow us to choose our major. Then we could build our resume, professionalism and  marketing skills. Next we could create a networking contact during our employment. When the internship end we could ask for a refences for our next job. For some internship, the employer might allow us to earn an income. In the end this may lead us to find a full time job.

The inernship usually last three months, one year or longer but this depends on the companies with the internship and most importantly on our skills. And internship can take place during the fall, spring or summer. So we must use use our time wisely. There are two types of internship: paid and unpaid. A paid inernship allow a student to get a job in there major while getting paid. A unpaid internship allow a student to get a job but instead of getting paid he or she will get credit for the work done.