I am glad I said that!
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I wish I had said.........
If you participated in the discussion in class this past THU (Oct 23), tell us: what is the thing you said that you are proud or happy about?
("Prof. Carasi! What a sloppy way to ask a question!")
I agree. Let me try again. Today (THU Oct 23) we had a great discussion in class. Did you participate? Are you happy about your "performance?" Did you say something valuable? Were you able to articulate your thoughts the way you wanted? Are you happy about what you said?
Conversely, if you did not participate with comments: do you wish you had said something? WHY didn't you speak up (please, no excuses like "somebody else said what I wanted to say.") What were you about to say before you decided to keep quiet?
Thursday, was by the far the best discussion we have had all semester. We discussed talent v.s democracy which was a pretty interesting topic to discuss. Although it made majority of the class laugh, I said that businesses like Disney Channel, rather than pick talent, picks people who they feel will sell to the public and because of this many talented people are never seen or heard from. The discussion grew as someone said; what if they like singing, can they not sing if they enjoy it? Why should only "talented people" have their shot? This is where it got interesting. I was happy with what I added to the discussion and hope to have more discussions similar to this in the future.
ReplyDeleteI hope so too. Thank you for your very valuable contribution.
DeleteI did not participate in the discussion because I was really not into what was being said. the class seemed very into it with a lot of comments and it was good to sit back and listen to what others said and felt about it.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately I did not participate in the class discussion. I enjoyed listening to what other people how to say about the topic. The comments on the topic were continuous. Everyone had something to say. We should have more class discussions like that more often. It was fun.
ReplyDeleteI did not participate in the class discussion but I have previously been shown Cage's 4'33 in my high school. I went to Fiorello H. LaGuardia and I was an instrumental major and we were shown Cage's piece and although it may not seem like music at first, it actually is. It is meant for you to listen to what is around you for 4 minutes and 33sec. and that will be your music.
ReplyDeleteNot fair! You had a leg up on every body else haha
DeleteUnfortunately I didn't participate in the class discussion, namely due to a throat ache, however the discussion was quite enjoyable! It was really interesting to hear the point of views from different people on the same topic. Mentally I disagreed with some, and agreed with other such art is dependent on someone's interpretation of the art form. I mean, who is to say 100 years from now poop on a dish won't be as big as Picasso! Hopefully they will be more class discussions!!
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately I also did not participate in the discussion. I wish I wouldve said that In my opinion almost everything is art. If you see it as art and you created it is is art no matter what others say, Basically I wanted to reiterate that art is all based on the opinions of people and others. Like I said to some people this can be art but to others it is not. Art like music has dependability. Dependability of tastes. For example a handful of students felt that Cage's piece you showed us was not art/music, while a small few considered it art/music. Overall the discussion was very interesting the most interesting meeting we've had in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteI did not participate in the discussion on Thursday. Although, I sat back and listened to others participating. I was not interested in the discussion and a little confused at first with Cage's 4'33. Once I began to understand what was going on, I realizes that Cage is expressing the noises and movements that are around us which is portraying the music. What I do find interesting is how each time he conducts the piece there are different results and sounds of music that will occur.
ReplyDeleteI also did not participate in last class because it seemed like I was at a different classroom. It was something new and I bet none of us expected we would talk about random topics. Thursday’s class felt like a debating class rather than Italian Literature. For some reason, it was hard for me to understand why are talking about music and movies and not about Geremio.
ReplyDeleteI stated two comments throughout the conversation, so I’m going to include myself as participating. As far as, were my contributions as affective as I had hoped? No. I don’t believe my comments really posed much thought. My first comment to Anastasia was more of a suggestion. I understand her thought process completely to not translate her work because of the meaning and words that may get lost in the process of doing so. I believe though that translating her work is better than not getting it out there at all.
ReplyDeleteI don’t think my contribution was huge. I was shocked to hear how so many are opposed to the idea of modern art. I definitely saw a great separation in the class- those in favor or free expression and those in favor of the actual definition behind art or music.
Diana, I am publishing my work, but only agree to translate my prose, which could be easily done in many languages. As for poetry, it is going to be available here in the United states, but only in Russian for now and for a small Russian community. Next year my poetry book along with a novel would be published in my country and perhaps in a few years I will try to translate it myself.
DeleteI participated in the discussion in class. I was happy with what I had to give to the discussion and I was also happy with the overall discussion. Everyone who participated in the discussion had great points. My contribution to the discussion was that everyone defines art, music, poetry, etc differently. Though it may not be considered good to one person doesn't mean it's not a form of art, music, poetry because others might like it. Another point that I mentioned during the discussion was the fact that artist, musicians, poets who are celebrated now throughout history were looked at as frauds of their generation. Over time people we look at now as not real artist or frauds may be celebrated in the same ways, nothing stays the same. People are constantly trying to expand the idea of what is considered "art" to put their stamp on history.
