A Village Romeo and Juliet

What the F*** is Madama Butterfly?

The first thing I have to say is, what the f*** did I just watch? The Madama Butterfly animation created by Pjotr Sapegin is something that really has one sitting here confused and feeling awkward. The way that Sapegin portrays an entire opera in a ten minute period is talented, yet disturbing. The use of the Opera's music is where we get our emotional connection with the main character. In the beginning of the animation the music is intense as the characters "make love". After the male character leaves, the female character gives birth to his daughter. The music becomes slower with a more depressed feeling to it. When the male character returns he takes his child to raise with his new American wife, and this is where the music intensifies again. The main character commits suicide, and this scene is enhanced by the louder and higher notes of the Opera. A terrible story of love that is portrayed through the use of music with picture.

Applying Creativity to your Everyday Life

Applying the concepts of creativity to my everyday life is something that I have always taken advantage of. According to Raul Cuero's interview on creativity he explains to us that creativity is how we perceive nature. I do agree that this is true, but not so much in the observation of trees and animals, but in our own natures. We view ourselves and the nature of our mind everyday, and through these interactions we come up with our own ideas. Interacting with other people is another way he states to create ideas. We interact with each other by conversing or doing physical activity and this can spark our ideas to flow in the brain.

Learning everything by doing is another thing that Cuero talks about in this interview. While we may sit in classrooms every day to learn new things, and to teach one another to survive in the world, we do not actually have a full grip on something until we experience it ourselves. By doing something we get to experience the thought, emotion, and physical labor of it which brings me to discuss Cuero's statement, "do everything with intensity." Always try your hardest and preform in the best way that you possibly can to achieve a goal or experience an activity. We do not get the full affect of something until we put our absolute heart and soul into it.

ASCII Art Generator

For the ASCII art generator I decided to use this photo of myself to experiment with. Personally I really like this generator because it gives the photo enough detail that you can tell what it is. While I am not a fan of ASCII art I do appreciate what it has to offer. It is a fun thing to mess around with, but not something that I take much interest in myself.