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  Chinese Traditions Blog Chinese New Year       This painting named "Chinese New Year" was painted in 2016 by Terri Kelleher who is a Freelance artist from the USA. The theme for all of these pieces includes having ties to certain Chinese traditions from a previous generation that have been passed down and are still alive today. The Chinese New Year takes place once a year and is a celebration of the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar year. Some traditions that take place during this festival include putting up decorations, eating a family reunion dinner, firecrackers, fireworks, giving gifts, and watching the dragon dance.       As displayed in the painting by Terri, we see a painting of one of the many traditions celebrated which is the dragon dance. The dragon in this tradition is meant to symbolize power and dignity. I choose this specific piece since the colors used caught my eyes over the other paintings being displayed online. From television shows I watched growi

 Post-Modern Blog     In today's society, the celebrities shown in the media have such an influence over individuals that they must be very careful with their actions and words. Outlets such as Youtube, Instagram, and many other social media platforms make it easy for these celebrities to reach their audience with one click of a button. In some cases, these privileges are taken away as we saw the former US President Donald Trump get banned from certain media outlets for posting false information. In most cases, celebrities are singers, actors, athletes, and others who are shown in the news and media often. While most of these celebrities have positive influences on youth and inspire others to be better there are also celebrities who have negative influences on youth. Recently, Travis Scott who is a famous singer from Houston Texas held a music festival in his hometown where thousand of ruthless fans attended and to everyone's surprise left 8 individuals dead. I believe these de

 Blog Post Introduction The Great Depression was the worst downfall in the industrialized world which lasted between 1929 through 1939. The stock market crash of October 1929 is what started this chain reaction which involved the failure of banks along with over 15 million Americans finding themselves unemployed. This was a terrible time in the world since many adults found themselves unemployed and struggling to find work to help provide for themselves and their children. We are lucky to have such artistic pieces such as photography and painting s because it captures these times and the emotions that were shown during these events.  Great Depression Photography Description      This photograph hasn't given credit to the photographer but that doesn't take away from the power and message that this photo gives off. As mentioned in the introduction, not only were adults the ones affected directly by the great depression but there was also a direct relation to the children of this