Franke James and her Visual Essays

 

The reason what happened to Franke James is significant to what we’re learning about right now, is because even though she did nothing against the law the government still tried to stop her from making her artwork more well known. In our country we have the freedom and rights to say our opinions, yet when this woman was publishing hers the government tried to go behind everything and stop it. This relates to Fahrenheit 451 because it shows how slowly things that are supposed to be alright, all of a sudden aren’t. And because the government has so much power, they can get away with things that aren’t right, like making Franke James lose a lot of money right when she was about to hit a high point in her art career. The government is manipulative, and if our society was ever to reach the point of the one in Fahrenheit it would start slowly, with little things like what happened to Franke James.

Free Write for October 21st

Where would you prefer to be right now--mountains, desert, beach--and why?

I like hot weather, but I’m pretty sure that I wouldn’t want to stuck in  the desert right now. Living in British Columbia makes me pretty used to being in and right beside the mountains. I’ve never been anywhere tropical before, so I think that if I could just be transported to anywhere right now I would definitely choose somewhere hot and tropical with beautiful water, and smooth sand. The beach is the place to go?

Video of the Week

I chose this video because it’s a current event, and it shows what is going on in the world right now. It’s important to keep up with what is happening in other parts of the world, and I think that is relevant to other stories about being in your own world and not caring about other things, which is why we should keep up with watching the news and learning about problems that go on around us.

Proverb

"To the fish the water is invisible." Ghanaian Proverb

In a way, fish and people live in completely opposite environments. When we say something is invisible, we basically mean that you can’t see it in the air which is how we survive and what we live in. We need to learn to stop looking at air as ‘nothing’ we should think outside the box and not take advantage of things that we think are always going to be there.

Free Write for October 14th

http://staff.esuhsd.org/danielle/english%20department%20lvillage/journals.html

What if all the streets were rivers? What would be different?

When I think of streets as rivers, I think of Venice. We would all have garages that were full of water, to park our family boats. We would have to live on flat ground, unless we had special wooden planks on the sides, if you live on a hill like me. We would be a society without cars, and I think that would solve a lot of problems like exhaust going in the air. On the other hand, there would be a lot more pollution in the water, and I think that our oceans and water sources would be worse than they are right now. I also think that it would be really cool though, if we just all were sailors because that’s how we would travel around, it would be a completely different lifestyle.

Video of the Week for October 13th

 

Here is my video of the short film The Black Button. It is another video showing human behaviour in certain situations. Although this is more of a video about how people are greedy and selfish, it’s interesting to watch and think about what you would do if you were in that situation.