Entries from January 2009

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

3D Sound

My sister just sent me this demonstration of 3D sound (or what they call binaureal recording). Go check it out, BUT make sure you wear head phones & close your eyes otherwise it won’t work. It made me freak out a few times, as a warning… I’m also a jumpy person!
LISTEN.

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

Dove Campaign

I just have to comment and reflect on this campaign. I saw & actually participated in it when it came out a few years ago. The Fund was developed to “inspire and educate girls and young women about a wider definition of beauty” (About). In creating this fund, a video was taken of a collection of still images put together [...]

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

BLOGS in general

Some blogs I found that are of interest to me (I admittedly visit some of these without even thinking of the site as being a blog site…)
Epicurious
Gawker – Manhatan Media News & Gossip
Daily Spark
Daily Serving

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

Impressionism Art Rage Piece

I absolutely love the work of impressionist painters! I was studying in Europe in the Fall of 2007 and was elated to see so many pieces by Degas, Matisse, Cassett, Monet…. etc. My favorite museum was le Musée ‘Orsay located in Paris (where the movement started). Here, there were many of Degas’ pieces on displayed. I’ve [...]

Saturday, January 24th, 2009

Art Rage Reflection – Physical vs. Digital

Physical vs. Digital Painting – Being that I used to paint, one of my favorite parts about this art form was creating textures on the canvas with my paint and brush strokes. In art rage, we can visually create these textures, but clearly they would not be present if we were to print these out. [...]

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

Art Rage Rose & Final Pieces!

Self Portrait created with Art Rage

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

Some Pictures

Below are some pictures of me & my family

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

First Class & Blogging Community Reflections

After yesterday’s class, I think I’m going to really like this course. I know I previously explained this but I think it’s necessary to post here as well: when looking at courses last fall, I was excited to enroll in this course for two reasons:

to learn more about Mac applications
to learn how I can incorporate [...]

Monday, January 19th, 2009

Me

Background – I’m Annie (Ann Atwood Massie) and I’m currently a senior at St. Lawrence earning a psychology major and educational studies minor with a focus on child development. Before thanksgiving, I accepted a two year position at the Brunswick School in CT to assistant teach in grades 1-4 and earn my masters degree in general [...]