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Melisha-Li Gatlin edited the blog post Battling Comfortability in the group American Studies: 4 years, 11 months ago
Comfortability is determined by your environment and the people who you are surrounded with. This class, The Art of Steve Prince, has further helped me realize that your creation of art, no matter the type, d […]
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Melisha-Li Gatlin wrote a new blog post The Impact of Language in the group American Studies: 4 years, 11 months ago
“We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.”– Toni Morrison, 1993 Nobel Lecture
One thing we are sure of in this life, if nothing else, is that […]
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Melisha-Li Gatlin wrote a new blog post Old Lady in the Upper Room in the group American Studies: 4 years, 12 months ago
Upon first analyzing the picture below during our collaborative blog post, I did not know what to make of it. My group and I started off by trying to make out specific things we saw in the picture such as the […]
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Melisha-Li Gatlin edited the blog post An Artist’s Dilemma (Response) in the group American Studies: 4 years, 12 months ago
Brian recently posted a blog posting discussing the lack of appreciation for the arts. He talked about “the lack of interest in the funding of those who create” which is something I particularly notice in sch […]
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Melisha-Li Gatlin edited the blog post A Conversation on Urban Garden in the group American Studies: 4 years, 12 months ago
By: Amina Diakite and Melisha Gatlin
Melisha:
I think stepping into the the Kinetic Gallery, it is safe to say we were both unsure of what would come from this activity. When Steve Prince said we would all […]
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Melisha-Li Gatlin wrote a new blog post What Makes You an Artist? (continuation) in the group American Studies: 4 years, 12 months ago
In my previous blog post, I posed the question what classifies someone an artist. Do you have to be an artist to create art? When searching the definition of artist I found three definitions: “a person who p […]
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Melisha-Li Gatlin wrote a new blog post What is Art? in the group American Studies: 5 years ago
There have been two instances where the question “what is art?” has been brought up in conversation. One instance stemmed from Dan DeZarn’s lecture where he attempted to give a definition of art, which is a piece […]
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Melisha-Li Gatlin wrote a new blog post For the Straight Folks in the group American Studies: 5 years ago
Pat Parker’s poem is geared at “straight folks” who follow a pattern of hypocrisy in relation to “gays”. Throughout the poem, she highlights events where people who identify as straight will publicize personal […]
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Melisha-Li Gatlin wrote a new blog post Straying Away from Tradition in the group American Studies: 5 years ago
In today’s society, we tend to stray away from thinking deeply about the food we eat in terms of where it comes from. Personally, I only think about what I am eating when I have heard negative reviews on the p […]
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Melisha-Li Gatlin wrote a new blog post Who’s Your Audience? in the group American Studies: 5 years ago
Upon learning that Mark Broomfield was attending one of our classes, I was excited because of my personal connection to dance. I have been dancing for years now and since being a student at Geneseo have not had […]
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Melisha-Li Gatlin wrote a new blog post Artist Intention in the group American Studies: 5 years ago
When viewing artwork, I tend to search for the artists’ message within the piece. In doing this, I neglect the thought of the process behind creating the piece. Garth Freeman helped me realize the importance of t […]
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Melisha-Li Gatlin wrote a new blog post For the white person who wants to know how to be my friend- Pat Parker in the group American Studies: 5 years ago
Within the packet of poems that Dr. McCoy presented to us, a few of them stuck out to me immediately. Similar to what Analiese stated in her blog posts, I would not usually go for poems if I were. There are […]
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Melisha-Li Gatlin edited the blog post The Human Clay Exercise in the group American Studies: 5 years, 1 month ago
The human clay exercise inspired me into thinking more about the variety of perceptions that can arise based off of one word, thought, or idea. The class was separated into groups and given 45 seconds to create a […]
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Melisha-Li Gatlin wrote a new blog post A Deeper Look into Art in the group American Studies: 5 years, 2 months ago
Mary Rutigliano discussed how her mind changed when Steve Prince came to talk about his work. With this statement, I couldn’t agree more. At first when looking at artwork, I never used to dig deep into the […]
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Melisha-Li Gatlin wrote a new blog post Straddling between Two Worlds in the group American Studies: 5 years, 2 months ago
Word-work is sublime, she thinks, because it is generative; it makes meaning that secures our difference, our human difference – the way in which we are like no other life.
Before reading Bernice Johnson R […]
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Melisha-Li Gatlin joined the group American Studies 5 years, 2 months ago
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Melisha-Li Gatlin became a registered member 5 years, 2 months ago