Tensions between citizens and their governments
reached their boiling point when Mohammed Bouazizi lit himself on fire to
express his oppression to inaudible government and nation. This eruption flowed
into the already boiling surrounding nations and ignited the flame. At this point there have been multiple
protest, riots, and battles between citizens and their own government. War has
erupted. Revolutions have begun.
The youth of these nations have begun to speak
up and out. Now that their voices are no longer silenced by repression, the
thought would be that there would be widespread rejoicing. This is not the
case. In interviews done by the New York
Times, citizens spoke their feelings towards the revolutions and events
that have been occurring. They spoke on democracy in nations where democracy is
not apart of memories. It does not exist in the minds of the people. The rebels
are fighting for something the majority of the population they are fighting for
does not fully understand. This fight is one that citizens are entering
blindly, fighting for a vague idea of freedom. They are fighting in incomplete
contemplation.
Essentially, everyone is entitled to certain
rights, especially those stated by John Locke in his work, A Letter Concerning Toleration. This idea is not shared among all. All people are entitled to the rights to life, liberty, and
the pursuit of happiness. But, to pursue these rights the totality of the
circumstances and full understanding must be made. Blindly fighting for things
not completely understood, is beginning defeated.
“Historically an Arab has always lived in a
tribal system…When you come up with the idea of a self-governing people, it’s a
bit absurd.”
-Ghassan el-Hakim, 26, director,
Rabat,
Morocco
Across the Atlantic and in Europe nations have
been trying to decide whether or not it is in their interest to assist the
coalitions in the feuding countries. Selfishness. In the U.S President Barack
Obama ordered a bombing in Libya.
“Where
ever people long to be free, they will find a friend in the United States”
-President
Barack Obama
These words spoken on behalf of the same country that
fought for the “no-fly” zone to be issued over Libya, and then detonated a bomb
post the issuing. Obama also states that when assisting other countries we must
always measure our interest over the need for action. Who are we to determine
when some one seriously needs our assistance? Do we wait for our “friends” to
be in the most destitute position? Or do we step in regardless of our interest?
Selfishness.
This quarter in art class has been all
about perspective. We did small practice drawings to get us started, and then
we moved onto our project. The project was a drawing of one of the walls in art
class in detail.
The
first drawing that we practiced with is the box drawing. Following the rules of
perspective, we drew squares and turned them into
three dimensional cubes around the picture, showing the tops of those
below the horizon line, the bottoms of those that are below it, the left of those
to the right of the line and the right of those on the left.
Then
we drew our names in boxes to give them the right structure and drew lines to
the vanishing point show the three dimensions.
I
drew the long wall in the back of the classroom. The one facing west, I think.
I started by marking the vanishing point in the center of the page and drawing
a box around it, whose dimensions were based on the number of ceiling
tiles there were along the wall. Then, I drew the pillar in the corner by
coming out onto the sidewall a bit and following the guidelines of the ceiling
and letting it come back to the wall. The tables were a bit tricky at
first, especially the underneath.
I
think the hardest part of my drawing was making sure my lines were completely
straight. I wanted to go by the edges of the paper to make it easier, but the
paper was not edged straight so I couldn’t.
The artwork that represented this project well was Alisha's drawing. She included clear detail and she showed perspective correctly. She even included what she could see outside the window.
