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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Jesus Walks Lyrics


Yo, We at war
We at war with terrorism, racism, and most of all we at war with ourselves
(Jesus Walks)
God show me the way because the Devil trying to break me down
(Jesus Walks with me) with me, with me, with me [fades]

You know what the Midwest is?
Young & Restless
Where restless ( ** **   ) might snatch your necklace
And next these  (     *****) might jack your Lexus
Somebody tell these (     )  who Kanye West is
I walk through the valley of the shadow of death is
Top floor the view alone will leave you breathless Uhhhh!
Try to catch it Uhhhh! It's kinda hard hard
Getting choked by the detectives yeah yeah now check the method
They be asking us questions, harass and arrest us
Saying "we eat pieces of *** like you for breakfast"
Huh? Yall eat pieces of ****? What's the basis?
We ain't going nowhere but got suits and cases
A trunk full of **** rental car from Avis
My momma used to say only Jesus can save us
Well momma I know I act a fool
But I'll be gone 'til November I got packs to move I Hope

[Hook x2]
(Jesus Walks)
God show me the way because the Devil trying to break me down
(Jesus Walks with me)
The only thing that that I pray is that my feet don't fail me now
(Jesus Walks)
And I don't think there is nothing I can do now to right my wrongs
(Jesus Walks with me)
I want to talk to God but I'm afraid because we ain't spoke in so long

To the hustlers, killers, murderers, drug dealers even the strippers
(Jesus walks with them)
To the victims of Welfare for we living in hell here hell yeah
(Jesus walks with them)
Now hear ye hear ye want to see Thee more clearly
I know he hear me when my feet get weary
Cause we're the almost nearly extinct
We rappers are role models we rap we don't think
I ain't here to argue about his facial features, But here to convert atheists into believers
I'm just trying to say the way school need teachers
The way Kathie Lee needed Regis that's the way I need Jesus
So here go my single dog radio needs this
They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus
That means guns, sex, lies, video tapes
But if I talk about God my record won't get played Huh?
Well let this take away from my spins
Which will probably take away from my ends
Then I hope this take away from my sins
And bring the day that I'm dreaming about
Next time I'm in the club everybody screaming out

(Jesus Walks)
God show me the way because the devil trying to break me down
(Jesus Walks)
The only thing that that I pray is that my feet don't fail me now
(Jesus Walks)
And I don't thing there's nothing I can do now to right my wrongs
(Jesus walks with me... fades)
I want to talk to God but I'm afraid because we ain't spoke in so long
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The song I have chosen for this assignment is called “Jesus Walks” by Kanye West. I tried to show the message of the song unto my photomontage and tried to emphasize a line in the song. In the song, there is a line in which the artist says “to the hustlers, killers, murderers, drug dealers even the strippers.” (Jesus walks with them) I think this is a great music to do my photomontage about because it’s a song full of political and social issues. Putting Jesus in this photomontage was the whole idea behind the song, it is to show that Jesus always walks with us, no matter who we are.

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Monday, October 18, 2010

2nd Image Critique




Klaus Staeck

Ronald Reagan
Official Photo

1982

This is a photomontage by Klaus Staeck titled, "Ronald Reagan Official Photo." My first reaction to this image was how bright and humourous message. At first, I was taken back by the brightness of the background color and the amazement of how Klaus was able to integrate a missile as a head. I think that the artist was tryning to show his views on the former President of the United States and his agenda. As you can see from the image, Klaus used a few elements of design as techniques. One of them being color, as evident from the red background. Another element he used is emphasis. The black suit with the red background, really makes the background stand out. Furthermore, you can also see texture by the smoothness of the  missle head and the roughness of the man's jacket. Klaus also used value, which is the darkness falling on an object, you can see this near the top of the image. I think that the artist's intent was to show his response to a social theme or issue of his time. He wanted people to visually see what his opinion was of the former President Of the United States, Ronald Reagan. Overall I think that this image is succesful at its message and it does not change my opinion of it when I intially saw it for the first time.
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Thursday, October 14, 2010

Symbolism in Art

1. Star of David- This is a symbol of Jewish identity and Judaism. In Hebrew it is known as the Shield of David.

Site- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8b/260px-Star_of_David.png



2. Swastika- A symbol representing racism and the "white supremacy" of neo-nazis.
Link- https://amsu-english.wikispaces.com/file/view/swa.png/33650219/swa.png



3. All Seeing Eye- A symbol representing spiritual sight, inner vision, higher knowledge, and insight into occult mysteries. It's found on the American $1 bill.

Link- http://www.metapedia.com/wiki/index.php?title=Image:All_seeing_eye_USD_bigger.jpg



4. Yin and Yang- A Chinese symbol where the outer circle represents everything and the white and black shapes within, represent the interaction of two energies, called yin (black) and yang (white), which cause everything to happen.  

Link - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Yin_yang.svg
File:Yin yang.svg

5. The most recognizable symbol of peace around the world. The symbol is a combination of semaphore signals for the letter "N" and "D". N stands for Nuclear and D for Disarmanent.













6. Three leaf clover- This represents the trinity, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.


7. Four leaf clover- It represents good luck.


8. Symbol of Venus- The symbol for a woman.



9. Om- The four parts represent the four stage of conciousness: Awake, sleeping, dreaming, and a trance or transcendental state.

Link- http://westofpersia.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/om-symbol-black-and-white1.jpg













10. Ankh- Egyptian symbol, representing belief in the after life. 

Link-http://blog.buckeyepayroll.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/ankh.jpg














11. Blair Witch- A magic symbol or charm that were used among wizards and alchemist.

Link- http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-rS5pXNsudg/TH5w-2s2tmI/AAAAAAAAApM/1EO-tAnaxds/s1600/652_the_blair_witch_project_symbol-prev.png



12. Duafe (Wooden comb)-  An African symbol representing beauty, femininity and cleanliness. African women used this comb to lock their hair

Link- http://www.lovestroubadours.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/duafe-woodencomb-symbolofbeautycleanlinessandfemininequalities.gif









13.Deepam - In India, people worship flame or 
deepam because it represents the purest of the pure because it consumes all impurities but still remains pure itself.

Link-  http://media.photobucket.com/image/deepam%20drawing/d-k-photos/karthigai-deepam.png














14. Dragon - In Eastern Asia, people believed that a dragon had power to help them against more hostile spiritual forces while in medieval Europe, it was a symbol representing dangerous and evil.















15. Dreamcatcher - American Indians believe that by hanging a dreamcatcher over their bed, the webs on the insides will block bad dreams, and good dreams will pass through the center.

  














16. Maple Leaf - This is the national symbol of Canada. Maple leaves are a beautiful and iconic part of Canada's landscape. And the Natives living in Canada are said to be the first to discover maple syrup.


Site - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Maple_Leaf.svg/310px-Maple_Leaf.svg.png

















17. Red Paper Chinese Lanterns - These symbolize luck in Chinese culture.













18. Angel - A symbol of good and evil spirits in religions all around the world.











19. Infinity - In ancient India and Tibet, it represented perfection, dualism, and unity between male and female. In modern times, it became a secular mathematical symbol for infinity in numbers, time or space.













20. Dove - In Christianity, the Dove represents the Holy Spirit as well as peace.

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