The ANZACS:
April 26th 2006 10:31
What does ANZAC stand for?
ANZAC stands for Australian, and New Zealand Army Corps.
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ANZAC stands for Australian, and New Zealand Army Corps.
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VSU
April 24th 2006 14:11
For anybody who doesn’t know VSU stands for Voluntary Student Unionism and it’s a new policy that has been subject to much debate recently. I figured it was important to write a bit about VSU and why its caused such controversy recently.
Reasons why VSU is a good thing.
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Reasons why VSU is a good thing.
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Christo
April 21st 2006 10:06
Intellectual, bizarre and beautiful in a funny way. Yep, were talking modern art. It gets weirder every year. Sometimes its really tempting to just yell out, ‘there’s no way that that’s art!” But those moments are really important-because only then do old traditions get challenged. New conventions are usually born amidst outrage. Christo’s work is a perfect example of this. Every time I see his work I’m on the brink of cringing-but he’s also one of my favourite artists. Why? Because it takes guts to do something so radically different.
Let’s get one thing straight. Christo’s art is weird, and there’s no way we’d consider his work art if we just randomly walked passed one of them. The thing is Christo dosen’t use paintbrushes-he quite literally wraps stuff up. Okay, I can hear you guys going ‘huh?’ but I’m serious. He takes buildings or parks and wraps them up with material.
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Let’s get one thing straight. Christo’s art is weird, and there’s no way we’d consider his work art if we just randomly walked passed one of them. The thing is Christo dosen’t use paintbrushes-he quite literally wraps stuff up. Okay, I can hear you guys going ‘huh?’ but I’m serious. He takes buildings or parks and wraps them up with material.
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The Da Vinci Code
April 19th 2006 11:38
Well, I’m going to be really controversial as I’m pretty sure that I’m part of a select minority that has this view.
But in my opinion-and I do stress-my opinion, the book: “The Da Vinci Code” is grossly overrated. The book would have worked just as well if Dan Brown had listed what happened down the page-the only reason the book is so famous is because it’s controversial. Brown, doesn’t use much imagery-there are no sentences in that novel that really make you think woah this guy is a master of the English language. The characters are largely 2D and you can see every other twist coming a mile away[ Click here to read more ]
But in my opinion-and I do stress-my opinion, the book: “The Da Vinci Code” is grossly overrated. The book would have worked just as well if Dan Brown had listed what happened down the page-the only reason the book is so famous is because it’s controversial. Brown, doesn’t use much imagery-there are no sentences in that novel that really make you think woah this guy is a master of the English language. The characters are largely 2D and you can see every other twist coming a mile away
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1984
April 18th 2006 11:51
I just saw V for vendetta and it’s an absolutely excellent movie, I think everyone should see it. It reminded me very much of George Orwell’s book 1984 so I thought that I should do a post about the book.
What’s it about?
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What’s it about?
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Existentialism
April 14th 2006 14:02
This post was made as a response to Amy’s comment on the ‘requests page.’ I hope this helps! If any of you want to see anything in the blog, go to the requests page and tell me.
Existentialism is a movement of philosophy that deals primarily with questions relating to life and the meaning of existence. It sees anxiety, dread and awareness of death as the underlying principles of human existence. The most important question existentialists deal with is the meaning of life.
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Existentialism is a movement of philosophy that deals primarily with questions relating to life and the meaning of existence. It sees anxiety, dread and awareness of death as the underlying principles of human existence. The most important question existentialists deal with is the meaning of life.
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Italy
April 11th 2006 11:40
Italy, a land of Beauty and contradiction. It’s seen the roman emperors, and survived the fascism of Mussolini. Its also given birth to some of the most amazing painters. What can I say, these posts are seriously making me want to go to Europe.
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Language: Italian
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Apollo and Daphne
April 11th 2006 10:35
Apollo was the god of archery, arts and is often equated with civilisation and culture. The story goes that Apollo saw cupid playing with arrows and started mocking him, telling cupid that little boys had no business playing with toys of war. Cupid, understandably got angry and replied: “Your arrows may strike all things else, Apollo, but mine shall strike you.” He then grabbed two arrows, one to make people fall in love, and on to repel love. Cupid hit Apollo with the arrow to initiate love, and the nymph Daphne with one the one to repel it. Apollo fell madly in love with Daphne, but she didn’t like the idea of love. She had heaps of suitors but didn’t give any the time of day, and asked her father to allow her to be single and remain unmarried.