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ReplyDeleteAfter the dramatic discussion we had in class I thought a lot about modernity and decided to finally accept it. On Friday morning, since I did not feel like pooping so much, I went to Manhattan and decided to make some portraits of people for money. I must confess, that day I made $0 and was very disappointed of the people in Manhattan. I always believed that the City has more open minded personalities, but I was wrong. Here is what I did: an interesting man came close and asked for a portrait, he was not very polite to me and seemed arrogant. I took a sheet of white paper and a pencil, few seconds passed and I told him that I was done. He looked at the paper and went furious, then started screaming that he will never pay for this! On the paper I wrote 2 words "Arrogant Bastard" and in my defense replied that I am an artist and I see it that way. This is my artistic expression! I was wondering, did he really think that I would actually make a Renaissance drawing? In Modern art we don't do that anymore. Only one step left for me - to change my name to Picasso.
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DeleteI did not participate in the class discussion because it was a topic that I know very little although, I enjoyed hearing everybody else's opinion toward art, music, and poetry.
ReplyDeleteI did not participate in the discussion because I am usually not comfortable with sharing my opinion out loud and actively participating in class discussions. However, the talk about the definition of "criticism" really held my attention because I enjoy critiquing film and am thinking about declaring a film minor. One point that was brought up was whether a piece of art, a film, or a novel can be objectively declared as being of good quality and whether the reviewer's bias or personal taste would always get in the way of truly appraising the work. I would argue that it is possible to still legitimately critique a film, for example, while having personal taste. A film may be technically excellent (i.e. directing, screenplay, acting, cinematography) but the reviewer may not have enjoyed the viewing experience because the genre might have not been their favorite. In this situation, the ideal critic would be able to make a distinction between the actual quality of the work presented and their own personal taste. This has happened to me many times and I always try to keep this rule in my head as I discuss films with my friends and colleagues.
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ReplyDeleteOn thurs class i didn't participate. I must say that the discussion was very interesting. Everybody had a unique response. Why i didn't participate was because i didn't know how to properly express my thoughts. I guess i couldn't organize them in a way to say it out loud. What i wish i said was that i would agree with what one of the students said about the clip we saw. Just because we personally don't like the clip doesn't mean it's not art.
As interesting as the discussion was, I find it hard to be engaged in any conversation that is irrelevant to what we're supposed to be learning about. I didn't participate because I wanted to move on to something related to "Italian American Literature and Film" and I'm a bit disappointed that I showed up and sat there for an hour and 15 minutes and didn't learn anything about ITAM Lit & Film.
ReplyDeleteBut it was a thought-provoking subject. If I were to add anything to the discussion, I would say that art is difficult to define. Art is anything but rigid. I don't think that any kind of art whether it be poetry, sculpture, or music has to follow a criteria in order to be called art, because art is timeless. So inevitably art will change with the times, and the times will change with art.
I participated in the discussion in the class and I am glad I did because last week when Anastasia asked her question I thought it was very interesting I wanted to answer but there was no time so the class discussion gave me the opportunity to say and express my opinion.
ReplyDeleteI did participate in the discussion and I still feel confident about my opinion and what I had to say. I may not be an artist or a poet but I do believe that everyone has the right to express themselves in any way that they see fit. Someone may not be the best artist or poet in the world, but if they enjoy what they do, and if they consider their work to be a masterpiece, then so be it.
ReplyDeleteI did participate earlier in the discussion and I am sure I would have had more to say but was fearful that my questions and responses would pour more gas in the heat of the conversation. I wanted to tackle how everyone defined music. We only see music as what mainstream is, and if anything that is presented other than mainstream is not music. I personally was not a fan of the background noise that was played in class. It did not register to me as music material, it moreover assimilated to the static the radio plays when there is no signal. If our class continued this way I am more than confident that this semester would be a memorable one for years to come.
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ReplyDeleteI particpated on thursdays discussion. I am happy about what I said about my opinion on everything being art. I guess it is just the way I view things. I was able to articulate my thoughts and say exactly what I wanted to say. I am happy about the converstation!
I did not speak in class. I usually never participate because I get shy to talk in font of the class. I remember thinking that I was mostly agreeing with the left side of the room. I think that anything can be just be an opinion, like what is art. I do not think that everything is art but I think anything can be if there is someone to think of it as so.
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