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Event 3: North South Walk

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 During these unprecedented times, my perception of campus has changed. As does anything with time. Places develop more meaning, life becomes more cynical and, in a way, locations become more beautiful. After all the protesting and hate crimes committed on the top of Jans steps, I noticed a change in my attitude when waking by the library looking at the grass where the encampment was located.  (this is a photo I took while the encampment was there) Initially, when I wrote about walking from north to south on campus, I talked about gender stereotypes and the harsh reality I observed with more men then women on the science side of campus. My perception has changed. It does not seem to be about what gender is where anymore, it was about observing if people were safe. I mean terrible things happened at the encampment and to see people walking around smiling is a miracle in itself. It was almost hard to believe anything happened.  Now the TA strike is taking over the campus. Walking around
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Week 9: Space + Art

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Space and Art are an interesting concept to think about. We can find art in everything, personally, i think there is artistic beauty in the structure of planets and just looking at the stars in the sky that create beautiful constellations.  I always think its fascinating to see how religion and science overlap. In Lecture Part 1, we dive in to Copernicus and note his relation with science and art. He published a heliocentric model of the solar system which challenged the church's ideals. In fear of getting in trouble he delayed releasing this model. The model suggested that the Sun was in the middle of the solar system and further obstructed ideas of the church. This was absolutely inconceivable to most, but the diagrams were so clear and unarguable that it caused people to question their beliefs.   Additionally, I humored by the comparison of space exploration and famous television shows/movies. The way modern television depicts space exploration is comical but also inviting. I fe
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Week 8: Nanotech + Art

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I think it was very interesting to start off this weeks studies by suggesting that nanotechnology is what is going to push technology over the edge in the 21 Century. The most interesting topics for me this week consisted of a Ted talk, by Ray Kurzweil addressing singularity and a lecture by James K. Gimewski discussing the use of nanoparticles to improve human life.  In the Ted Talk, I was fascinated by Ray's understanding of the progression of technology. For example, Ray uses an anecdote from our everyday lives detailing the rapid expansion of chips used in computers to transfer information and the decreasing in size of those chips into phones and storing even more knowledge, being more advanced the smaller they get. Ray also expresses the use of solar technology and how the application of nanotechnology is accelerating the benefits from it.  Additionally, the lecture by James K. Gimewski was completely captivating. He suggests that nano-medicine is going to change the medical f
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Week 7: Neuroscience + Art

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 The lessons I learned about neuroscience and art this week were fascinating. The first moment that my jaw dropped was after watching the lecture video about Freud's addiction to cocaine and how that sparked some of his ideas that we accept today. Additionally, I was shocked by the scientist Hoffman, and his curiosity about LSD. It was so interesting to learn how LSD was discovered and the side affects that came with it.  .       Another lesson that caught my attention was the experiment done by Cristina Albu which made the brainwaves and rhythms going on in someones head visable to those around them through lights and colors. The goal of the experiment was to allow others to perceive the feelings of others.  Finally, I found the zoom with Daniel Jay very inspiring. He talks about finding your unique voice, and how one can employ that into their work. I thought it was interesting how he used his Science and Art to form abstract expressionism through nature. This was fascinating bec
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Event 2

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 For my second event, I visited the Los Angeles Museum of Natural History located near USC. It was an amazing experience. This event really helped me further understand the affect art can have on science. The museum had a myriad of exhibits ranging from the prehistoric ages of the dinosaurs to the depths of the sea and through great forests and safaris. The museum really reached into the history of earth.  The first exhibit I started in was the dinosaur one and I was astonished with how big everything once was. It was amazing how the artists could capture the size of the beasts that used to live amongst us and even more fascinating how articulate they were with each bone. It was also terrifying to see their razor sharp teeth. One of the plaques clarified that some dinosaurs have 1000 teeth. CRAZY! Additionally, I went to the exhibit under the sea which talked about the history of Los Angelos and how we were once submerged underwater due to the shifting of tectonic plates. In this area
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Week 6: BioTech + Art

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   BioTechnology by definition is "technology that utilizes biological systems, living organisms or parts of this to develop or create different products". Think about everyday life. Think about all the innovations and creations we have made due to biotechnology. BioTech is used in agriculture, medicine, personal care, ect. All everyday things we use everyday.            For me, I have never minded the uses of biotech. In fact I love all food regardless if its organic, full of GMO's, or bad for you. In a video created by every day eaters of the fabulous fast food restaurant McDonalds, the guy puts different items off the menu into jars. He puts a quarter pounder in one, a big mac in another, fries in one, and so on so fourth. Then in a few other jars, he distributes fries from a normal restaurant, and a burger not from McDonalds into another jar. Every few weeks he checks in on the food. Disgustingly enough, everything got moldy and rotted. Except for one thing. The McDon
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Event 1

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 The event I decided to attend was a trip to the Getty Museum. For me, this was an easy choice because I love art and was excited to see what all the hype was about in this iconic museum. When venturing to this museum, the artwork I saw was incredible.  Behind each painting, sculpture and image, their was so much raw emotion. For example in this painting of a man with his mouth open and arms stretched I had so many different thoughts going through my mind. Was he yawning? Was he yelling? Was he screaming out in pain? The image was almost comical.  Additionally, something I found truly extraordinary was the history behind all of the artwork. For example, In this image, was see what looks like ruins in an art piece called, "Modern Rome". Which brings me to the lessons I have learned in Desma about Math and Art. The image has your eyes wondering all over the page, but has features more defined in the foreground and they wash out as one looks further back. This brings me to the i
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