martes, 23 de abril de 2013

Why English is used on spanish web sites, to teach about Holidays?






Each country has its own culture, customs and languaje. Formerly, each country lived in its own territoy and they didn´t leave it. But, nowadays all this cultures are traveling aroung the world and showing them selves. A the same time, the other cultures learn about the foreigners that are visiting them. Cultures, customs and languajes are visiting the different parts of the world and foreigners are teaching their native culture to other people. This is the great example about English. In the last years, english was a languaje in US, but because of the globalization, english is in every part of the planet.

Those web sites are from latin and asian culture, Why does this cultures uses english, to talk about their own holidays?

english has become it in the main languaje around the world. In every part of the world, native english or british people are living. Even people from other culture have learned english to communicate them with the mayority of the internacional cultures.

English is everywhere, this web sites are just they way to express information about their own culture, and the use the way, the languaje that they know that is known all around the world, English. they know that people from every country speak english and undertand the information. they know that there are people around the world interested in to learn more about other cultures and english is the way to do it, to express them globally

martes, 16 de abril de 2013

Graffiti: Barranquilla, Colombia.

On internet we can find the definition of graffiti as all of those graphic representations on walls, public places, cars, or a urban good. But, in one image may have a thousand words and ideas. 

Graffiti is the most popular way to express what we think about something, usually painting on the walls.Unfortunately, the society is not prepared to understand how urban painting can show the reality, or even the mind of a introvert artist, and as human beings, we need to express what we think; talking, singing, playing, or painting. Sometimes, this artists are hiden on the streets just living their lifes and don´t thinking about how to make money for their creations,  Artists that just think about the day of today, how to survive and show the other way to see the life, using color and forms, art. 

Their creations speaks by themselves. Using different elements and combination of pigments on the urban canvas. Besides, they have a clasification according to how they were painted: 

Verbal Graffiti: this one, uses only letters and words. It is direct about the idea.
verbal grafitti image, taken on 16/04/2013 recovered from  http://www.franciscoduran.com/articulos/graffitis.asp

Iconic Graffiti: this one express an ironic idea, using a picture or a figure. 
Banksy, (2013),Peace-Dove taken on 16/04/2013 recovered from http://fabulogia.blogspot.com/2010/03/banksy-el-anonimo-guerrillero-del.html

Verbal-Iconic Graffiti: it is a combination of verbal and ironic one. It uses picture and figures, characters talking about the topic.
 Banksy, (2013), Robot taken on 16/04/2013 recovered from http://fabulogia.blogspot.com/2010/03/banksy-el-anonimo-guerrillero-del.html

Firm Graffiti: they are usualy the firm of the author or the name of the street band. It uses just a name and twisted letters with crazy colors.
Spin Graffic taken on 16/04/2013 recovered from http://artecallejero.blogcindario.com/2007/11/index.html

Abstracts: they express the hiden idea of the author about a topic. This method was used in "The Revival" in that time artists used to paint what the tought and then cover it with a "normal" painting.
Jr. Quilca, (2011), Alien, taken on 16/04/2013 recovered from http://comicapocalipsis.blogspot.com/2011/12/graffitis-jr-quilca-cuadra-3-cercado-de.html

Sculture: it is not common to use it, but it is an element painted or not, used with a different intention. 
they are clasificated according to what they are expressing: ecologycal, political.
Sculture image, taken on 16/04/2013 recovered from http://www.slideshare.net/arturocolinruiz/tipos-graffiti-1966155

In barranquilla, this subculture has started to show to the sociey how to see the life with other eyes. Mona Lisa  has had many different presentations, expressing how diverse is art. National Simbols as Cayena flower and Esthersita Forero has being painted on the walls next to The Holy Cathedral. By the way, nowadays The   Coliseum of Humberto Perea, next to the CUC Univercity has been used as a white and clean cavas for the street artists around there.

"Orquidea", taken on 16/04/2013 recovered fromhttp://elblogcanalla.com/post/464220879/orquidea-barranquilla-colombia-by#.UW32WLU9qSo

Art is necessary for human life. why?,  because,  under the society chains, humans need the way to go away from this land and let their mind fly and exist freely.


Let´s make art, part of our lifes. 

Thanks

domingo, 7 de abril de 2013

How sports, hobbies and music shaped my own personal culture

the question is. ¿ how hobbies makes us what we are?

Any people needs to be someone, to feel comfortable with their personality and what they are.

When we start to grow up, we start to discover what life has for us and we realized that there are many thing to do that makes us feel bored or easily feel really happy or complete. That are the thing that make us special persons, because to do that kind of activities; sports, for example, develops our personal skills.

Also, we leave this world when we practice those hobbies that make us feel happy. it helps us to keep going in our life and dont pay attention to the pressure that society makes us feel.

There is not much to say in this post, because the important thing is that Hobbies, makes us what we are, that is it. Because they develop our real skills and make us feel happy, no matter what happen in our life. they take us away from the problematic and concerns world, just for a little moment, but that moment is the best one to become into a better person and member of the society by your own happiness and personal culture.