For a while Apollo admired her from afar but one day after seeing her in the woods he began to follow her. Daphne spotted him and started to run away-and Apollo started chasing her. Seeing that she was loosing the race, she asked her father Peneus to save her from Apollo’s touch. Her plea was answered and almost instantly her limbs started turning into bark. Slowly the nymph was transformed into a tree. Apollo was stunned, he went forward and gently kissed the tree. There he pledged that if he could not have Daphne as a wife he would be the patron of her tree. He also cast a spell on the tree ensuring that it would always be green, that its leaves would never decay-just as Daphne’s beauty would never decay. Daphne had transformed into the laurel tree-which is why Apollo is always seen wearing a laurel crown. The Caesars of Rome all crowned themselves with laurels in tribute to Apollo and his lost love.
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For a while Apollo admired her from afar but one day after seeing her in the woods he began to follow her. Daphne spotted him and started to run away-and Apollo started chasing her. Seeing that she was loosing the race, she asked her father Peneus to save her from Apollo’s touch. Her plea was answered and almost instantly her limbs started turning into bark. Slowly the nymph was transformed into a tree. Apollo was stunned, he went forward and gently kissed the tree. There he pledged that if he could not have Daphne as a wife he would be the patron of her tree. He also cast a spell on the tree ensuring that it would always be green, that its leaves would never decay-just as Daphne’s beauty would never decay. Daphne had transformed into the laurel tree-which is why Apollo is always seen wearing a laurel crown. The Caesars of Rome all crowned themselves with laurels in tribute to Apollo and his lost love.
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Endymion and Selene
April 11th 2006 10:30
Endymion was an extremely handsome mortal man, some even say he was a King. One day he caught the eye of the eternally gorgeous goddess of the moon Selene, and she in turn fell madly in love with him. The two had a passionate love affair and had many children, some myths even saying the two shared 50 daughters. However, Endymion was mortal, and not wanting to see her lover die Selene cast a spell of eternal sleep over him. And so he did, in slumber remaining forever young and handsome.
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Requests page:
April 9th 2006 08:41
Okay, if any of you want me to write about a particular subject then this is the place to express what you want. If you want info about another country, a book, art etc, post a comment I can answer your questions or I can try and make larger posts on topics you want to see. What are you waiting for? Tell me what your looking for.
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France
April 8th 2006 11:10
I thought I’d start going through different countries and telling you all a bit about them ie their ‘cultures’. Where better to start from then France? Here we go:
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Botticelli's Primavera
April 7th 2006 10:57
This is a painting that we’ve probably all seen in fragments, and being a lover of renaissance art I thought it was important to do a piece on this work. It’s title Primavera means spring. And if nothing else, it’s an amazing piece of artwork aesthetically-I think I could stare at it for hours.
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Art Exhibition
April 7th 2006 10:05
Alright folks! i have a sure easy way for everyone to get cultured (or just tune their skills) in a fun way. Go to the art gallary. It's an excuse to wear wonky fashion and look at amazing works of art. I really recomend going to see "Self Portrait, Renaissance to contemporary." its at the Art Gallery of NSW, and its on till the 14th of May. They've got everone from Van Gogh to Andy Warhol on show. Don't miss it! while your there, take a look at the Archabald as well.
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Plato
April 5th 2006 12:17
It’s a name we’ve all heard at one stage or another, but hardly anyone knows what he was on about. (and trust me, he goes on about a lot.) This is a very brief summary of his book ‘The Republic.’
What he talks about:
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Aphrodite and Adonis
April 4th 2006 11:31
I really wanted to talk about Mythology-so I thought I’d post up a weekly story revolving around the subject. This week its Aphrodite and Adonis, Aphrodite of course being the Greek goddess of love. Now, kick-back your heels and enjoy the read!
The story of Aphrodite and Adonis:
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The story of Aphrodite and Adonis:
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Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
April 4th 2006 10:54
Why it’s important.
This painting arguably marks the beginning of Modern Art. It’s confronting, has an incredible amount of ideology in it and actually inspired heaps of art movements-cubism being the most famous. It’s controversial, often dubbed vulgar, and is set in a brothel-I mean what more could we ask[ Click here to read more ]
This painting arguably marks the beginning of Modern Art. It’s confronting, has an incredible amount of ideology in it and actually inspired heaps of art movements-cubism being the most famous. It’s controversial, often dubbed vulgar, and is set in a brothel-I mean what more could we ask
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Coleridge
April 1st 2006 09:54
Okay so some of you might not have heard of him, but he’s one of the greatest poets ever. He was the youngest of ten children, and one of the earliest, if not the first Romantic writer. The Romantics were a group of nineteenth century poets who were rebelling against eighteenth century forms of writing (which was in a nutshell poets who used really big words no one understood) through simplistic writing. They drew much of their inspiration from the French Revolution and are famous for their love of nature. In fact during some seasons Coleridge was run out of his home because he didn’t have the heart to kill the mice there. He especially hated the idea of mouse traps cause he believed it was unbelievable cruel to offer mice cheese and then break their backs. On a different note he spent his life battling an addiction to opium. In the end it ended up isolating him from everyone who loved him.
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